Now that you know how to cast on
stitches and hold your yarn and
needles, you can try actually knitting.
Many Americans use the English
method—holding the yarn with the
right hand—but you don’t have to be
right-handed to use this method.
It’s a good idea to start with a small
number of stitches (10–15) on your
needles. You will want to count your
stitches after every row to make sure
you haven’t dropped or added any
accidentally.
1 Hold the needle with the cast-on stitches on it in your left hand and hold
the working (empty) needle in your right hand, with the working yarn wound
around the fingers of your right hand.
How to Knit Using the English MethodKnit: English Method.
2 Holding the yarn in back of both needles, insert the right needle into the
front of the first stitch on the left needle.
Your needles will form an X, with the right needle behind the left needle.