Here is another that I'm not sure will work, but I'm going to investigate and get back to you.
I don't mind purling. My tension is fine and I have no troubles with it, surprisingly since many people hate to purl. Tomato : Tomato. Currently, I'm sort of in a hurry to do some Christmas gifts which led me to a cowl. The pattern consists of 4 rows where 1 and 3 are knitted and 2 and 4 are purled. (P1, S1)
Here is my query: Could I just turn my work and K1, S1?
I've called my LYS and it was decided that in theory this might work but they really aren't sure. So, I figure if it'll save me some time on a Christmas Cowl for my mom, then it is worth a little effort to figure out. I mean, IN THEORY it should work right?