What's a Purl Knit?

What's a Purl Knit? 

A purl knit, according to Knitting by Sharon Turner, is "the opposite of knitting.  You hold the needles the same way as for knitting, but you keep the yarn in front of the needles instead of at the back," (Turner 26).

Let's get started

Okay so now that we know what purling is, how do we purl?  According to the knitting book I am reading, you first have to hold the needle with the cast-on stitch on it in your left hand and hold both the working needle and the working yarn in your right hand.  Then you have to insert the right needle from back to front into the first stitch on the left needle, (Turner 26).  After this you basically just knit the same way as before.  The only difference between knitting and purling is that in purling you insert the right needle on top of the left needle and in knitting you do the opposite. 

 

My Progress So Far

So am I done?

Well let's look at my goals for this blog post.  I wanted to make a knit square with purl knits.  I successfully accomplished the square, so my goals are completed!  The book, "Knitting" by Sharon Turner gives me insight into how to knit, and for this blog post, how to purl knit.  It gives clear instructions so that I can easily know how to do certain projects.  This book has helped me with knitting (as a hobby in my life) because it has made me a better knitter.  I think I will knit for a hobby now and maybe even make knit pieces for birthday presents and for Christmas presents.  This book has made me an overall better knitter with skills of knowing how to cast-on, create a slip-knot, knit, bind-off, and now purl. 

A question for all fellow knitters out there...

Do you like knitting or purling better?

Have you found more than one way to purl?

Have you found another method to knit besides the regular knitting/purling?

What should you take away from this?

You should take away from this blog that knitting can be fun and easy with an easy instructional book just like the one I am using called "Knitting" by Sharon Turner.  Also the argument that I am trying to express is that purling and knitting is exciting and learning a new skill is something everyone should take up; because even though the skill may be hard at first, the end result is rewarding.

Also to answer the question "How are you using evidence from the text to improve your performance in the chosen activity?"  I am using evidence from the text (listed above) to improve my performance with knitting because with the book "Knitting" it lists all the steps that I have to take in order to achieve my goal (in this case it was a purl knit square).  I am improving by learning how to purl. 

MLA CITATION Turner, Sharon. Knitting: Teach Yourself Visually. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Pub., 2007. Print.

Dated: 1/6/16