Ha yeah , I went from Mesa , AZ to the ghetto in Columbia , MO . At least I was getting laid in Missouri though haha <| sep |> I expect it ' s a biiiit more bulky than the regular method of twisting strands together , because instead of just a twist that ' s pulled against the back of the fabric , you have a full stitch back there that ' s kinda hanging loose . But my bulk is probably mostly due to the combo of things , probably wouldn ' t be as obvious in stockinettefiner yarn . WRT purling , I ' m purling in two places . The pattern itself is worked in 1 x 1 rib , including the colourwork , so both main and contrast colour stitches on the rightside are all in 1 x 1 rib . All previous colourwork I ' ve done , other than corrugated rib , has been in stockinette , so it ' s a bit of an adjustment . And I expected it to be much tighter because of the nature of stranded knitting and ribbing , but that hasn ' t been the effect ! Though just now I remembered that you typically size down a needle when working ribbing , and size up when working stranded , so really I should have just stuck with the same needle . I wasn ' t thinking straight . And then I ' ve started purling the jacquard stitch , so that when you look at the wrong side , it looks like a knit . I just find it looks tidier and prettier that way ! Edit And now I ' m thinking I ' ll rip my sleeve back and try again , with a smaller needle , and betterplanned jacquard stitch locations 5 stitch long strands with bulky yarn are frustratingly long enough to catch fingers . Might resolve my bulk problem . I just wanna go home and try it ! Been a while since I ' ve been so jazzed about a technique !