Knit

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Example: A garter stitch swatch using only the knit stitch
Example: A garter stitch swatch using only the knit stitch
Stitch Name: Knit
Common Abbreviations: K
Use: This is one foundation stitches of knitting.


[edit] Instructions

  1. Starting on the left side of the first loop on the left hand needle insert the right needle from the front to the back.
  2. Wrap the yarn from back to front counter-clockwise around the tip of the right hand needle.
  3. Pull the tip of the right hand needle from back to front through the loop on the left hand needle
  4. Slide that stitch off the left hand needle.
  5. The stitch should now be on the right hand needle.


Step By Step Photos, English Method
Step 1: Starting on the left side of the first loop on the left hand needle insert the right needle from the front to the back
Step 1: Starting on the left side of the first loop on the left hand needle insert the right needle from the front to the back
Step 1 Completed
Step 1 Completed
Step 2: Wrap the yarn from back to front counter-clockwise around the tip of the right hand needle
Step 2: Wrap the yarn from back to front counter-clockwise around the tip of the right hand needle
Step 3: Pull the tip of the right hand needle from back to front through the loop on the left hand needle
Step 3: Pull the tip of the right hand needle from back to front through the loop on the left hand needle
Step 4: Slide that stitch off the left hand needle to complete the stitch
Step 4: Slide that stitch off the left hand needle to complete the stitch
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