The knit stitch for left-handed knitters.
Hi, I'm Kristen, and welcome back to my channel Studio Knit.
In preparation to knit you first will make your slip knot
place it on your needle and cast on your stitches.
I have video tutorials linked in the description below
if those are new techniques.
And if you are looking for the right-handed version
of the knit stitch, that is linked
in the description as well.
Hold the needle with the cast on stitches in your right hand
and hold the knitting needle
without any stitches in your left.
I'm just scooching my stitches first up the right needle
in preparation for the knit stitch.
Step one, with the yarn behind your left needle,
insert the tip of that left needle
into the front of this first stitch.
You'll insert your needle to the right of that stitch,
and then through it,
your left knitting needle will be underneath
your right needle.
It's sort of in a crisscross pattern right now.
Step two is wrapping your yarn around the left needle
back to front in a clock wise direction.
And now the yarn rests between the two needles.
Step three, slide the left needle down
and bring its point forward through the stitch,
bringing the yarn with it.
Step four, slip the old stitch off your right needle
and make sure that you're only slipping
that one stitch off of the needle.
Don't let any of those other stitches off the needle yet.
And now the new stitch is on your left needle
and you just continue knitting the entire row
with the same steps
and that shorter yarn tail sometimes sort of likes
start to pop out a bit at the beginning.
Just keep him under control and keep him in the back there
with your hands.
Again, you're working yarn that's in your left hand
is what you'll be knitting with
and let's do the knit stitch again.
Step one,
our left needle is going to go in front of that stitch
to the right side and through.
So the left needle is resting beneath the right needle
in a crisscross pattern.
Take your yarn around the needle
one time in a clockwise direction.
Step three is bring your left needle down
and then forward bringing the yarn with it.
And step four is sliding the old stitch
off the right hand needle.
And we have our second stitch.
Let's do this one more time together.
Step one is taking the left needle into that stitch
on the right side of it.
Step two is bringing the working yarn around clockwise.
Step three is bringing that new stitch
through with the left hand needle tip.
And step four is taking that stitch off your right needle.
Awesome.
So just continue knitting the entire row.
Repeat these four steps for every stitch
that is on your right hand needle.
At the end of the row,
all of those new stitches are on your left needle now,
and your right knitting needle is empty.
So then it's time to knit more rows,
simply switch your knitting needles in your hands
so that the empty needle is in your left hand.
Continue knitting each stitch on your needle,
switching your knitting needles at the end of every row.
And when you're knitting every stitch
that creates the garter knit stitch pattern,
which is included in my "Knit Stitch Pattern" book,
it is one of the easiest
and most beginner friendly textures.
And once you've completed knitting
to the length that you desire, it will be time to bind off.
So make sure to check out that video.
And continue your knitting journey.
I hope you are inspired to give knitting a try.
Thank you so much for watching
and I will see you here next time.
Bye.