It’s literally just the tension changes when purling in English. I have to purposefully knit tighter in purl, so that’s what my issue is. But this is GAME CHANGER!!! LETS GOOO

So I know this was posted '6 million years ago' in internet time, but your demo of Norwegian purling for English Knitters made me cry real tears of relief. My biggest problem as a 'flicker' has always been trying to control the tension of the yarn doing the purl the 'normal' way, keeping it wrapped nicely around that needle while it scoops under and then back. Something about doing it the Norwegian way clicked immediately and I just quickly finished an entire row of 1x1 rib faster than I ever did the regular way. Now I'm looking forward to the stockinette rows!

This comment has nothing to do with knitting...thank you for being so open and reflective about how you dismissed the other knitters opinion. I have that tendency too when I think I’m right and am working on doing just what you said, opening my mind before my mouth and asking to be enlightened. In knitting, as in life, there are so many variables that impact why we make the choices we do that we may be missing out on a learning opportunity if we don’t ask for more information when we disagree with someone. Thank you for sharing.

Thank you! I’ve tried to learn Norwegian purl for years now with no lasting success. I knit English but hate purling. And my tension is slightly tighter purling, which has always bothered me. Your demonstration on the Norwegian purl with English modification has made a huge difference. And the whole Norwegian purl dance finally makes sense to me.

I had a stroke two years ago, and am slowly regaining my fine motor control in my left hand. I knit English style and purling is slow & painful. I am going to try this purl technique. It's wonderful that there are so many different approaches to a craft we all love!!

The Prym knitting needles are great for the norweign purl. Carlos and Arne have a great tutorial.

Thank you so much for the purling technique! You saved my sanity. My problem was tension with DK weight yarn - I’ve only knit ITR with that weight, but started a cardigan and could NOT get my purling tension even. It was frustrating me to no end. This method works fabulously. I appreciate you for understanding the reasons why someone might want an alternative method.

Roxanne your idea of how the Norwegian Purl is done “English Style” is pure genius. I have the most amazing 1x1 rib on my sock. Something about the y/o frwd, enter pwise, switch tips, wrap, switch tips back, then through (finish stitch) makes the perfect size purl to go beside the k1tbl. It is not at all the same as a regular purl stitch. I wish I could send you a pic of this perfect rib. I also used a combined Long Tail cast on (1 regular, switch thumb, 1reverse). This is so pretty. My new sock rib for life.

I am an English knitter, that is how I learned at age 11. I am 53 now, and still totally enjoying doing both the knit and purl stitches English style. But!! I came across Norwegian knitting one day when I saw an Arne and Carlos demonstration❤. I love learning new things and I found both Norwegian knit and purl to be fun and also game changers. And contrary to what I notmally do, this time I did not need to modify any of it to suit me. It is perfectly fine (and fun😂) doing it the true Norwegian way❤❤Personally, I do believe that it is possible for English knitters to knit the Norwegian way. I also knit the Continental style when I find it necessary, it is fun to do too, but I modified it to suit me by not having my left forefinger up in the air constantly. It creates too much stress on my muscles and I need my hands as pain free as possible as I play flute and violin. I hold my forefinger down. It ten gives me the same tension as my English and Norwegian knitting. All in all, I believe that there is not just one way of knitting, or only one right way. There is only what works for the individual. So finding all these different ways is really great because now one has so many options!😀. Just as there are different ways, different stitches, in crochet😄. I just can't get enough of these crafts😊

Yes oh yes oh yes! and this is how (finally!) I can do the 1/1 left purl cross without dropping, pinching or a cable needle and without twisting the purl. Amazing. Your content as always, the absolute best.

Your method is pure genius. It solves all the issues with speed and tension - BRAVA! Thank you for the segment on the Norwegian Purl. You are a wonderful teacher, and each of us has our bias. If I’m knitting a large fabric, I knit continental and then purl Portuguese - that’s the fastest. If I want absolute tension control, then I throw and purl as usual - the most time consuming method. Wrapping counterclockwise is the hardest part of Norwegian purling, I invariably end up with some twisted stitches. One of these days I’m going to put it all together and use the best method for me. Some day…..

