Lionel Shriver

Edith Wharton was a natural story-teller. As plots do in real life, hers flow directly from character. Her prose is so effortlessly elegant that you're rarely aware as they purl by that the sentences are so pretty. More concerned with what is put than how it is put, she also understood that you only say anything at all when you say it well.

American Journalist

Purl as a knitting technique is often alternated with knitting stitches for textures.

Knitting Technique

'Purl' can be wrongly assumed as simply the opposite of knitting, but it creates its unique pattern.

Not Just Reverse

Use 'purl' when discussing handcraft, especially in knitting groups or crafting instructions.

Handcraft Context

In poetry, 'purl' evokes images of nature and creates a peaceful, serene setting.

Literary Device

The word 'purl' suggests tranquility, often used to describe soothing sounds.

Soothing Connotation

'Purl' mimics the sound it describes, which can help remember its poetic meaning.

Onomatopoeic Quality

 frickin knit one purl two anyway they they tested it right here right where I'm sitting because this is a volcanic ash total lunar landscape ish but it is Alaska so these mountains go up and up

Leg 5: Marty Raney PIPE...

 forever change our human experience in this remote wilderness the Iron Age had arrived the digital revolution they're still coming over ten years thousands of miles purling with them across the