"What hobby uses the terms ""purl"" and ""casting on""?"
Casting on (knitting) Casting on (knitting) In knitting, casting on is a family of techniques for adding new stitches that do not depend on earlier stitches, i.e., stitches having an independent lower edge. In principle, casting on is the opposite of binding off, but the techniques involved are generally unrelated. Casting on can also be decorated with various stitch patterns, especially picots. The cast-on stitches can also be twisted clockwise or counterclockwise as they are added to the needle; this is commonly done for the "single cast-on" described below to give it a neater, more uniform look. Casting on is sometimes done with
Purl was sold by purl-men from purl-boats on the Thames who were licensed by the Watermen's Hall. The drink ceased to be popular by the end of the 19th century, being replaced by beer, especially the variety known to the English as bitter. Purl-royal was a similar concoction made using wine in place of ale or beer. The English took the drink with them to North America and a purl house was opened in New York, where rich punches and possets were popular. Shakespeare mentions purl in his play, "The Merry Wives of Windsor". Samuel Pepys recorded in his diary entry