Funny thing , I was doing seed stitch and decided I had to learn to do the Norwegian purl with yarn in back . Funnier still I was able to do it for eight rows and I was a happy knitter , and what’s even funnier is I can’t do it again to save my life. I’ll continue trying to find out how I did it . Love your videos

I'm an English knitter who flicks rather than throws. I don't 'flick' purling left as easily (comfortably) as I flick to knit,, so if I have to 'purl back' on the wrong side, I use the Portugese purl, which is fast, and easy on the the body parts. Basically, this means I tension as for Portugese knitting, holding the working yarn in the front and flicking the yarn over the needle with my left thumb. Easy-peasy. And for long rows, worth switching the tensioning.

I am an English knitter. I really like this process much better to purl.

Your spreadsheet tracking for knitting is amazing. It made me think of my husband, who keeps spreadsheets for so many things in his life. He once created a spreadsheet on how many hours a week we spent together, after we had had an argument about the amount of time he was working, traveling and being at home with me. A week later he mentioned he had created a spreadsheet breaking down the number of hours he was working vs the number of hours he was with me. He was so proud of himself, because the data revealed the number of hours he was spending with me was higher than the number of hours he was working. Well, this created another argument (all arguments are started by me, haha). I told him he could have been with me instead of working on a spreadsheet, and if he showed me the spreadsheet I was going to divorce him! My husband never showed me the spreadsheet (we have been married 29 years), but I am sure he has it saved in a file. :) I hope you are feeling better, Roxanne.

Thank you Roxanne! I alway have a tension problem in continental knitting and purling. This is a just perfect method for whom want to do English style Norwegian purl. I prefer to knit with my right hand, so this video is a great leaning resource!

I just tried this method and I like it. No gutters. Nice even stitches. Not a problem going from knit to purl &mvice versa.

As an english knitter, i have no problem with purling, but am always looking to learn new techniques and perhaps more efficient ways of doing things. I will try this for sure on my next project. Thank you so much.

Absolute genius. Especially for someone who loves seed stitch.

Hello from Toronto. As a Scottish style knitter who likes to knit with a needle tucked under my arm, this is a game changer. I cannot honestly say I have difficulty purling as I have purled without difficulty for over 40 years. However, it is not efficient to constantly bring the yarn to the front and then to the back in a one by one rib. This method is much quicker and more efficient. Thanks for this video,

Wow I could not believe it it was so easy. My tension was perfect right away. I love it. I can do it both ways now.

Thanks for the Norwegian purl English style. I find it useful even though I have quite good tension because often once I have wrapped the purl stitch (English style) I find that my hold on the yarn slips and it slows me down having to reposition or tighten the yarn. Also it tires me out more than the knit stitch. Thanks.

This is useful to me. Hallelujah

Roxanne, I am an english knitter and am going to use this method to purl. I have tried the Norw. purl stitch continental style, however, I prefer to knit with my right hand so this video is a great leaning resource. Thank you

I am an English knitter thanks for giving that another try, that makes it easier for me.

Life changing!

BrilIant! Thank you. ❤️

Thanks for another interesting podcast! I used to have tension problems while purling too. I knit continental ( not norwegian purl) and I used to have to pull on the yarn to get the tension of the purl sts more like my knit sts. It made my purling uneven. And it was hard on my hands and made my arms and shoulders tense. The solution for me was combination knitting: I knit western and purl eastern. That means that my purl sts are mounted the wrong way, but even though I knit somewhat slower in the eastern mounted sts, my purling is so much faster, that all in all I'm faster and less tense. I purl eastern also when I knit english with one yarn in each hand for colorwork.

This. Is. Potentially. Life changing. I’m a flicker who dreads ribbing, because having to constantly switch my hand position to throw when I purl instead of flicking like when I’m knitting is tiring and feels like it wastes time. If I can keep my yarn position on my flicking finger the same through knits and purls, I might stop dreading ribbing. Edit: for more detail, when I flick knit, I keep the yarn on my index finger. But when I purl, I use my middle finger to wrap the purl stitch. (Purling on index finger usually results in the working yarn slipping off my index finger before I finish wrapping the stitch.) This means I have to drop the working yarn from my index finger to scoop it up with my middle finger, and then have to drop the yarn again to pick it up on my index for the knit st. And then add in the bringing the yarn from front to back….and boy howdy do I dread ribbing.

