In the "brute-force" approach, the knitter can produce any sort of plaiting by removing the stitch to be knitted from the left-hand needle, twisting it as desired, then returning it to the left-hand needle and knitting it.
Using the "brute-force" technique, the knitter is capable of producing any kind of plaiting by removing a stitch from the left-hand needle, manipulating its orientation as desired, and subsequently knitting it back onto the needle.