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Beginner's Guide to Knitting: Part 3 We are adding the craft to
your Craft Projects. The project was added to your Craft
Projects. Once you have the desired number of cast on stitches,
you can begin to knit or purl. Knitting- When knitting, you
insert the right needle into the cast on stitches on the left
needle from front to back. In other words, the right needle will
be behind the left needle after inserting into the first stitch.
Once inserted, wrap the yarn around the right needle to form a
loop and slowly pull this loop through the cast on stitch on the
left needle. With your first knit stitch on the right needle,
slip the “old” stitch off the left needle. The stitch should
have a V shape with a smooth front. Here is an instructional
video for the basic knit stitch. Purling- You can think of
purling as the opposite of knitting because the yarn is kept in
the front and stitch is wor