3 Hold the crossed needles between
your left thumb and forefinger and bring
the yarn behind the right needle, or
between the crossed needles (a); then
wrap the yarn around the right needle
in a counterclockwise direction (b).
Basic Techniques
chapter 24 Pull the right needle toward the back,
bringing the new loop of yarn you just
wrapped around it through the cast-on
stitch (a); then slip the cast-on stitch off
the left needle (b).
You now have 1 stitch on the right needle—
your first purl 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 purled all the stitches from the left needle, you have com-
pleted one rowof purling.
6 Switch the needle with stitches on it back to your left hand and repeat steps
2–5 for each row.
a ba b