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As a new knitter in 2002 I wasn't aware of the many different approaches to knitting knit stitches and purl stitches. But when I did eventually learn about continental knitting and saw how much faster it is than throwing I tried to switch several times over many years, to no avail. The learning curve was too steep for my already well established muscle memory.
But in 2011 Melissa at Miso Crafty Knits mentioned she was using Portuguese Knitting and I gave it a shot. A quick Andrea Wong Youtube video later and I was purling Portuguese style flawlessly. My purling hasn't changed since, and it's even faster than my throwing knit stitch. So, I'll knit stockinette stitch items which are knit in the round inside out so I can purl all stitches. I've just published a demonstration of my two colourwork purling methods. The first method uses a combination of throwing and Portuguese-style purling to knit two colours, and the second method abandons throwing and introduces a paper clip pin to purl two colours in Portuguese-style. When I knit the right side of colourwork I usually don't employ Portuguese knitting techniques, I throw as per this video: https://youtu.be/Lt_Fcx2KOGk Would you try this method of purling? Find the Everlea Fingering yarns which appear in this video here: www.everleayarn.ca/collections/everlea-yarn Janna Maria
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 Janna in her snow-covered yarn holding her work-in-progress, an Ambershore Shawl, by local designer Inese Sang. A warm hello from the Sunshine Coast, We had our first snow day of the season today. That is, we got snow for the first time and the entire school district closed for the day. Having lived in Montreal and New York, it always makes me laugh how ill-prepared we are in BC for any amount of snow. That said, we're no better as a family. Even though we have all weather tires on our vehicles we were stuck at home today since our driveway is very steep. We walked to the local corner shop for some treats and had a cozy day inside. I hope your day was cozy, too. Speaking of cozy, as always there are a lot of beautiful new knitwear designs being released. Below is a sampling of some locally designed ones. If I have missed any let me know and I'll add them to the next newsletter. Thank you! 
This was an excerpt from my most recent Vancouver Yarn newsletter
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Vancouver Yarn is a free resource which links you to local DIY textile shops and designers as well as artists and makers which are local to greater Vancouver BC, unceded Coast Salish territory, and throughout so-called British Columbia. I also list online shops and designers from around the country.
Many of my links come from your submissions - Thank you! If you tell me about a dyer, designer, shop etc I will add it.
Many of my links come from your submissions - Thank you! If you tell me about a dyer, designer, shop etc I will add it.
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