"Purl" Pronounce,Meaning And Examples

"Purl" Meaning

To move or cause to move in a twisted or irregular winding course, like the stitches in a fabric.

Example: The river purls through the valley.

Or, in knitting or crochet, a purl is a stitch created by working with the yarn in the opposite direction of a knit stitch.

"Purl" Examples

Usage Examples

1. Knitting: The piece of knitted fabric was a kind of purl (a textured fabric with bumps or ridges), a departure from the smooth garter stitch fabric.
2. Nature: A purl of gurgling water created a soothing background as we sat by the quiet stream.
3. Idiomatic Expression: Just as the sailors worked closely together to navigate through troubled waters, we, as a team, banded together with all our might to bee-line for Safety. Pull out all the stops. Hold no purl, yet converge push. Savvy?
4. Crafting: The expert cabled to purl several skeins of purple yarn for her upcoming handloom weaving project.
5. Literary: In the intricate tapestry of her novel, the complicated heroine obsesses about a simple purl that symbolizes a tangled childhood memory.