Portuguese Knitting Pin

The knitting pin is a tool for knitting the way they do in Portugal, among other countries. While knitting, you use a kind of lever system, which puts less strain on hands and wrists and makes the knitting more efficient. This way of knitting makes it easier to knit the purl stitch. Portuguese knitters, for example, therefore often knit their socks inside out so they can work nicely on the purl side.

Want to read more about this way of knitting? Babette from "De Breiclub" wrote this lovely blog post about why she likes working with the knitting pin.