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Step 4Purling
The purl stitch is the knit stitch, backwards. Instead of starting from the front and pulling a loop from the back of the work through to the front, you start from the back and pull a loop through from the front. Here's a video:
Pic 1 shows the position of the left-hand yarn, in front of the work. From this position, insert the right-hand needle from the back of the work towards you through the stitch on the left-hand needle (pics 2 and 3).
Now wrap the yarn around the needle counter-clockwise, or up over the needle and around to the left (pics 3 & 4). Catch the yarn with the tip of the right needle and pull it through the loop (pics 5, 6 & 7). It helps in this manouevre to tilt the left needle tip towards you.
Finally, slip the old loop off the left needle, keeping the one you pulled through it on the right needle (pics 8 & 9). You've completed a purl stitch (pic 10)!
Pic 1 shows the position of the left-hand yarn, in front of the work. From this position, insert the right-hand needle from the back of the work towards you through the stitch on the left-hand needle (pics 2 and 3).
Now wrap the yarn around the needle counter-clockwise, or up over the needle and around to the left (pics 3 & 4). Catch the yarn with the tip of the right needle and pull it through the loop (pics 5, 6 & 7). It helps in this manouevre to tilt the left needle tip towards you.
Finally, slip the old loop off the left needle, keeping the one you pulled through it on the right needle (pics 8 & 9). You've completed a purl stitch (pic 10)!
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