Interesting video on Norwegian Purl. Although this was done 4 years ago, it came up in my feed today. I knit both English and Continental depending on the project, however I learned English 50 years ago and have better tension with it. As I have aged, my tension with switching from k/p is not as consistent as it once was. I made a sample of k1p1 ribbing with the Norwegian Purl and find that although moving the yarn back and forth is the same as English knitting, I can get a more consistent tension with the Norwegian Purl in the English knitting method. Thanks for this video.

Hallelujiah I love this! So simple when you know how :-) Thank you Rox for figuring this out!

Wish I could purl continental/ Norwegian, going to practice this thanks 😊

I also like this norweian purling, need to practise more. thanks.

I tried a different way again in a backwards type of knitting for purl & you keep all your stitches on the right needle & your yarn on the right as I’m a left handed but learned right handed now I feel I can’t control the tension in my left so for purl you actually pick from th stitch from the middle of the stitch through to the back & pull it toward to yourself via the middle of the stitch it was surprisingly easy & simple not so much movement with the needles 😊💖

The purl is quite cool! I knit continental, but I can also knit English, only I'm not very experienced with it. I dislike letting go of my right needle, so I flick, and flicking for me works much better for knit than purl stiches. The Norwegian purl in the English style solves that issue for me. One more good trick for colorwork, thanks!

I'm an English knitter ('flicker' of sorts). I have always had loose tension/laddering in my work when going from a knit to a purl stitch. Just did a quick swatch of 2x2 ribbing, using a Norwegian purl for just the first purl stitch, and it eliminated the laddering! It was a pretty smooth motion, and more consistent than the previous 'trick' I tried (giving the yarn a tug, as per VeryPink Knit's tutorial). Thank you sharing this!

I'm going through the same thing with pattern writing. I've never written one (but I've written many pages of notes and steps while designing), but I have a small stack of designs now, several made, and one made a few times. I've written code, documentation for code, and technical things my whole life, but this has an aesthetic design aspect (pictures, layout, fonts, margins, etc), and I've dragged my heels so badly, 3 things have gone out of season, and I have to wait until next year to release them. I've been thinking that I just need to nail down my style, and then follow it from now on, so I don't have to think about it. I also hate the details. I like the big pictures, the invention, and mostly the figuring things out and learning. I've gone on rants at work about how much time we waste in our industry on "accidental complexity." Everything's been shifting toward this newer software that's nothing but complexity for complexity's sake, which means you have to remember and execute countless trivialities that have nothing to do with anything, but just are, because it was all built through patchwork kludges. That's life-sapping to me.

Really interesting demonstration re Norwegian purl for English knitters. I'll try it out of interest but I have no problem with purling English-wise. I congratulate you on your reflection and conclusion re dismissing people, I wish more people would do so!

I just really dislike purling because of the wrapping. It slows me down (I knit English style), but I like how the 2x2 ribbing looks. I struggle with continental even though I’m determined to be able to knit that way. This is making me hopeful and I’ll be trying this when I get to the ribbing of my current project (leg warmers for my girls). Thank you so very much. 😉

I wrap the wool around my left thumb whilst I purl and when I knit I wrap the wool around my left finger , it’s easy to do and my hands don’t hurt (Portugal knitting)

Thank you for the English Style Norwegian purl as I am a loose purler English style so I taught myself to Continental knit but a badly torn left shoulder which has put me out of action pretty much this year meant continental knitting was toooo painful. In trying to get back to knitting as I missed it so much I found I can knit English style with limited movement with my left hand so went back to that style but still have problems with the loose purl......and now with the better purl will continue in the English throwing style and it much easier than the original Norwegian purl has much more of an easier flow for me 😘😘😘 I knitted with the new purl all last night and you have changed my knitting for ever the last fiddle of fighting to keep purl tension is gone & also I can just use one hand hold rather than having to adjust it for the purl and my purls are now as fast a my knits and I love them which is HUGE Thank you Rox xxxxx

I’ve never had trouble purling as an English knitter but I’m left handed & am keen to learn continental style knitting but truly as opposite as tought so I can mirror the continental way I’ve yet to see it. So the left hand needle would be the one moving while keeping yarn in the right hand that is easier to tension for me hope this gets you thinking about this thanks 😁💖💖

Roxanne, I’m looking at your bookshelf titles. I need to get a few more books.❤️

This was so interesting....pearling was always a challenge for me in that it slowed me down and I was always fumbling for the working yarn and my tension was just awful. I just did not seem to have any control until I started using my left thumb to wrap and pull for tension. I run my working yarn in my left hand from around my neck and I pick knit...all that slinging and wrapping wears me out.

