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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I’m coming to the border section of the Kanak Shawl, which uses a lot of pfb’s, purl front and back. I’d welcome any hints about how to make this stitch.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Cindy wrote about it, but she says she does Continental knitting, and I do American. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I made an experiment, trying to do a pfb. I did an ordinary purl, without flipping the loop off the left needle, then I brought the yarn to the back (knit position), put my needle up through the back of the loop on the left needle, wrapped my yarn, and flipped the loop off the left needle.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Is that how it’s done, or is there an easier way?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Tracy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>