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How to Purl. The purl stitch differs from the knit stitch in two fundamental ways: The working yarn is held in the front of the project instead of the back, and the needle is inserted from the back to the front instead of from front to back. Hold the needle with cast-on stitches in your left hand. Wrap the working yarn (ball end) around your left index finger, and hold it in front of the work. 1. Insert point of right-hand needle, from back to front, into the first cast-on stitch on the left-hand needle, opening up a stitch.
Step 4 Purl 2 stitches Now purl two stitches. Quick Tip: You can also rib stitch by alternating between one knit and one purl stitch â as long as youâve cast on a number of stitches divisible by two â or four knit and four purl stitchesâas long as the number of cast-on stitches is divisible by eight.