How to Do the Knit Stitch

Guide Note: How to Do the Knit Stitch will walk you through creating a row of stitches with this technique.

The knit stitch is the basis of all knitting. It consists of simply making a new loop linked into a loop from the row below. Knitting means you keep making rows of these loops back and forth using two needles.

Insert your right needle into the first loop on the left needle. Do so from the left side of the front of the loop to the right side of the back of the loop. (Photos 1 and 2 in the slide show below.)
Wrap the yarn counterclockwise around the right needle.
Holding the wrapped yarn snug around the right needle, bring the right needle from behind the left needle to the front, by going under the left needle. (Photos 4 and 5 in the slide show below.)
- It helps to keep the tip of the right needle always touching the left needle so the new loop stays on.
You now have a new loop on your right needle and can slide the old loop off the left needle.
Repeat for each loop on the left needle.
Knit all the stitches from the left needle to the right needle.
Switch the needle from your right hand (the one with all the knitting) back to your left hand and repeat!

- If you don't see the slide show below, please visit this page to view the related images.

For more knitting tips and how to instructions, please visit Mahalo's How to Knit.

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