How to Knit 'Knit Stitches'

The first stitch that you need to learn is the knit stitch. On this page you will find step by step instruction on how to knit 'knit stitches'.

To learn how to knit, you need two single pointed needles and a ball of wool. Before your start you will either need to learn how to cast on your stitches or have someone else do it for you.

Using the needle in your right hand, push your needle through the front of the first stitch on the left hand needle.

Pull the wool around the needle in your right hand from the back of the needle to the front.

Using the needle in your right hand, pull the loop through to the front of the work.

Slip the stitch off the needle in your left hand.

You should now have a new stitch on the needle in your right hand. Now you just repeat each of the steps from one to four for each stitch until you have completed the row.

When you are finished your knitting should look something like this.

For a printable PDF copy of the How to Knit Tutorial just click on this link.

Would you like to actually see how to do knit stitches?

Check out this video demonstration! If you want a smooth viewing experience, I suggest that you hit the pause button for a while so that it fully loads before you watch it.

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