Learning the purl stitch completes the only two stitches that are involved

Purling is the act of forming a stitch that looks like the back side of a knit stitch.

Once a beginner knitter can both knit rows and purl rows, then

Finding the purl bump is a basic skill all knitters should know.

The purl bar looks like a small dash at the base of the stitch just below the needle.

The most commonly used decrease is created by knitting two stitches together:

In the knitting world, there is no official list of standard abbreviations.

Because beginning knitters have difficulty with tension control, the vertical

Knitting through the back loop of the stitch creates a very different look.