How Do You Begin The First Stitch In Knitting?
Once the stitches are cast on to the knitting needle the process of knitting begins. If you are just learning or have forgotten what you have learned in the past this is a very good place to start… For right handed people: [The left hand holds the needle with the stitches as well as the yarn from your ball or skein.] Taking the needle containing your cast on stitches in your left hand and the empty needle in your right hand insert the empty needle through the first cast on stitch [closest to you] inserting from the front towards the back of the stitch. This step opens the loop so that you can carry on to the next step. Continue holding the needles in the same manner using your fingers to apply pressure to the stitch so that it will not slip off take your left hand and loop the yarn over the empty needle in the direction away from you. [The yarn will go from the right side of the needle over towards the left.] Using your fingers to hold things in place carefully start backing the empt
