clothes

and then you're going to push it through

back to the front side of your left

needle and then slip that stitch off

completely of your left needle go in

from the front of the loop wrap around

counterclockwise push your right needle

back under the front side of your left

needle and then slip the stitch off

completely so that it ends up on your

right needle so this is probably the

most difficult part right here is

knitting into the very first row of your

cast on stitches but don't worry that's

what I'm here for

I'm onnga walk you through every step of

this and it really just takes a lot of

practice to get it right and a lot of

patience to I promise anybody who ever

started knitting had plenty of jumbled

messes to show for it when they first

started so just practice practice

practice

and I promise that eventually it will

just all click

let's talk about the purl stitch now

this is what the purl stitch looks like

kind of looks like horizontal links in a

chain doesn't it so let me now show you

how to do the purl stitch once again

I've just got my single row of cast on

stitches on my needle and before we do

any work what we want to do is actually

pull the working yarn to the front of

our work space because we were

previously working with it back here

with a knit stitch but now we're going

to be working on the front side of our

needle and so we want to complement that

and bring the working yarn to the front

side as well so after you've done that

you can take up your empty needle in

your right hand and this time what we're

going to do is still concentrating on

the closest stitch to the tip of the

needle we're going to insert our needle

from right to left now on the front side

of the Left needle so find your way

through that stitch on the front side

and we're gonna make an X shape now just

like we did with the knit stitch but now

the right needle is on top of the left

needle so with our working yarn here at

the front we're going to wrap it around

counterclockwise and then push it

through that stitch to the back side and

then slip that stitch off of your left

needle completely so now we have a

stitch on our right needle so let's do

that again we're going to go into our

stitch on the front side right to left

wrap your yarn around counterclockwise

and then push that stitch through the

back side and slip that stitch off of

your needle so purling very similar to

the knit stitch you're just working on

the front side of your left needle

instead of the back side

whatever you're done knitting your

project to your desired length or

whatever length your pattern is called

for it's time to do what we call binding

off binding off has done across your

entire row and it results in a nice

clean finished edge that won't unravel

so an easy and effective bind off method

is called the basic bind off so let me

show you how to do the basic bind off to

do the basic bind off what you're going

to do is knit the first two stitches

here on your left needle so go into each

one just like you're doing a regular

knit stitch and transfer that stitch to

your right needle so there's one two so

when you have two stitches here on your

right needle what you're gonna do is use

the tip of your left needle here and go

into the stitch that's furthest away

from the tip so your second stitch here

and then you're going to kind of pull it

up and over your first stitch here and

then drop it off and now you're left

with one stitch on your right needle and

then you're just going to repeat that so

that you end up with two stitches again

on your right needle so go into the

stitch again just like you're gonna knit

it and now it's on your right needle and

then again with your left needle bring

that back stitch up and over the front

one just like that and you would do this

across your entire row so when you're at

the point where you've gone across your

entire row and you've got one stitch

left on your left needle and two on your

right needle go ahead and pick this

stitch up like you were doing before and

bring it up and over the front one

now you're going to once you have two

stitches left here on your right needle

again you're just going to bring the

back one up and over the front one so

that we end up with one stitch left so

when you're at this point

pull up slightly to kind of make a

larger loop right here and go ahead and

clip your yarn and now you can pull that

yarn through that loop and pull up just

like that so now we're ready to weave in

our ends so when we're done with a

knitting project we have an end left

where we just did our binding off and

then we have it in left at the beginning

where we did our cast on stitches so

what we need to do is weave in those

tails and why we don't just leave them

loose or cut them off at this point is

because we just want to mace make our

edges more secure and weave them in so

that the edges are nice and strong and

that it doesn't unravel so I have a

little finishing needle here and these

are really handy they're very flexible

and they open really easily so just

insert the end of your yarn through the

center of your finishing needle and then

what you're gonna do is just weave your

yarn into some already existing stitches

I like to go across the edge because

that's typically where your stitches are

the thickest and it will camouflage

those ends better than another spot on

your project so just go into some

already existing stitches here across

your edge and you could do this until

you've got all of your end woven in or

you could just do it enough times where

you feel like it's nice and secure and

then you could cut it off at that point

as close as you can to your project so

you would do this on both sides and

that's how you weave in your ends

well that's all for today everyone I'm

sure glad you stopped by and gave

knitting a try with me today keep

practicing and keep those knitting

needles moving take care everyone we'll

see you next time

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