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🧶 A knitting stitch 🧶 To knit purl
to purl stitch

to purl stitch

8.7
To make a bumpy stitch by bringing yarn to the front and putting the needle through a loop
  • verb
  • /pɜrl stɪtʃ/
  • Specialized
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  • She skillfully purl stitched the next row to create a textured pattern.

Examples

  • You should purl stitch every alternate row to achieve the ribbed effect.

  • Can you purl stitch this pattern for me?

  • After learning to knit, he practiced how to purl stitch for his scarf.

  • She loves to purl stitch her scarves.

  • She skillfully purl stitched the next row to create a textured pattern.

  • You should purl stitch every alternate row to achieve the ribbed effect.

  • Can you purl stitch this pattern for me?

How Textured

to purl stitch
  • Specialized
8.7
to knit
38 3.1

Surface Forms

purl stitch infinitive

Morphology

purl + stitch

The meaning 'to knit using the purl stitch' is directly compositional: 'purl' denotes the specific knitting action and 'stitch' the knitted loop, so together they describe the stitch produced by purling. This is a regular, non-idiomatic formation that a B1 learner who knows both constituents can readily infer.

Etymology

Purl stitch The verb purl stitch comes from the simple action of making those little bumps by bringing the yarn to the front before you pull the needle through. So 'to purl stitch' means 'to knit using the purl stitch'.