Date: Sun, 13 Aug 1995 20:22:40 -0500 From: SteveHoust@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: TECH:Instructions for knitting backwards OK, I sat down with needles and yarn and figured out (I hope) how to describe this coherently. Please let me know if you are confused by any of this. Knit a row. Instead of turning to purl, leave the needle holding the knitting on the right. Hold yarn in your right hand. Insert left-hand needle into stitch from row you just finished, inserting needle from the front (left) toward the back (right). The left-hand needle will be behind the right-hand needle. To knit stitch, bring yarn over left-hand needle (lifting yarn up and over the top of the needle). Back left-hand needle out of stitch from previous row, being very careful not to drop newly created stitch. Slide stitch from previous row off right-hand needle. Voila! You've just knitted a stitch backwards. Continue across the row and you will never have to purl again! Note: It will take a while before your gauge for knitting backwards is the same as your gauge for knitting forwards. Steve Allen in Houston SteveHoust@aol.com "It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions favoring vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."