A manual of plain needlework and cutting-out (1886)
Jones, Emily G · London : Longmans, Green · leaf 54
46 Plaiji Needlework and understanding what is knitting stitch and what is purHng. For plain knitting the cotton is held on the side of the needle furthest from the knitter, passing over the first finger, under the second and third, and over the fourth finger. The right needle goes into the first… … Fig, 7. — Plain Knitting, it and brought through, as in fig. 7, and the loop is then passed off the left needle. Purling. — The cotton is brought to the front of the right needle — i.e., to the side nearest the knitter. The right needle is then put into the loop, as in fig. 8, the cotton turned…
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