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This tutorial provides a brief guide to
knitting. You will need a ball of wool and a pair of knitting
needles.
Casting On
1 - The first stitch consists of a slip knot on the shaft
of one of the needles.
2 - Hold this needle in your left hand and the other in
your right. Insert the right needle point into the slip
knot and under the left.
3 - Holding the left needle move your left fingers to steady
the right needle and pick up wool from the ball with your
right index finger.
4 - Releasing your right hand use your index finger to
bring wool under and over the right needle point.
5 - Replace your right hand fingers to the right needle
and draw wool through the stitch with the right needle point.
6 - Slide into the back of the new stitch the left needle
point and then remove the right.
7 - Pull the ball of wool to ensure a good fit for this
first stitch.
8 - From back to front, insert the right needle point into
this first stitch.
9 - Repeat stages 4 to 8 until there are thirty stitches
on the left needle, to complete a cast on row.
First Knit Row
1 - Holding the needle with stitches in your left hand,
insert right needle point into the first stitch moving from
front to back, as in the previous section.
2 - Using your right index finger, bring wool under and
over the right needle pint and draw it through the stitch.
3 - Slip the stitch from the left needle to the right,
to complete one knit stitch.
4 - Repeat the above for each stitch on the left needle,
until the last stitch has been done and a row of knitting
is completed.
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To start the next row, hold the right needle in your left
hand and the free needle in your right. Repeat 1 to 3 for
each stitch and work through the rows of knit stitches until
the required length is reached. Then all of the stitches
should be cast off.
Casting Off
1 - Knit your first two stitches. Insert the left needle into
your first stitch, then pull it over the second and off the
needle. This completes the casting off of one stitch.
2 - Knit another stitch. Insert the left needle into your
first stitch on the right needle. Pull it over the new one
and off the needle. This completes the casting off of another
stitch.
Repeat the second stage until there is one stitch left and
then cut the wool leaving a few spare centimetres at the end,
which can be put through the final stitch and woven through
several stitches to ensure that it is held securely in place.
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