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Long live the Russian purl! ❤ Your video has made me feel less intimidated by the purl stitch

Turns out I've been doing Russian purl stitches my whole life without even knowing it. Great video, thanks!

I noticed this same tension when I switched to Norwegian purl. Now I purl this way w/o thinking - learned this technique via a You Tube channel last week.

Thanks so much for this video. came here because i hate continental purlin. I have a question, though: Does this mean, if I do Russian Purling that I have to knit through the back loop then all the time? and pay attention when theres a decrease because it works differently? and do the increases work differently too? thanks again so much for the video.

I wish you had said what yarn you are using, or put it in the notes to the video :(

Thank you for this most interesting tutorial.. You have explained the purl stitch so clearly and in such detail. I found this extremely helpful,.

Excellent explanation! Thank you.

I learned to knit in Germany when I lived there by my neighbor, and we didn’t speak each other’s language, but we managed

I'm so glad I found this video. As a crocheter, the Continental purl was really hurting my hands. I tried the Russian purl method you shared and no pain! Thank you so much for the great tutorial!

Great explanations - I understand my atypical style of knitting much better now!

This is the best way, Thank you.

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In Russia there are both methods. One (the one you call german) is called classical, the other one is called granny's knitting. If you compare both, the granny's one is less clean, the right side of the stitch seems almost vertical. It is said that it's preferable to use the classical knitting for better results. Also the index finger is never raised. The yarn is just held over the index finger and under the other fingers and the right hand do all the moving.

Is this the same as combination knitting?

I agree it's about how the stitch is mounted on the needle. with leading leg in front, continental style knits through the front leg. in russian, the mount has the back leg being the leading leg, and you knit through the back leg. My teacher had me do an interesting exercise where she randomly changed the mounts. with eyes closed, you run your fingers over the stitch legs. if the leading leg was in the front, you knit continental style. If the leading leg was in the back, then you russian knit through the back leg.

I love the Russian way.

I've been knitting for 55 years and am pretty well-known for my good work, particularly with lace knitting. I have come to call my style Continental because that's what everyone calls knitting with the working yarn in the left hand. I have recently seen many videos where the knitter does this wacky wrapping thing with the yarn on purls and wondered where that came from! I learned from my mother who learned from her mother (born in modern day Ukraine) who learned from her Polish stepmother. You've just informed me that I do the Russian purl! That makes sense, doesn't it? It is sooo much easier than that wrapping thing.

This is how I do purl in continental knitting, didn't know it had a name. I hold my yarn the same way that Norwegian knitters do though. I don't have my index finger so far away from the needle.

I never knew, but I am doing the Russian purl. I really like it that way.

Thanks for the demo! I was taught by my German mother, who was taught by her Eastern European mother. I’ve never knit any other way. But decided for one project to do it “properly” but swore, I will never knit like that again. If you are consistent with your purl and knit stitches everything is fine, no matter what you are doing. Thanks again!

We do russian purl. What us the matching knit stitch to make stockinette stitch? We purl through front leg in russian. So should we knit through front leg as well? How about ribbing where we do both knit and purl on the same row?

Your needles are gorgeous, and logo wonderful to work with. What brand are they?

I've been doing the Russian Purl all my life because it makes more even purl stitches. I didn't know what it was called. Thank you

This is how I learned. Tuen I switched to Continental a few years ago because I was afraid of the decreases and all. Joe I developed a bad pain in my left index fingers from all the flicking. And so I am going back to combined knitting 😂 thanks to TH-cam there are videos on hiw to takle increases and decreases if you are using this Russian method😊

I always understood that continental knitting meant to hold the yarn with the left hand. And inside continental style there were diferent purling types: Germán russian, norwegan, portugués and Even someone which i do not know it s mame. Also thar one when you bring the yarn in front with your left Index finger forming a horizontal 90degrees with the needle. I love continental so much.❤ I combine English and continental for colorwork.

Combination knitter here 😃

i'm a mirror knitter so i might be working eastern style already? it works fine for me /shrug

This was so helpful!! Thanks 😊

So apparently Ive been doing this (Russian) without knowing, whoops.

I was doing Russian purl but it does not work when you do typical Italian bind-off so I had to correct it because it is twisted the bind off did not work. Now I do normal continental purling.

