there is no one way. You'd think that'd make it easier. And sure it does to dome extent. But if a pattern is designed with the stitches, say, twisting just so...my stitches may not come out twisting just so. It was a bit of a surprise to discover the other day that I've been purling 'incorrectly' all this time. I had to watch knittinghelp.com's video over and over to see what was off between what she was doing and what I do. After some research, it seems I purl like Annie Modesitt's Combined Method, I scoop the yarn rather than wrap it...clockwise rather than counter-clockwise I think, but knit western continental like normal (I'm beginning to wonder.) What this means is that my purl stitches don't twist like they should...maybe. I can't tell the difference. On the combo knitting info site, knitting in this way means you should swap your decreases...k2tog instead of ssk etc. But my dragon scale gauntlets look okay. I will eyeball them again however just to check.
I'm only making a fuss about this because I am attempting to make the Juno Regina and I want it to look good when I'm done. I am not having much luck finding info on how to work yarn overs either. Heh. God forbid someone be book taught. *g*
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