As an english knitter, purling is fine when you are doing a ot of stitches, you kind of get used to flicking the wool over but it is more annoying than the knit stitch, especially when ribbing. I recently tried continental knitting and agin the knit stitch is a breeze but the purl is taking me longer to master whichever way I try but your way looks so much easier. Going to go and try it now. Thank you.

Roxanne, there are people who don't use the right vocabulary and may have looked at even Portuguese knitting where purls may look like they are perhaps Norwegian purls but done right handed. They know how they knit, never learned the style had a name. I love learning to knit in other methods and even most styles in mirror knitting. This helped my arthritic fingers to be rehabiliatated. I said all that to tell you a story about knitting in my doctor's waiting room and a woman began to watch me and I looked up and we locked eyes and she determined I was knitting "wrong". So I figured she much hold the yarn in the other hand and no it wasn't that but she did not have the name for what she did. I went through all the styles I knew and then those backwards. "No, I don't knit like any of them." Perhaps as I don't think I knew Portuguese as the time. She accused me of being a "knitting teacher" but said it like it was a loathesome thing and in the tone of voice that I had somehow humiliated her because she did not have the name for the way she knit. That's been 10 years ago and my feelings are still hurt because I don't try to hurt other people's feelings, I rather am "little miss helpful". In my English Knitting, I've never thrown the yarn around taking my right hand off, I either stretch or flick. So it looks different but.... she walked away in a huff. Was it my fault? I thought so. There are people who take offense because they can. I was knitting in a restaurant and the waiter snatched my knitting away while I was waiting for my food. I had to see the manager to get my knitting back. Still I blamed myself. Both of these people could have and should have expressed their feelings better. But this is a new choice in how I see things. I am not always wrong. I had not said a word to the waiter for instance. My husband did the ordering. For all the waiter knew, I could have been deaf. We were raised to be polite and loving and considerate. In some neck of the world, civility is just plain not spoken and may be in fact dead. Do I still feel bad? Yep! Must need therapy (I mean me, not you).

Skip to 16:45, you're welcome 🙂

Thank you😊

I'm doing mostly Norwegian and Continental style knitting. One difference in the way you demonstrated the Norwegian style purl is that we generally hold the first finger of the left hand, against the needle tip, to limit having to hold the finger in the air. In our way of doing the Norwegian purl, it might be a bit more difficult to switch from English to the Norwegian purl. I'm going to see how it can be done with the finger on the needle. I have some difficulty with the Norwegian purl with thick yarn and larger needles. Your demonstration gives me some ideas about how I can make some changes for those times. Thanks for showing your ideas on this subject. Very nice of you to recognize that your response to the other knitter might have been abrupt. I also would like to see what she had in mind. Maybe she'll see this video, and post something.

I'm in the process of switching to the Norwegian style in general from English. Using the Arne & Carlos videos. I've never been able to figure out the traditional continental method. I learned to knit from KZfaq and held my yarn pinched between thumb and forefinger and threw the yarn that way. I've never seen anyone else hold the yarn the way I did. Hopefully I'll be able to be faster with the Norwegian style

I tried it a and I like it!

16:30 knitting lesson

Thank you for showing your spreadsheets! I'm curious, what does the strikeout font signify? It doesn't seem to mean that row has been knitted.

As an English knitter I can purl quicker than I knit

Just learned how to purl with the yarn still in the back.

Your video is very helpful. I am a continental knitter and saw your other video. I’m trying to find an alternative to using my index finger to lever the yarn in a purl. I got the Norwegian down, but I need to knit the last stitch on a purl row since the ours is too large this way.

Hi Roxanne. My name is Maria and I watched your video on continental knitting. Loved it, you are an awesome teacher. However I'd like to share w you the easy way I do it. Easter European I hold the yarn on the finger such that it comes from underneath the finger and we the right needle I stay the yarn over so I can pick it and pool it through. It works really easy. The pearling I do it through the back loop, again picking the yarn, which gives the same twist. Try it if you hadn't tried it already. Let me know how do you like it. Happy knitting 😂

⭐️ for adulting around communicating.

