Learn to Purl 3 Together Through the Back Loops

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Purl three together through the back loops (P3TOG tbl) is not a common decrease method.  Or, at least, it's not one I've seen mentioned very often. 

Actually, I've looked through most of my pattern books and I couldn't find many patterns that instructed the user to purl three stitches together, and I couldn't find any that called for purling three stitches together through the back loops.

And that's why I think this is a pretty handy video to have in your YouTube favorites. 


A quick Google search didn't turn up a lot of explanations for P3TOGtbl, and there were no other videos for it besides this one.  Lucky you that this exists!  And lucky me!  Lucky knitters!

I've talked about how I tend to confuse myself with written instructions or photograph tutorials so much that I don't even want to link to the posts.  So I won't.  Let's just say that watching videos has helped me tremendously and I'm going to have this one saved just in case there comes a day I knit a pattern that calls for this technique. 

Unlike knitting three stitches together through the back loops, which is fairly straightforward, purling three stitches together through the back loops is a bit trickier.  So watch the video.  Watch it several times.  Here, I'll set it out again for you.



This is important!  Don't you think so, too?  I hope so, and I hope this helped.  For more knitting tutorials, check out the Leisure Arts knitting playlist.

Happy knitting!