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Knitting 101: Casting On

(putting the first stitches on the needle)

How to Make a Slip Knot

How to do a Knitted Cast On

How to do a Half Hitch Cast On

How to do a Long Tail Cast On

Knitting 102: The Knit Stitch

How to do the Knit Stitch

How to Slip a Stitch Knitwise

How to Slip a Stitch Purlwise

How to Knit Continental Style
(holding yarn in left hand)

How to Slip a Selvedge (or edge) Stitch

Knitting 103: The Purl Stitch

How to do the Purl Stitch

How to Purl Continental Style
(holding yarn in left hand)

Knitting 104: Fixing Mistakes

(because we all make them)

How to Unpick a Knit Stitch
(going backwards)

Fixing Mistakes: Dropped Stitches

How to Unpick a Purl Stitch
(going backwards)

Fixing Mistakes: Twisted Stitches

Knitting 105: Moving the yarn for Ribbing or Seed Stitch

Knitting 106: Basic Stitch Patterns

How to do the Stockinette Stitch

How to do Garter Stitch

How to do Seed Stitch

Knitting 107: Starting and Ending Rows

Quick Tip for Starting a Row

How to End a Row and Begin the Next Row

Knitting 108: Binding Off

(finishing up your knitting by taking the stitches off the needles)

How to do a Knitted Bind Off

How to Bind Off Purlwise

Knitting 109: Beginner Tips and Tricks

How to Change Balls of Yarn

How to Graft Ends Together

Which Needle goes in which Hand (in the middle of a row)?

Knitting 110: Basic Finishing

How to Sew a Seam

How to Weave Ends in

Knitting 111: Blocking

(wetting, smoothing, and adjusting finished knitting so that it looks its best)

How to Block Pieces of Knitting

Knitting 112: Yarn Basics

How to Wind a Ball of Yarn

How to Check Lot Numbers on Yarn

Knitting 113: Knitting with Two Strands of Yarn (or Marling)