Archer, Effie Archer · Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, Page & company · leaf 390
To purl (Figure 258). Fig. 257. Knitting (K) The work is held in theleft hand. Theworsted is broughtin front of thework. The right-hand needle is in-serted through thestitch from rightto left in front ofthe left needle.Pass the point of Fig. 258. Purling (P) ^j^^ ^.^^^ ^^^^,^ over the worsted and… … 354 NEEDLECRAFT off the stitch on the left needle as in knitting. Re-peat in this manner until all the stitches are trans-ferred. Sometimes it is necessary to get rid of some ofthe stitches. In that case the needle is slippedthrough two stitches instead of one and the newstitch formed in the usual…
Needlework
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