3 Use your left forefinger to wrap yarn around the right needle from front
to back.
Note:This is a small, quick motion involving primarily the left forefinger. You can help it along
by grabbing the yarn with the right needle at the same time.
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.
Note:You may want to use your right forefinger to keep
the wrapped strand from slipping off the tip of the needle
at step 4 (a).
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 b