A treatise on embroidery, crochet and knitting .. (1899)
Perkins, George C, Ford, Anna Grayson, M. Heminway and Sons Silk Co · New York, M. Heminway & Sons Silk Co. · leaf 132
off and fall between the needles. Repeat to the end; or for asmanv stitches as directed. This is the English method; for plain knitting, the KNITTING INSTRUCTIONS 99 writer likes the German method better. In this, the silk is passed over the left fore-finger, under second and third, and over the… … Purling. up the thread, but the work is so much less tiresome and more rapid of executionthat it will well repay one to become accustomed to it. Purl (p.): The silk is brought around in front of the right-hand needle, which isthen passed through first stitch on left-hand needle from right to left,…
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