question about purling

[nonniemous]

inchainz  and I have been discussing this randomly, and I've been searching for an answer in all my knitting books, but I haven't found one.  So I come here, to the knitting group, fount of all wisdom re: knitting, and I ask:

When purling, if the first leg of the stitch is behind the needle, do you go through that instead, or do you always default to the leg that's in front of the needle?  Seems to me it would make things twist funny.  I know when I knit, I go through the first leg, front or back.  Purling front leg only can also result in a twist, so ...

Yeah, okay.  This is probably a really stupid question.  But it's itching at me!  Anyone have any wisdom to share?

Comments

[nonniemous]

Hee! I found a cheat sheet by grumperina. But I think I'm going to table some of my more complicated patterns right now and knit some gauge swatches and get this all straight in my head.

And I understand and share your joy in both knowledge and sharing that knowledge. And it's so much fun when knowledge (yours) meets and fills a serious gap in knowledge (mine!).

*snoopy dance of joy*

[sedge]

Oooh, convenient for (as she says) those moments when the brain isn't up to working it out.