purl• This is simply because the second, or front, bed makes knit and purl knitting possible within the samerow.• The evening capeillustrated in Figure 1 is straightpiece of knitting, using 16 rows each of purl and plain stitches.• It's a woollydoll for Pete's sake - knit one, purl one - I saw it.• Usually the rightside is the purl side, while on the knit side the weaving hardly shows at all.• The platingfeederholds them so that one yarn is always on the purl side and one on the knit side.• Knitweave can be thought of as a stocking stitch fabric with the weaving yarn caught into it on the purl side.• Tuck and slip are both textured stitches, where usually the purl side is the right side.• Slip stitch is also a textured stitch where the purl side is the right side.