How To Knit
Double Cast-On aka Long-Tail Cast-On aka Continental Cast-On
Slipknot... Loop around left thumb and left forefinger, pull yarn through hole away from self.
Tail end of yarn should be toward you. Insert (left) needle into slipknot. Tighten.
Make a triangle with the yarn with the thumb, forefinger, and (left) needle.
Go under thumb, over forefinger, and loop out under thumb. Tighten.
Repeat for as many stitches the pattern calls for.
Knit Stitch - American method aka English method aka "Throw" method (produces Garter Stitch)
Hold left needle with the cast-on in your left hand.
Insert right needle under the front leg of the first stitch of the left needle (from left to right, make sure you're not going over and under, but under and out); right needle goes behind left needle.
Loop yarn counterclockwise around right needle.
Right needle goes under the first stitch of the left needle.
Slip old stitch off left needle. Tighten.
Repeat for the rest of the row.
Knit Stitch - Continental method (produces Garter Stitch)
is using the left hand to control the flow and tension of the yarn.
After cast on, hold yarn and left needle in left hand. Insert right needle under the front leg of the first stitch of the left needle (from left to right, make sure you're not going over and under, but under and out); right needle goes behind left needle.
Wrap the yarn (in your left hand) away from you around the right needle.
Right needles goes under the first stitch of the left needle.
Slip old stitch off left needle. Tighten.
Repeat for the rest of the row.
Knit Stitch - Combined Knitting and Purling
is when the leading edge is the back leg.
Purl Stitch - American method aka English method aka "Throw" method
provides you with the same resulting stitch as the knit stitch, if you were to look at the knit stitch on the reverse side. You are ready to purl after having done the knit stitch; if you turn the left needle facing right, purl knobs should be facing you. The yarn should dangle off both ends of your work: one is the tail end, one leads to the ball of yarn.
Place left needle with work in left hand (like usual). The difference is, you insert right needle down and under the first stitch on the left needle (the usual place, but different approach); right needle should be above left needle.
Loop yarn counterclockwise around right needle toward you.
Right needle goes under and up through the first stitch on the left needle.
Slip old stitch off left needle. Tighten.
Repeat for the rest of the row.
Purl Stitch - Continental method
After cast on, hold yarn and left needle in left hand. Insert right
needle under the front leg of the first stitch of the left needle (from right to left, make sure you're going over and under, not under and
out); right needle goes in front of left needle.
Wrap the yarn (in your left hand) toward you (counterclockwise) around the right needle.
Right needles goes under the first stitch of the left needle.
Slip old stitch off left needle. Tighten.
Repeat for the rest of the row.
Stockinette Stitch
Do a knit stitch row, then purl back one row.
Binding off
Approach the first two stitches like a knit stitch. Make sure your stitches are loose.
Take your left needle and go under (from left to right) the first stitch (stitch closer to you). As you slide the stitch off the right needle, have the right needle go over the second stitch and end up under the first stitch. Slide the stitch off the left needle.
Knit the next stitch. Repeat sequence with the left needle. Each repeat results in another bounded off stitch.
Repeat for the rest of the row.
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