Knitting: Continental Purl Stitch

Video Transcript

"Pearl stitch can be done continental or American just the way the knit stitch can. So, for the continental pearl stitch, you're going to hold the yarn in your left hand like we did before and the pearl stitch you're going in through the stitch from back to front instead of front to back. Wrap the yarn over the needle. There's you're old stitch and there's your new stitch. The pearl and continental is a little trickier than the knit stitch because you have to use your forefinger to control the tension. That makes it a little bit harder to manipulate. Another thing is when you wrap your yarn it really needs to go over your hand to get more control of the stitch. So again, for the pearl stitch you're going into the stitch from back to front, you're yarn is in front, and you're going to wrap it over the needle and bring it through. So you've got the needle going in from back to front, the yarn is in front, goes over the needle. There's your old stitch and your new stitch comes off. This creates this bumpy texture on the back which also can be called pearl bumps. You would just keep going across the row if you were knitting stockinette. Again, that's going in from back to front, wrapping the yarn around the needle. Here's your old stitch and bring it off. You just have to keep your tension in control on your forefinger. That is the pearl stitch continental style."