WHAT TO DO WITH THE RIGHT HAND:
1. Hold the needle between the thumb and the index finger, as if you were holding a pencil (FIG. 16).
2. The yarn is placed over the first finger, under the second, over the third, and under the fourth above the middle joint. As you practice knitting, you will learn to adjust the yarn so that you will get the best results (FIG. 16).

NOW YOU ARE READY FOR WORK
Bring your hands close together. Adjust the yarn and insert needle in first stitch as in FIG. 17.

PROCEDURE... FIRST ROW
1. Insert the right needle into the front of the first stitch on the left needle from the left side (FIG. 18).

2. Steady the right needle against the forefinger of the left hand. Keep your yarn to the back of your work.

 


3. With the right hand bring the yarn over the point of the right needle (FIG. 19).

4. Draw the yarn through the stitch (FIG. 20).

5. Slip the old stitch off the left needle, thus completing the first stitch. A new row is being
formed on the right needle (FIG. 21).

6. Always keep pushing your work up so that the stitch on which you are working is near the tip of the needle.

7. Repeat steps 1 to 5 until all the stitches have been knitted off the left needle.
An easy way to remember these steps is to repeat to yourself:

"In"—(step 1— FIG. 18) "Over"—(step 2— FIG. 19) "Through"—(step 3 — FIG. 20) "Off"—(step 4— FIG. 21).

8. Now you have knitted one row. You should have 20 stitches on the needle.