3 Holding the crossed needles between your
left thumb and forefinger, bring the working
yarn around the right needle from back to
front (a) and then bring it down between the
two needles (b).
Basic Techniques
chapter 24 Pull the right needle toward the front,
bringing the new loop of yarn you just
wrapped around it through the cast-on
stitch (a), and slip the cast-on stitch off
the left needle (b).
You now have 1 stitch on the right needle—
your first knit stitch.
5 Repeat steps 2–4 for each remaining cast-on stitch, until all the new stitches
are on the right needle.
When you have knit all the stitches from the left needle, you have completed
one rowof knitting.
6 Switch the needle with the stitches on it to your left hand and repeat steps 2–5
for each row.
a ba b