How to Knit
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Illustrated Instructions




How-To Instruction Topics
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Steps:
- Casting On
- The Knit Stitch (Garter Stitch)
- The Purl Stitch
- Ribbing
- Stockinette Stitch
- Binding Off (casting off)
- Making a Gauge Swatch
- Joining New Yarn
- Recovering a dropped stitch
- Unraveling Stitch by Stitch
- Avoiding Extra Stitches
- Increasing
- Increasing - Making a Simple Increase (knitting into the front and back of a stitch)
- Increasing Between a Stitch ('Make One')
- Increasing - The Yarn Over Increase
- Decreasing
- Decreasing - Slip, Slip, Knit (SSK/SSP)
- Decreasing - Knit/Purl Two Together (K2tog / P2tog)
- Slipping Stitches Purlwise and Knitwise
- Making a cable
- Knitting into the Back Loop/Front Loop
- Purling into the Back Loop/Front Loop
- Finishing / Sewing pieces together
- Weaving in Ends
- Three needle bindoff
- Picking up Stitches
- Knitting with two strands together
- Duplicate Stitch
- Grafting (Kitchener Stitch)
- Left-handed Knitting
- Knitting with Ruffles Yarn
- Knitting on Circular Needles
- Knitting I-Cord
- Folded Picot Edge
- Fair Isle Knitting
- Backwards Loop Cast On