Knit vs. Purl — What's the Difference?

To make (a fabric or garment) by intertwining yarn or thread in a series of connected loops either by hand, with knitting needles, or on a machine.

Purl or wormwood ale is an English drink. It was originally made by infusing ale with the tops of the wormwood plant, especially the variety which grows in coastal salt marsh, which is called old woman.

To form (yarn or thread) into fabric by intertwining.

To flow or ripple with a murmuring sound.

To join closely; unite securely.

To knit (yarn) with a purl stitch.

To draw (the brows) together in wrinkles; furrow.

To edge or finish (a handkerchief, for example) with lace or embroidery.

To make a fabric or garment by knitting.

To do knitting with a purl stitch.

To become securely joined or mended together closely, as a fractured bone.

To edge or finish with lace or embroidery.

To come together in wrinkles or furrows, as the brows.

The sound made by rippling water.

A fabric or garment made by knitting.

Abbr. p. Inversion of a knit stitch; purl stitch.

The way in which a fabric has been knit

A decorative edging of lace or embroidery.

(ambitransitive) To turn thread or yarn into a piece of fabric by forming loops that are pulled through each other. This can be done by hand with needles or by machine.

Gold or silver wire used in embroidery.

To join closely and firmly together.

A particular stitch in knitting; an inversion of stitches giving the work a ribbed or waved appearance.

(intransitive) To become closely and firmly joined; become compacted.

The edge of lace trimmed with loops.

(intransitive) To grow together.

An embroidered and puckered border; a hem or fringe, often of gold or silver twist; also, a pleat or fold, as of a band.

(transitive) To combine from various elements.

A heavy or headlong fall; an upset.

To heal following a fracture.

A circle made by the motion of a fluid; an eddy; a ripple.

(transitive) To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying.

A gentle murmuring sound, such as that produced by the running of a liquid among obstructions.

(transitive) To draw together; to contract into wrinkles.

(archaic) Ale or beer spiced with wormwood or other bitter herbs, regarded as a tonic.

A knitted garment.

(archaic) Hot beer mixed with gin, sugar, and spices.

A session of knitting.

To decorate with fringe or embroidered edge

To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying.

(knitting) To use an inverted stitch producing ribbing etc.

To form, as a textile fabric, by the interlacing of yarn or thread in a series of connected loops, by means of needles, either by hand or by machinery; as, to knit stockings.

(archaic) To upset, to spin, capsize, fall heavily, fall headlong.

To join; to cause to grow together.

(intransitive) To flow with a murmuring sound in swirls and eddies.

To unite closely; to connect; to engage; as, hearts knit together in love.

To rise in circles, ripples, or undulations; to curl; to mantle.

To draw together; to contract into wrinkles.

To decorate with fringe or embroidery.

To form a fabric by interlacing yarn or thread; to weave by making knots or loops.

To run swiftly round, as a small stream flowing among stones or other obstructions; to eddy; also, to make a murmuring sound, as water does in running over or through obstructions.

To be united closely; to grow together; as, broken bones will in time knit and become sound.

To rise in circles, ripples, or undulations; to curl; to mantle.

Union knitting; texture.

An embroidered and puckered border; a hem or fringe, often of gold or silver twist; also, a pleat or fold, as of a band.

A fabric made by knitting

An inversion of stitches in knitting, which gives to the work a ribbed or waved appearance.

A basic knitting stitch

A circle made by the notion of a fluid; an eddy; a ripple.

Needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine

A gentle murmur, as that produced by the running of a liquid among obstructions; as, the purl of a brook.

Make (textiles) by knitting;

Malt liquor, medicated or spiced; formerly, ale or beer in which wormwood or other bitter herbs had been infused, and which was regarded as tonic; at present, hot beer mixed with gin, sugar, and spices.

Tie or link together

A tern.

To gather something into small wrinkles or folds;

Gold or silver wire thread

A basic knitting stitch

Flow in a circular current, of liquids

Make a murmuring sound;

Knit with a purl stitch

Edge or border with gold or silver embroidery

Embroider with gold or silver thread