purling

[snowbear]

As a teacher advised me.. grab a skein of unwanted cheap yarn. Cast on 25 stitches. Knit 2 rows.. Purl the rest of the rows till you don't even realize that purling is hard. I hated purling.. then I did it as a bet.. before I realized it I didn't hate purling anymore.. it was as easy as the knit stitch.. Honest!

[suzeeq]

This problem ...

When I start purling, it goes well, then the yarn between the opposite end of circular needle, or the other needle, (I've tried both), gets longer and longer and hard to pull neatly.

... has nothing to do with purling. It sounds like you're doing the backwards loop cast on and it's not a good one for lots of stitches on a circular, nor is it easy to knit or purl a stitch into it.. Try the knit or cable cast on and the purling will go a lot easier.

[Cynamar]

I don't like to purl, either. What is steek?

[suzeeq]

Cutting your knitting.....

[Cynamar]

Thanks. I found where I asked before and someone answered. I should've looked!