Why are my Continental purls so loose?
Several years ago, I taught myself to knit Continental style (I had done English up to that point). Early on, the tension on my knits and purls was about equal, probably due to my lack of dexterity and thus the extra-tight grip I kept on the knitting. However, while I knit quickly and easily in Continental style, my purl stitches seem to be getting really loose. Substantially looser than the knit stitches to be sure. I’m not sure why this is — I’ve tried correcting it by using an extra wrap around my fingers to increase tension, but it only helps marginally. Thoughts? Ideas?
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January 29th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
Don’t know why, I have same prob. I will sometimes use a smaller needles, like if I’m making a top-down seamless cardigan; there are no purl on the sleeves, so I use double points and 2 of one size, 3 of one size smaller, usually gets me the same gauge as the rest of the sweater where I was knitting and purling. Wow, does that make sense or was it just garble