THE BASICS
Yarn over (yo)
Slip, slip, knit (ssk)
Long-tail cast-on
Central double decrease (cdd)
Make one (m1)
Step 1: Make a slipknot, leaving
a long tail of yarn approximately
three times the length of the
cast-on edge. Place slipknot
on needle and draw up. Hold
needle in RH.Step 1: Insert RH needle from
front to back into next 2 sts
on LH needle. Slip these two
sts k-wise tog onto RH needle
without knitting them.Step 1: Insert the RH needle
into the next st k-wise, then slip
it onto the RH needle without
knitting it.Between knit sts: Start with
yarn at back. Bring yarn forward
from back to front between the
needles and back over the
RH needle.Step 2: Holding working yarn
tensioned with LH fingers, hook
left thumb under working yarn
from back to front. Insert the tip
of the needle into front of loop on
left thumb. Tail yarn is still held
tensioned in RH at this point.Step 2: Knit the next st on LH
needle. Note that the two slipped
sts are sitting unworked behind
the st you have just knitted.Step 2: Insert the RH needle
into the next st p-wise, then slip
onto the RH needle. You have 2
slipped sts on the RH needle, 1
slipped k-wise, 1 slipped p-wise.Between purl sts: With the yarn
at the front of the work, take it
from front to back over the top of
the RH needle, continue round,
under RH needle, and hold to
front ready to purl next st.Step 3: Use RH to bring tail yarn
up under needle, from right to
left. Take it between thumb and
needle, over the top of the needle,
and hold tensioned to right. You
should wrap the yarn clockwise
around the needle as if to knit.Step 3: Insert the tip of the LH
needle from left to right into the
front of the two slipped sts and
lift the two slipped sts over the
knitted st.Step 3: Insert the tip of the LH
needle from left to right up into
the front of the two slipped sts
(the RH needle is behind the LH
needle). Knit these two sts tog.Between a knit and a purl st:
Start with yarn at back. Bring
yarn forward between the
needles, take from front to back
over the top of the RH needle,
round RH needle and hold to
front to purl next st.Step 4: Lift loop on left thumb
over tip of needle, remove thumb
and draw up working yarn. Two
sts on RH needle (slipknot
counts as one st). Repeat steps
2-4 until number of sts required
has been cast on.Step 2: Insert the tip of
the RH needle from front to
back into the front of the
new loop on the LH needle.
Knit this st.Step 1: Insert LH needle
from back to front below
the strand between the two
needles, lifting the strand
onto the LH needle.Between a purl and a knit st:
Start with yarn at back. Take
yarn back over top of RH needle
and then bring it between the
two needles so that the yarn
is not at the back of the work.
Knit next st.