I am interested in your spreadsheets. I would like to see more about how you work with them. Asked that question in your Ravelry group too

I would like to thank you for explaining how to do the Norwegian purl as an English knitter. I have tried Continental. It just doesn’t work for me. I tried Norwegian purling Continental style and that didn’t work for me either. I always go back to English style. I never saw what the problem was with English purling but I notice I always seem to scrape the bottom of my index finger on the needle when I’m wrapping English style. Repositioning my right needle to the back and then wrapping eliminates that problem. I always try to learn something new every day. Thank you, thank you thank you,

My trouble purling is that I purl looser when I purl. I'm trying this way to see if it will keep my tension even because I'm wrapping to knit. I'm trying it now on a swatch for a sweater.

Nice that you took the trouble to figure this out. But wouldn't it have been nice to call the lady you talked to at the retreat and ask her to show you how she does it. You don't have to always be the one with the answers. It would also have mended a fence.

Like a previous commenter said, we're now at 7 million years ago in internet time 🤣, I've just learned about the "Norwegian Purl". Is this a new type of purl stitch or just another way of purling? Meaning, am I going to run into a pattern that tells me to "K2, Norwegian P2" (example). Thank you. As always, I love your videos Roxanne. 💖

What a good idea to use spreadsheets! I'm thinking about using them as well. When you're planning dates, how much time do you plan for finishing techniques?

Yes. Purling English style is just so un-fluid. I’ve be purling Portuguese style, but am looking forward to trying the Norwegian purl as you demonstated. Thanks again.

I'm a English knitter and my tension between knit rows and purl rows in stockinette are very different. I wonder if the method you demonstrate in this video would help tighten my tension when purling. Thanks for the video.

Hello can I ask why you no longer use the Norwegian pearl?

I have found my purling stitches are always to loose I think the tension loosens as I purl.

Thank you for your Casual Fridays. Always fun and helpful. Is Norwegian purling the same as regular purling? My knitting was uneven for years. The wrong side never matched the right side. A couple of years ago I took a good look at the way the yarn on the right side came from the last stitch, then checked that way on the wrong side. It was a question of yarn tension. I came up with a new way for myself to knit the wrong side. Awkward at first, but I'm used to it and it works well for me, and I do hold the yarn between my thumb and my forefinger and can use this method to knit on the right side, if necessary. Do it all the time when I knot Anne Hansen's O, Canada.

My problem with purling is pain on the back of my hand running up my forearm. So the act of tilting my hand to work on the front of the needle causes pain after a lot of knitting. This might be a solution for me since my hand does feel a lot more relaxed with this variation.

if you ever meet another english knitter who hates purling, you should recommend combination knitting! it requires much less motion than this. the only problem is that those stitches will be mounted eastern style ("wrong") but you dont need to remount it unless you're working an increase or decrease (other than ssk bc it'll already be correctly mounted for those) VeryPink Knits has a good intro to combination knitting (flicking): kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j8uihdyAvqzJeok.html The Chilly Dog has a more advanced breakdown of how to work eastern-mounted stitches (continental): kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bLyjY7egtLaoj5c.html

I was brought up in Australia and I learned to knit here with my Welsh mum and Grandmother and I just don't get this phobia with the purl stitch - when I came into the knitting world online and saw how many people hate to purl i was shocked I am a flicker and the purl to me is the same as the plain. I have the yarn going twice around my little finger and this causes the tension for both stitches.

I was interested to see your take on the Norwegian purl in continental style. I have been playing with this on and off for a while. I will definitely be giving this technique a try. The traditional continental purl seems very inefficient to me. Thanks for the info.

This could be my solution to switching from a knit to a purl between double pointed needles. I’ll have to test it but I have so much trouble ending with a knit on one dpn and then starting with a purl on the next dpn. I have no idea why but I have to tink my stitch every time and do it over. I have found that holding the yarn under my working needle is the best way.

I'm with you...why would you do that! My wrists hurt just watching this!

