I finally get it!

fiberlicious wrote:
On Apr 20, 10:05 am, (Mirjam Bruck-Cohen) wrote:
Neither have i heard of `that rule` , could you explain it ?
i mean origin and reason.
mirjam



"fiberlicious" wrote in message
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In case that was a serious (as opposed to rhetorical) question: In an
ssk one slips as if to knit. The "rule" is that you slip to knit if
the stitch will immediately be reworked (as in an ssk), slip to purl
if you will be moving on after you slip.
It was rhetorical but that's okay - I'm glad you answered because I had
never heard that "rule"! Thanks!
LauraJ


No idea about origin but here's the reason: Unless you knit Eastern
Uncrossed (or some other non-traditional way that results in the
stitches being seated untraditionally on the needles), slipping
purlwise simply transfers the stitch without altering it in any way.
Slipping knitwise twists the stitch, which affects how the slipped
stitch sits once it has been reworked.

That's if you're going to work the stitch on the next row. For a slipped
stitch that's passed over the next stitch, you want to slip it knitwise
so it lies flat on the row you're working.

sue