Page 93 - Knit Now - Issue 112 (January 2020)

THE BASICS

Yarn over (yo)

Between knit sts: Start with Between purl sts: With the yarn Between a knit and a purl st: Between a purl and a knit st:
yarn at back. Bring yarn forward at the front of the work, take it Start with yarn at back. Bring Start with yarn at back. Take
from back to front between the from front to back over the top of yarn forward between the yarn back over top of RH needle
needles and back over the the RH needle, continue round, needles, take from front to back and then bring it between the
RH needle. under RH needle, and hold to over the top of the RH needle, two needles so that the yarn
front ready to purl next st. round RH needle and hold to is not at the back of the work.
front to purl next st. Knit next st.
Slip, slip, knit (ssk) Make one (m1)

Step 1: Insert the RH needle Step 2: Insert the RH needle Step 3: Insert the tip of the LH Step 1: Insert LH needle
into the next st k-wise, then slip into the next st p-wise, then slip needle from left to right up into from back to front below
it onto the RH needle without onto the RH needle. You have 2 the front of the two slipped sts the strand between the two
knitting it. slipped sts on the RH needle, 1 (the RH needle is behind the LH needles, lifting the strand
slipped k-wise, 1 slipped p-wise. needle). Knit these two sts tog. onto the LH needle.
Central double decrease (cdd)

Step 1: Insert RH needle from Step 2: Knit the next st on LH Step 3: Insert the tip of the LH Step 2: Insert the tip of
front to back into next 2 sts needle. Note that the two slipped needle from left to right into the the RH needle from front to
on LH needle. Slip these two sts are sitting unworked behind front of the two slipped sts and back into the front of the
sts k-wise tog onto RH needle the st you have just knitted. lift the two slipped sts over the new loop on the LH needle.
without knitting them. knitted st. Knit this st.

Long-tail cast-on

Step 1: Make a slipknot, leaving Step 2: Holding working yarn Step 3: Use RH to bring tail yarn Step 4: Lift loop on left thumb
a long tail of yarn approximately tensioned with LH ingers, hook up under needle, from right to over tip of needle, remove thumb
three times the length of the left thumb under working yarn left. Take it between thumb and and draw up working yarn. Two
cast-on edge. Place slipknot from back to front. Insert the tip needle, over the top of the needle, sts on RH needle (slipknot
on needle and draw up. Hold of the needle into front of loop on and hold tensioned to right. You counts as one st). Repeat steps
needle in RH. left thumb. Tail yarn is still held should wrap the yarn clockwise 2-4 until number of sts required
tensioned in RH at this point. around the needle as if to knit. has been cast on.

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