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 293
e work, thenKnit the next three or four stitches loosely, or Purlthem; when these are knitted, Knit or Purl the stitchesupon the spare needle, on the needle held in the righthand. By so doing, the stitches first knitted are laidunder the last stitches, which are raised above the restof the work.… … Fig. 507. Knitting—Decrease. to mean Knit two stitches together. To Decrease seePig. 507 : Put the right-hand needle through two stitcheson the left-hand needle, and Knit them as if they werea single stitch. Decrease when Purling.—Put the right-hand needlethrough the first stitch on the left-hand…
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