How PURL Stitch in Knitting.
Hi, Guys! I'm Kristen and Welcome to Studio Knit.
Okay, now that you have your knitting rows, it is time to flip it and we are going to PURL.
You probably have heard this term PURL and it's actually spelled P U R L. We can get
way more into the etymology and the history of purling but let's not do that in this video,
let's just jump right into the technique on how knitting and purling are similar yet different.
Here we go.
I encourage you to think of the Purl stitch as an inverted Knit stitch. So, in your knitting,
for each stitch, there is a Knit and Purl side.
You can think of it like the head and tail of a coin. Each Stitch (the coin) it has a
Knit side (like the head) and a Purl side (like the tail).
Knit Stitch Patterns.
With your current knitting swatch, as you have been knitting every row, you have actually
been creating what is called the Garter Knit Stitch Pattern.
Today, you will Purl one entire row, and then you'll be knitting the next, creating the
Stockinette Knit Stitch Pattern. Oh, you're getting fancy now!
Go ahead and just watch me do the Purl Stitch one time and then we'll do it together afterward.
PURL STITCH STEP 1
Hold the knitting needle with the stitches on it in your left hand.
And then hold the knitting needle without any stitches on it in your right hand.
With your yarn in the front of your work, insert the right needle from back to front
of the first stitch, or you can think of it as straight into it. Your right knitting needle
is now resting over your left needle.
PURL STITCH STEP 2
Starting with your yarn in the front, wrap your yarn around the right side of that right
needle in a counter-clockwise direction, finishing with your yarn in the front of your needles
again.
PURL STITCH STEP 3
Slide the right needle down and bring its point from front to back of the stitch, bringing
the yarn with it.
And PURL STITCH STEP 4
Slip the old stitch off the left needle. And now the new stitch is on your right needle.
And if you're excited that today you're purling, go ahead and LIKE UP this video, it really
helps me out. So let's do it together.
PURL STITCH STEP 1
Hold your knitting needle that has stitches on it in your left hand.
And then hold the knitting needle that does not have any stitches on it will be in your
right hand.
With your yarn in the front of the work, hold it right in the front, insert your right needle
from the back to the front of this first stitch. You can also think of it as going straight
into it. Your right knitting needle is now resting on top of your left needle.
STEP 2
Starting with your yarn in the front, wrap your yarn around the right side of your right
needle here in a counter-clockwise direction, finishing with the yarn in the front of your
needles again.
STEP 3
Slide the right needle down bringing the point from front to back of the stitch, and bring
the yarn with it.
STEP 4
Slip the old stitch off the left needle. Now your new stitch is on your right needle.
Let do it again together.
PURL STITCH STEP 1
Holding your yarn in the front, insert your right needle into that stitch. Your right
knitting needle is now resting on top of your left.
STEP 2
Have your yarn in the front, and we're wrapping it around the right side of your right needle
in a counter-clockwise direction, finishing with your yarn in the front of your needles
again.
STEP 3
Slide the right needle down, bring the point from front to back of the stitch, bringing
the yarn with it.
And STEP 4
Slip that old stitch off the left needle. And now we have two purl stitches on the right
needle. Let's do it one more time together. You ready?
STEP 1
Make sure your yarn is in the front of your needles, that is very important in purling.
And we're going to take the right needle straight into the stitch.
STEP 2
Wrap the yarn around counter-clockwise, finishing with it in the front.
STEP 3
Slide that right needle down, and bring yarn along with it.
And STEP 4
Slip that old stitch off the left needle. And now we have three purl.
So, I encourage you to do the PURL Stitch all the way down this row. And your next row
will be all the knit stitch. And then go back to the PURL Stitch. And you will have a new
knit stitch pattern in your repetoire, the Stockinette Stitch.
ACTION ITEM OF THE DAY. Knit the PURL Stitch on every other row creating that Stockinette
Knit Stitch pattern. Tomorrow, Day 12, we're going to take a look at Knit Stitch Patterns
that you can create with combinations of the KNIT and PURL Stitch Techniques. You can take
out that Knitting Series Planner and check off Day 11. Okay, congratulations! You are
not only a knitter, now you're a purler. And let me tell you, knitting and purling put
together makes some really cool knitting patterns and that's what we're going to talk about
in the next video. We're already at Patterns, you guys, this is very cool. So, thank you
so much for watching and I will see you guys next time. Bye!