A text-book of needlework, knitting, and cutting out : with methods of teaching (1893)
Rosevear, Elizabeth · London : Macmillan · leaf 71
our armthat this kind of knitting is like elastic, because itstretches very much and then contracts, so that when it isworn on the body it fits closely and is warmer than plainknitting; (c) explain that purl is a wave-like arrangementof the loops, and that it is sometimes called ribbed… … Fig. 22. on; (b) let children cast on twelve loops loosely, and thenknit eleven loops plain; (r) purl the last loop thus :—(1) bring the cotton to the front of the right-hand pin,and the right-hand pin in front of the left-hand one; (2)put the right-hand pin in the front part of the loop, fromright…
Needlework · Knitting · Sewing
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