purl

• The click of needles and the creak of a rocking chair were the comforting sounds made by a local mom for her very young children: knit, purl, knit, purl -- hundreds of stitches would end up connected to each other as blankets for her toddlers aged one, two and three put to sleep near their mom's chair by the familiar andregular sounds of knitting. —  News for NBC4i.com
• The purl is undoubtedly very strong; I possess a small patch-box worked on white satin in a similar way to this little book, and although it has been roughly used for some two hundred and fifty years, the colour of the purl is still good; the upper surfaces of the small spirals, however, show the copper wire bare almost everywhere. —  English Embroidered Bookbindings
• A purl is a small loop of cotton often used as an edging in tatting, as, for instance, round the outer edge of the ovals in tatted insertion No. —  Beeton's Book of Needlework
• 2. The following is the easiest method of making a purl:--The stitches are not made quite closely together at the place where a purl is to be made; about one-sixth of an inch is left between each. —  Beeton's Book of Needlework
• Fasten the silk on to the next purl, and work a circle as follows:--8 times 2 double, divided by 1 purl; fasten the silk on to the next purl, work again 1 spot, after which the silk is fastened, then work 2 more similar circles divided by 1 spot; they are fastened on to the last purl of the preceding circle instead of the 1st purl. —  Beeton's Book of Needlework

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