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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'>It\u2019s a thought, but I don\u2019t see how I could twist just the back loop.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The part with all the pfb\u2019s is a border, so it could conceivably be worked in a different way, or omitted altogether. I\u2019m going to give it a try and see how hard it actually is. I\u2019ve put in a lifeline, so it will be easy to pull it out and do something else instead, if it\u2019s too much.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Unless someone has a great way to do the pfb.<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><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none'> NFB-Blind-Crafters <nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dixie via NFB-Blind-Crafters<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 8, 2026 10:34 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'List for Blind Crafters and Artists' <nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Dixie <cobaltblueheron@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NFB-Blind-Crafters] PFB, purl front and back<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Wow, that is almost enough for me to not consider making the pattern.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>I hate doing the purl in the back loop. Usually what I do is twist the loop half a turn clock-wise, put it back on the left needle and purl in the front. I though am not sure it that technique would work if doing in the front then the back of the same stitch.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>Dixie<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>🌷</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>🌸</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>🕊\ufe0f</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>🌸</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>🌷</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone. Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, the cooing of doves is heard in our land. Song of Songs 2:11-12 (NIV)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none'> NFB-Blind-Crafters <<a href="mailto:nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org">nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Tracy Carcione via NFB-Blind-Crafters<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 8, 2026 8:24 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'List for Blind Crafters and Artists' <<a href="mailto:nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org">nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:carcione@access.net">carcione@access.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [NFB-Blind-Crafters] PFB, purl front and back<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I\u2019m coming to the border section of the Kanak Shawl, which uses a lot of pfb\u2019s, purl front and back. I\u2019d 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\u2019s 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>