Norwegian purl is by far the best way to purl, whether it's English or Continental, IMO

Your take on the English Norwegian Purl stitch was interesting, reminded me of what needle movement is in Portuguese, however in that method, the purl is easiest and the means of making the knit involves a similar strategy to get the opposite stitch and leaving the yarn in front to do it. Though I had dabbled in Portuguese, I think you need to be raised doing it. I knit for relaxation and keeping my fingers limber and in challenging my brain to remain sharp and for enjoyment. I don't get enjoyment with the yarn around my neck or having to have a necklace or pinning something to my clothing then dealing with I just made a permanent hole in my t-shirt. Yes, I like seeing what I am doing on the FRONT without the working yarn obstructing my view and so even to that end, when doing cables or sometimes even lace, if I want to be sure I am working the pattern right, I knit backwards so I can see the work as it is now on the front. I prefer to keep the working yarn in the right hand as to knit backwards right-handed is in essence Combined Continental for lefties. It is the ease of how the stitch is made and it is as Continental, a more direct means to an end and less stress on aging joints overall. If one switches the yarn to the right hand, it does not take me hardly any time. Once you get good at it, it is quick, a no-brainer. So is the needle movement trick going to make a difference for an English knitter trying to do it Norwegian method? It depends. Many knitters do develop arthritis or have a form of gout like my mother developed. Either way, her hands more or less became useless to her. We are whole people and how we live the rest of the day, impacts on whether we get arthritis or gout. By my late 50's, I was suffering the worst effects of menopause and my hands were very painful. I did artwork for a living, and before the computer, was doing it by hand, after the computer, I used software, but this method requires use of the mouse, a graphic tablet and pen and keyboard. These can be as stressful to sore joints as at the same time my hands were losing the ability to type due to painful joints. There is a relationship of what we eat to how our joints feel. Most of the day we are not eating or drinking, made sense to see if what I barely was doing in terms of time, could change how I feel. I gave up dairy and in one month my hands could move again, in three months I could manage a round door knob. By six months, open a pickle jar that had never been opened. Many people find the same relief from arthritis and gout as I did. Gout is interesting as it is too much animal protein which causes the inflamed joints and of course dairy is a high protein food. They like to think the only problem with dairy is a milk sugar issue, I have no trouble with lactose intolerance but animals protein so I likely had some gout, the extra stiffness was too much calcium which deposited in my finger joints. My doctor called it rheumatoid arthritis for which medical science says like diabetes, there is no cure, but they can managed it with drugs. If you eat right, you don't have to take drugs. I was pre-diabetic and now my blood sugar is also ideal but I went further and eliminated animal protein altogether. It is better to be able to move, I was also in a wheelchair by 57 and now I am 67 and in better health than 10 years ago. I did not get rid of the wheelchair, it has become a symbol of my triumph over arthritis. I hate the thing. In the event I did fall and break a leg, I do have it if I need it. I like thinking which is why I like knitting, my other two tasks is to not die of cancer as did most of my family or not get Alzheimer's disease as my father died of this and all of his male relatives. My memory has improved from change in diet also. When I was having kids, I was having to care for my aging parents. Now I help out my son and daughter-in-law with their twin boys born in early June 2020. Many hold off having kids till they are finished with the military and their college, buy a house, furnish it and have found their lifelong careers. Life is tough enough for this generation without trying to find time to take care of me and my husband. Love isn't just an emotion, it is finding the solution to truly help those you love. I love my family more than I love to eat the Standard American Diet.

I saw an other way to do a combined English knitting way to make the purl the Continental way with having the yarn coming from the right hand. In stead of wrapping your yarn with all these Norwegian moves. You bring the yarn as if to purl to the front of your work. Stick the right needle purlwise in the next stitch, wrap your yarn from the front over the needle . and pull.While pulling your needle goes through the loop of your left needle. and you have your purl stitch in Continental knitting with English style knitting.

