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Tutorial: Norwegian Purl

Posted by adminnie On March - 5 - 2009

Most people who knit don’t care for seed stitch or ribbing, for one reason or another.  English, or throwers,  have to use large movements to take the yarn from the front to the back.  Continental knitters, or pickers, while using smaller movements,  still have to move the yarn back and forth.  Heather has shown us how to do Norwegian Purling in this video, which leaves the yarn IN THE BACK.  I’m sitting down and figuring this out TODAY. 

You guys think I’m fast now?  Just wait.

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17 COMMENTS

17 Responses

1. kch Says:

   Great video. I’d never seen this technique before. I’m going to try it out too.

   Posted on March 5th, 2009 at 11:44 am

2. Patti Says:

   It works! After years of playing with both throwing and picking and always hating purling……….I don’t any more. I’m now going to forever be a picker, unless I’m doing two handed stranded!Thank you, thank you, thank you!! Patti

   Posted on March 5th, 2009 at 11:58 am

3. Aberdonian Says:

   Wow! I’m going to try that!

   Posted on March 5th, 2009 at 2:33 pm

4. Nadja Says:

   Wonderful video! I tried it out right away and it was so easy! I think I will always use this way of purling now whenever I have to do ribbing or the like.

   Posted on March 5th, 2009 at 3:43 pm

5. Bonne Says:

   Oooh! I’m going to have to try that! Maybe that will get me to try harder to do continental!

   Posted on March 5th, 2009 at 6:15 pm

6. Manda Says:

   I can highly recommend the Norwegian Purl method! I took a “left-handed knitting” class at Stitches West last week, and it was AWESOME! The movement is kinda fiddley, especially starting out, but it is TEH AWSUM if you can figure it out.

   Posted on March 5th, 2009 at 6:59 pm

7. Rosemary Says:

   Genius!

   Posted on March 5th, 2009 at 7:00 pm

8. tana Says:

   That’s just about the coolest thing I’ve seen in a long time. Thanks for sharing that!

   Posted on March 5th, 2009 at 7:29 pm

9. Jadielady Says:

   I love you and the woman who posted that video. *happy dances*

   Posted on March 5th, 2009 at 8:22 pm

10. Sandyknits Says:

    That rocks!

    Posted on March 6th, 2009 at 8:19 am

11. mathea Says:

    Would you believe that I never knew there was any other way of doing it than this?

    Posted on March 7th, 2009 at 7:44 am

12. Malin Says:

    Great video, thanks for posting it! I have heard the term Norwegian purling before but never seen it done. I had to try at once, and it’s easy. I have to teach my hands to do this properly, they are used to another way of Continental purling.

    Posted on March 7th, 2009 at 1:06 pm

13. Debbi Says:

    I love this! Thanks for sharing!!!

    Posted on March 9th, 2009 at 5:42 pm

14. Guru Nam Says:

    Thanks so much for this. I tried it out right away and love it. It makes purling almost a non-issue. Thanks agian.

    Posted on March 11th, 2009 at 3:45 pm

15. Janet Says:

    Whoa, that is just funky. I’m a picker myself and don’t have any trouble moving the yarn to the front for a purl (I hold the yarn over my left hand the same way for a knit or purl so it’s just one fast & simple motion) but I’m still going to try this out just for the funk-factor. Thanks!

    Posted on March 16th, 2009 at 1:34 pm

16. Lene Rothe Says:

    Funnily enough I’m danish and every dane I now purl “norwegian” (this is just an ordinary purl for us;)) but the one norwegian in my knitting group purl the other continental way..

    Very nice and clear demonstration!

    Posted on April 12th, 2009 at 12:03 am

17. PenguinInk Says:

    Amazing! I have always struggled with the continental purl. This is MAGIC!

    Posted on June 4th, 2009 at 4:33 pm