circular needles query

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Starting parameters:  I love to knit on circular needles.  I am learning to knit.  I am working on Dirty Girl Dishcloths from the Chicks with Sticks Guide to Knitting book  

Problem:  I am now working the dishcloth that involves purling and I am pretty darned sure that I am not doing it right.  I know I am doing the purl portion correctly, but I believe I might be mucking something up with the using of circular needles and right side/wrong side stuff.  I am not getting that defined square in the middle I should be with k5, p40, k5 and I am confoooooooooooooosed!

Plea:  Any ideas?  tia!

Knitters a security threat?

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Via @gloss, check this out: Cowichan First Nation knitters investigated as a security threat for Vancouver Winter Olympics. I'm used to all the knitting-on-airplanes discussion about pointy needles omg, but this is ... different :-/

Lace edging resources?

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I'm making a pinwheel sweater and I'd like to edge it with some kind of lace edging, the kind which runs perpendicular to the circular part and works as a wide kind of bind-off.

The sweater's in aran weight brown wool and I don't like things that are too flowery, so I'm thinking something fairly earthy and simple, and anywhere from about 4-8 stitches wide.

Anyone got a suggestion for an edging to use, or can you recommend a good resource for finding one? I'd be happy to buy a good book of lace edging patterns if I can find one, so it doesn't have to be free.