I have never ever taught or set some to knit like that in me 49 years here in Norway. I did learn knit when I was four or five. Me grand mother and me mum did learn me. Off course we learn some knitting at school. The vrang maske look so strange too me. Looks like it must hurt me so bad hands so much. I have many friend here i Norway and my mum. I have never ever seen one person knitt like that. And there is so many bloogs for Norwegian knitters. I have never seen one of those knitlike that. There is also alot of videos where the jarn shop have videoes where They show how you can look at if you don’t understand. I have seen a lot of those videos. Not one show that kind of knitting. I need too look at videos because It’s not long time since i started to knit. I schould not do it at all because of me bad neck. I can’t move it at all. But knitting help me alot to think about other thing than me awfull pain 24-7 but I am so happy that I am still here. It’s just luck that I am still here. And that we diden’t hit some other people. I always speak Norwegian so my English is bad. Please don’t be mad. Ask if you don’t understand me. I do learn so much one your youtube channel. Have a nice day frome me here in cold beautifull Norway. I am so happy that we have still not got snow. But many other places have a lot of snow.

Norwegian Purl: does it stretch out the parent stitch and cause a gauge issue?

That's exactly the problem I had with the Master Crochet Course. I think they need to get their names right. If it's a certification "test," it should be called a test. When you sign up for an Masters program , you may have to pass a test, but only after a series of classes or courses where some expertise is expected, but you learn more and more deeply. I am wondering how the feedback on either of these programs is working. When I took the Master in Crochet course, the evaluation program took so long that I finally dropped out of the program. This was early days. I'm wondering if that part has improved. Anyone taken either the Crochet or Knit Masters course in the last year?

doesnt this stretch out the stich on the left needle?

Very interesting. Just wondering, though. Does a Norwegian Purl (either Continental or English) take more yarn than a traditional Purl method?

Reminds me of Arne and Carlos’ purling cha cha cha.

Today I was practising continental knitting of ribbing for socks. I am English and normally knit in the English way. I LOVE the Norwegian way of purling when ribbing BUT without my index finger held stiffly up away from the knitting. On the Arne and Carlos channel they say it was originally done like this by the older people. They don't know how it began that the index finger is held rigid to control the wool/yarn. Interesting.

As a devoted English knitter I feel that Norwegian purling is a waste on motion...I am so right hand dominate that I can’t knit continental.

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I will give the English Norwegian purl a try

I am going to go watch the other video, but what are examples of why one would need to use the Norwegian purl?

I have recently been experimenting with Norwegian Purl and somehow, in spite of all that movement, it seems to be a ‘tighter’ purl? I should take the time to actually swatch this out to confirm. I’ve been an English knitter for like 40 years. The last five I’ve worked on becoming a Continental knitter as it seems more efficient. Sadly, I’ve found it seems to irritate a tendon in my left elbow. Strange lump appeared, that goes flat if I’m not knitting regularly or go back to throwing. My purling issue seems to happen in both styles. When going from knit to purl I always end up with an elongated stitch. This doesn’t happen with purl to knit, so when cabling or some other pattern with similar sides, the knit to purl side doesn’t match. Loosely, goosey and unattractive. I’ve tried various methods of tightening it up and they just aren’t very intuitive and don’t really seem to work out well. I feel like keeping the yarn in back somehow keeps the stitch from using more yarn, or intuitively tightens things up as I move to the next stitch. I wonder if anyone else has experienced this?

It looks so much work compared with just English pulling.

The true Norwegian Purl does not hold the left index finger in the air. The yarn and finger stay close against the left hand needle and so the movement is much more fluid than you demonstration.

When you say English knitters, do you mean American English knitting ,or how they knit in England with the wool held in the right hand, with the right hand needle held like a pencil.

Put your right needle under your arm and let your hands be free purling is really easy 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

I find Portuguese purling is easy and quicker than the Norwegian, English, and Continental purls!

I can see that it can be done, but who would want to when pearling the english way is just as easy as knitting. This just seems so time consuming.

I am an English knitter and I found your instructions quite confusing. Whatever I do, I do it so quickly it really doesn't matter if I knit or purl. I tried continental knitting once and found the purling quite awkward. I am also left handed - so maybe that is easier doing the English method. My right index finger does all the work regardless whether I purl or knit.

The length of your fingers causes me a problem (small hands)

Hmm?? Getting to know other knitters who do things you like but may not want to knit could be great for establishing a trade!

You said, maybe there was something I missed. Well, yes. You missed an opportunity to be kind. You missed an opportunity to ask her to show you what she meant. After all, you were at a retreat. That is where ideas are exchanged is it not? What you are doing is an unnecessary complication of the purl stitch. Her way may have been much better.