I was taught English knitting and never needed continental until I started doing color work. I quickly learned to knit and after months of forcing myself to purl continental, my purls were still a mess. Disgusted, I ripped out the experiment sweater and reknit it English style.

Over the years, I've tried numerous tricks, including the icky finger ring thingymabob that makes your finger sweat, but nothing fixed my purl issues. I was ready to give up and accept that I could knit continental, but I would never be able to purl continental.

Then I stumbled across an obscure references to the Norwegian purl in a knitting history book. The book didn't make much of an impression on me other than its one line reference to this technique. I can't even remember it's name. Thanks to Google, I found a multitude of videos and tutorials on-line and began experimenting until I found an explanation that worked for me.

I rediscovered Hsailormoon's video tutorial today and thought I'd share it with everyone. May you find this technique as enjoyable as I do. And if you don't, may you at least appreciate the idea.

P.S. Thanks to this lovely person I have been purling continental since February. (I'm still an English knitter most of the time.)