Welcome to the third part of The knitting series – Purl stitches. You can find the first part of the series, casting on, here and the second part, knit stitches, here. Have you been practicing your knitting? Let me know how you are going.
It was tricky to take the pictures for the purl stitches so, let me know if you need further explanations.
Hold with your left hand the knitting needle with the stitches and, with the right hand, the other knitting needle. On the right hand side, there is the ball of yarn. Insert the knitting needle in the right hand in the first stitch, over the left-hand needle. The yarn is positioned over the right-hand needle.
Turn the yarn one time over the right-hand needle.
Pull the yarn gently toward you.
Bring the knitting needle in the right hand and the yarn you just turned over this needle in the hole of the first stitch.
Drop the stitch on the left-hand needle. You have now one stitch on the right-hand needle.
Repeat this technique again for the remaining 13 stitches of the left-hand needle.
This is the first row; 14 stitches are now on the right-hand needle.
Hold the needle with all the stitches in the left hand and repeat.
Let’s do it again. Here, I’m knitting the second stitch of the second row. Insert the knitting needle in the right hand in the second stitch, over the left-hand needle. The yarn is positioned over the right-hand needle.
Turn the yarn one time over the right-hand needle.
Pull gently the yarn toward you and bring the knitting needle in the right hand and the yarn you just turned over this needle in the hole of the second stitch.
Drop the stitch on the left-hand needle. You have now two stitches on the right-hand needle.
Repeat this technique again for the remaining 12 stitches of the left-hand needle.
This is the second row; 14 stitches are now on the right-hand needle.
Hold the needle with all the stitches in the left hand and repeat this technique again for all the stitches and create new rows.
The Knitting Series is taking a short break next week. There will be a recipe on the blog next Friday. The next part of the series will be moss stitches (knit and purl on the same row) in two weeks time.
Please, leave me a comment telling me if my explanations are clear or if you have any questions you would like me to answer regarding knitting.
Linking this post with Grace over at With Some Grace for FYBF.
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Wow! I have a phobia of knitting and I just managed to read your post the whole way through. Somehow you make it seem possible that I too might be a able to knit one day. A girl can dream…
Of course you can! Happy to hear that my post was easy to understand! You should give it a try. Thanks so much for stopping by!
I think you have done a great job!
Glad to hear that Emma! Thank you! I was not so sure for this one.
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Thank you Marleisa!
So beautifully presented Rita. I love the wool colour and the linen background. As a child my grandmother taught me to knit and crotchet. I still have my rug that I made, which contains strands of my primary school cardigan left-over wool. I don’t have time to knit but it’s a pleasure watching you. Kim
Thanks for the feedback Kim. Indeed, it’s hard to find time to sit down and knit.
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