Purl stitch day!

We know how to do the standard knit stitch, so it’s time to switch it up a bit, well literally switch it up with the purl stitch. The purl is the opposite of the knit stitch.

With the knit stitch, the yarn starts in the back, but for the purl stitch the thread starts in the front.

start with the thread in front

Next take the right hand needle through the first stitch on the left hand needle, going from the back of the needle to the front of the needle.

back to front

another view

Then take the yarn over the right hand needle.

wrap yarn around needle

Like with the knit stitch, pull the right hand needle out catching the yarn.

catch yarn while pulling right hand needle out

catch

Then push the stitch off of the left needle and pull the yarn a bit to keep the stitch tension consistent.

push stitch off

There’s the purl stitch! Now I can create more patterns with knitting.