A Purl in 8 stitch on a small gauge loom. Here it is on the reverse side, so pretty.
Designed by Stephanie May also known as Loomatic Fringe, find her on Facebook
and Instagram. All right guys, let's begin. You need to cast on an even number of
pegs. The stitch is done over two pegs, so we're gonna start on the edge and you
need to knit that first edge just to get you started, because you basically are
going to start knitting with peg two. To do the figure eight, you're going to
wrap peg two first and then come back and wrap peg one. Next you need to knit
off both of these pegs. Your yarn now is behind, so what you need to do is grab
it, and bring that yarn forward, and now on peg two you're going to do a purl
stitch. Now, I'm knitting from right to left, so if you're knitting left
to right, just do the backwards. Now peg two is your new peg one. Let's
see that close up. Again, we're going to the left so we're going to wrap peg 2
and then peg one. Doing this is what causes that figure eight and you can see
it clearly, that it looks like a figure eight. So next, you're going to knit off
these two pegs. It's usually a good idea to start off with the one that you did
last but it's okay. Again your yarn, your strand of yarn is in the back so you're
gonna bring it forward and you're going to purl peg 2. All right, I think you guys
got the idea. Your peg 2 is now your peg 1 and the process starts again.
Wherever your yarn is, that's peg 1 and the one in front of it is peg two, which
is how you start your stitch. First you wrap two then you wrap one, so you go
forward and then back to create that eight, and then you have to knit off
those two pegs, bring the yarn forward and you're going to purl peg two.
After you finish that peg, after you purl, that is your new peg one, right. And, this
is what it looks like. If it's even, you see that your stitches will be staggered.
You see that, that little purl stitch that drops will be staggered. It
gives you a little bit of an opening, it's a little bit lacy but it's a lot
warmer than it looks depending on the yarn that you use. And, we're knitting
flat, if you're gonna go in the round try to do an odd number. To finish the row
here, we're gonna go ahead and do that figure 8, but for my particular edge,
and this was not recommended by the designer, I just found it works better, I
knit that last peg and that ends my row. To turn then again, I start by knitting
that first peg and that allows me then to go to peg two and wrap both one and
two. Then you just start the stitch over. That's how easy this stitch is and
it looks amazing. I really, really love it and I want to say thanks to Stephanie
for allowing me to share this with you guys. That was so awesome, for a real look
her up on Facebook or Instagram. And, here's your stitch summary for you
visual learners. Alright, that was the Purl in 8, alright guys thanks for
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