Thank you so much Ive been trying to change to continental style but just could do purl this Russian style is much easier and you explain it so well and then to knit into the back of the stitches for stocking stitches great. Just need practice now

I love the Russian style! Trying it tonight. The continental purl method is what keeps me from knitting continental. I can not manipulate the purls. Russian looks much easier. Best thing I ever did as was learn to read my own knitting rather than be awkward. I knit by wrapping in the “wrong” direction and had to figure out why my stitches crossed. I purl normally. Actually, now that I understand “front leg” to be the one closest to the working needle rather than in front of the actual left needle, I can do whatever I want. This comes in handy for unwinding yarn that has wound too tightly. I just wrap in the other direction until it is fixed. Garter stitch fixes itself.

Thanks for the demo. I've seen a Russian knitter on youtube describing it as the "grandmother" (I guess babushka) method. Since I've started using the babushka method my knitting (scarves) has increased dramatically, as the movements for both purl and knit stitch are far more efficient. I recently started on a sweater (the second one I've ever made) and am having to make up methods for increases and decreases, but am not sure I'm doing them right. You mentioned that they slant a different way. I'd love it if you had the time to go into this a bit. Thanks for all the help you offer!

Hello thank. you for your instructions. They were very helpful and just like you were sitting here showing me. I am doing circular so thank you for Anna for mentioning it. But I'm doing a garter stitch so I'll be knitting the next round so I think I'll be ok.

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Can you do linen stich like this ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Hi - I'm so glad to find this video! Learned to knit in home ec back in the mid 60s, in Alabama. She taught us the continental style. But when youtube came along I saw videos of the purl stitch - and that was not the way I learned it! It took a while but I finally learned from your video that I purl in the Russian style. Of course, I've been doing it so long it comes totally naturally, and I'm confused these days when I hear people say they have trouble with purling. So a big THANK YOU!

That takes a lot of work and patience. Great job. I'm new to knitting and your comments are turned off on your knit stitch videos so I couldn't comment. Thanks for keeping those videos up. Are you planning on making more videos? For instance, when to switch to continental from Russian? Or vice versa? That would be helpful to newbies. Thanks.

Russian knitting also twists knit stitches by entering through the trailing loop. It's problematic (needs adjustment for other stitch patterns - garter stitch, decreases, lace, etc.). It's how I was taught but I had to unlearn it as it was causing me problems.

Thank you so much! I have a hard time knitting. I taught myself how to crochet when I was a child and have been trying to get into knitting. Recently, I’ve decided to learn knooking (knitting with a crochet hook) and the method that I use to knook is similar to Russian knitting in terms of the stitch mount and the yarn position before the needle pulls it through the loop.

I thought I was continental knitting incorrectly, but turns out I was just doing a Russian purl lol. So much easier knitting in Russian style when you are a crochetter!! I moved to continental purl and got terrible cramp in my hand.

God it annoys me when people knit with the stitches so far away from the tip and then necessarily proceed to stab their finger in order to get leverage .ugh!

😮 This was so clear!! I just heard about the Continental Stitching, I didn’t even know there was Russian Stitch too… I intuitively did it Russian because I am still learning holding the yarn in my left hand and etc., so I am slower and have to look and learn this new technique. Thank you for clarifying this! ❤

It would go faster if you purl the continental way: th-cam.com/video/vKG85tJcgCQ/w-d-xo.html

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Thank you for this very informative tutorial! I came here researching how to achieve nicer results in ribbing in the round (cuffs), and this works very well for me. It was slower in the beginning than the "continental" way (picking/scooping the yarn so that it's wrapped counter-clockwise) that I learned in Germany 40+ years ago (muscle memory...) Now I'm already getting used to the Russian/Eastern/combined (whatever) purl stitch, also because it is much more economical on hand movements. I never found it difficult to purl the way I was taught as a child, but it's always nice to learn new methods, especially if they lead to even nicer results.

Thank you for this video.I have a question. How do I do a M1l en and M1R in this way? I can't find any videos on that on youtube. You would help me a lot.

Thank you for this! I learned something valuable and the video is so relaxing! Do you remember the name of the yarn you were using? I cant keep my eyes off it.

I don't know if someone asked already, but what brand and colour is that yarn 👀👀👀? it is mesmerising.

I remember watching another tutorial that didn't clarify this twisted the stitches then getting really confused as to why all the stitches were twisted on the next row and dismissed this technique as being dumb🤦‍♂️