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How to knit and purl
Teach yourself the basic knitting and purling stitches with these step-by-step instructions
See also: casting on and off
How to knit
A knit stitch is the most basic type of stitch.
1. With the main working yarn at the back of the work, insert the right-hand needle through the bottom of the first stitch and to the back of the left-hand needle, making a cross with the needles. Take the main working yarn around the back of the right-hand needle and then between both needles.
2. Slide the right-hand needle down through the top of the loop on the left-hand needle and under, pulling the yarn lying over the right-hand needle through the loop. Pull the yarn tight.
3. Slip the original stitch off the left-hand needle.
4. Repeat these steps until all the stitches on the left needle have been knitted. This is called a row.
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