0 a type of stitch that you make when you knit by putting the needle into the front of the first stitch on the other needle --
Knit one, purl one.
The purl stitch is not used if circular knitting needles or 3 double-pointed needles are used.
In older tatting and crocheting patterns, picots were sometimes specified as purls, purl stitches, or pearl stitches.
Usually, the cables themselves are with a knit stitch while the background is done in purl.
Purl-royal was a similar concoction made using wine in place of ale or beer.
Ribbing has a strong tendency to contract laterally, forming small pleats in which the purl stitches recede and the knit stitches come forward.
Recommended instead are plums in an eighteenth-century dish, centering a room in which there would be women of primrose and purl.
Therefore, one can change which color (dark or light) stands out by changing from knit to purl.
Double bed machines have two flat beds facing each other, in order to produce purl and plain rib fabrics plus a variety of multi patterns.