The dictionary of needlework : an encyclopædia of artistic, plain, and fancy needlework ... (1882)
Caulfeild, S. F. A. (Sophia Frances Anne), 1824-1911, Saward, Blanche C · London : L. Upcott Gill · leaf 297
d pass it roundthe pin, keeping it quite tight, bring the right pin outbehind the left, and draw the stitch off. To work in the German method as shown in Fig.521: Hold the hands over both pins, and the pins betweenthe thumb and forefinger of each hand. Bring the thread tothe front of the work, pass… … Fig. 521. Knitting—Pukl (German Method). behind the left pin and with the stitch on it. The Germanmanner of Purling is the quickest and smoothest. Pig. 521,besides showing how to Purl, gives the appearance of apiece of Knitting which has been Knitted at every backrow and Purled in every front row.…
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