Learn to Knit Backwards Next Steps

Learn to Knit Backwards

Join Helen Reed (AKA The Wool Kitchen) for a game-changing trip back across the right side of your knitting from left to right.

Purling backwards decreases the pressure on your hands whilst you purl giving a more ergonomic and comfortable way to create stocking stitch fabric. It can also help to create a more even tension for knitters who tend to ‘row out’ on their purl rows.

In this two hour workshop, you will learn how to knit up and down rows WITHOUT turning your work. We will learn and practice the purling backwards technique with both the left hand and the right hand. This makes it suitable for both  (continental-style) pickers & (English-style) throwers.

This technique is ideal for patterns that call for short rows or small amounts of knitting backwards and forwards (think soft toys and baby booties). Over time, this will give you the confidence to use both hands when knitting which helps with colourwork and stranded knitting.

This workshop is suitable for any knitters who are comfortable with casting on, knitting and purling.

 

2:00pm to 4:00pm

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1st November 2026
£75
5 remaining
Location Wild and Woolly
Address 116 Lower Clapton Road, London, E5 0QR
Contact Phone: 020 89855231. Email: info@wildandwoollyshop.co.uk
Instructor Helen Reed

Cancellation Policy

When booking your ticket, please make sure you are able attend on the date selected. In general, our classes are non-refundable. Exceptions to this rule will be wholly dependent on whether we can re-sell your ticket to someone on a waiting list, in which case a 90% refund or date change will be considered.  For this reason we urge you to contact us at the earliest opportunity if you wish to cancel your booking.  Please email us for more details.

In the event that we need to cancel a class, we will provide as much notice as possible and offer either a full refund or an alternative booking date.

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