Bravo for taking the first step in learning how to knit! Watch the video below for a step-by-step tutorial of the knit stitch, which is the foundation for many knit projects. Our resident knitter, Alan demonstrates how to cast on to your knitting needles and knit your first 2 rows.
So we're gonna do a simple knit stitch, which eventually would become what's called the garter stitch which just means you knit every row that you do. But we're going to start with for folks who are just beginning, just discovering knitting, the joy of knitting and it is a joy and basically what you have to do first you have to put the yarn on your needle it has to get there somehow. So what we do is we do this thing called a long tail cast. Basically what it is is you make a long tail I like it because it creates a better starting stitch. It's easier to begin that way and I do a slipknot first and I tie it onto my needle and then I'm going to have the long tail on this side, I'm going to have my ball of yarn on one side and then I'm just going to put my thumb on the slip knot to hold it. I'm gonna wrap, I put the long tail over my thumb okay, and then I'm going to wrap it around and then I'm going to put my needle right next to my thumb and under that so you can see what it looks like. Then I'm going to take the yarn side I'm going to wrap it around the top and then I'm just going to pull it right through like that and voila I have two stitches. Wrap it around my thumb bring it up that way wrap around the needle and pull up tight, and I have three stitches. Around my thumb, through, around and I have four stitches. Wrap, I put the long tail over my thumb okay and then I'm going to wrap it around and then I'm going to put my needle right next to my thumb and under that, so you can see what it looks like. Then I'm going to take the yarn side, I'm going to wrap it around the top. Then I'm just going to pull it right through like that and voila, I have two stitches. Wrap it around my thumb, bring it up that way, wrap around the needle, and pull it tight and I have three stitches. Around my thumb through, make sure you have that tail over there okay and I can tell you that I have knit with this several times and I realized that I couldn't go any further and had to pull everything out so just kind of be aware of that. You take your needle, I'm doing this loose on purpose just so you can see. You put your needle through just like that.
Take your yarn from the ball, wrap it around and then bring that stitch through and then slightly tighten it. Don't go crazy with tightening it because it'll get too tight and then you won’t be able to knit. So through, around and bring that knit up like that.
Through, around, and then take it right off the needle so you have created a knit stitch, a new stitch.
Keep Going!
The Stockinette Stitch is next! Embrace your crafting curiosity and challenge yourself to learn the variety of knit stitches, one at a time in order of skill level.
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