purl needle
1purl — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (of a knitting stitch) made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from right to left. Compare with PLAIN(Cf. ↑plainness) (in sense 8). ► VERB ▪ knit with a purl stitch. ORIGIN origin uncertain …
2purl stitch — I noun a basic knitting stitch • Syn: ↑purl • Derivationally related forms: ↑purl (for: ↑purl) • Hypernyms: ↑knitting stitch …
3Purl stitch — Stitch Stitch, n. [OE. stiche, AS. stice a pricking, akin to stician to prick. See {Stick}, v. i.] 1. A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made. [1913 Webster] 2. A single turn of the thread round a needle in… …
4purl — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the previous stitch and passing the yarn round the back of the needle. 2 a cord of twisted gold or silver wire for bordering. 3 a chain of minute loops; a picot. 4… …
5purl — I [[t]pɜrl[/t]] n. 1) clo tex a basic stitch in knitting, the reverse of the knit, formed by pulling a loop of the working yarn back through an existing stitch and then slipping that stitch off the needle 2) clo tex one of a series of small loops …
6purl stitch — noun Etymology: 1purl Date: 1852 a knitting stitch usually made with the yarn at the front of the work by inserting the right needle into the front of a loop on the left needle from the right, catching the yarn with the right needle, and bringing …
7purl — purl1 adjective (of a knitting stitch) made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from right to left. Compare with plain1 (in sense 5). verb knit with a purl stitch. Origin C17: of uncertain origin. purl2 literary verb (of a… …
8purl — purl1 /perrl/, v.t., v.i. 1. to knit with a reverse stitch. 2. to finish with loops or a looped edging. n. 3. a basic stitch in knitting, the reverse of the knit, formed by pulling a loop of the working yarn back through an existing stitch and… …
9Knitting — Knit redirects here. See also KNIT and Knitted fabric. Knitting is a method by which thread or yarn may be turned into cloth. Knitting consists of loops called stitches pulled through each other. The active stitches are held on a needle until… …
10Hand-knitting — is a special case of knitting, in which the knitted fabric is produced by hand.Flat and circular knittingWeft knit fabrics can be divided into two types: those that have selvages (side edges) and those that are tubes, where the side edges have… …
