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Knewbies | How to Purl

March 9, 2015 Leave a Comment

How to do a purl stitch - knitting 101 tutorial with video

It’s purl day! The latest in this knitting 101 series Knewbies, today’s tutorial shows you how to master the second most important stitch you need to know in knitting, the purl stitch.

How to purl

Below is the video for today’s lesson, covering how to do a purl stitch. I mention this in the video, but if you’re new to knitting, a big concept to understand is that purl stitches are essentially how to do a knit stitch backwards. When you do one row of knitting followed by one row of purling, you end up with the most widely recognizable swatch in all of knitting, the stockinette stitch. I’ll be doing a separate video demoing stockinette soon, but for now, just cast on and practice those purls.

With all of these videos to learn from, you’re well on your way to becoming a for-real knitter, knewbies!

Knewbies posts so far
beginner supplies & how to cast on

how to knit
how to read yarn labels
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How to do a purl stitch - knitting 101 tutorial with video

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About Heidi

Heidi Gustad is a craft book author & content creator in love with primary colors & vintage vibes. She specializes in knitting, crochet, latch hook and macramé, and her first book, Latch Hook: 12 Projects for the Modern Maker, is out now!

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Sneaking in a few stitches in the shade. 😎 Sneaking in a few stitches in the shade. 😎
Another morning of filming! One of the knitting vi Another morning of filming! One of the knitting videos I’d like to release soon is a big overview of how to swatch and why - if you have any questions or favorite tips, let me know. 
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To be honest, I want to be able to link to this video as a resource when I get angry gauge questions, so please don’t hesitate to share your best tips. Together, we can tame the knitting Karens. 😆
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A big issue I've had in the last year is putting t A big issue I've had in the last year is putting together new design work but not doing any independent releases of them. Chalk it up to anxiety, burn out, or whatever but here we are. 
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Last week I turned 35, so in honor of that here’s 3 things: 
❤️ a picture of me at my most stylish 
💛 a little glimpse at some of the design things I've recently been working on
💙a promise that I will be releasing some of the pictured designs this year. Getting back in the swing of things after taking it easy is hard 😆 - wish me luck!
Like a riding a bike! June guarded the neighborhoo Like a riding a bike! June guarded the neighborhood while I shot a new crochet tutorial today. With any luck, editing will go smoothly & I’ll be posting new videos to YouTube regularly soon! Got any requests for tutorial topics? 
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This yoke deserved a mid-blocking closeup, don’t This yoke deserved a mid-blocking closeup, don’t you think? ❤️💛💙
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Pattern: modified #soldotnacrop sweater / yarn: various from my stash
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