How to purl stitch for left-handed knitters.
Hi, I'm Kristen, and welcome back to my channel Studio Knit.
If you're looking for the right-handed version
of how to purl stitch, the link is in the description below.
The purl stitch step one.
You'll want to begin with the yarn
in front of your needle this time.
The knitting needle that has the stitches on it
will be in your right hand.
And the needle in your left hand will be empty.
With the yarn in the front of your work,
insert the left knitting needle tip from back to front
in that first stitch.
Or you might wanna think of it as just straight into it.
Your left knitting needle
is now resting a top your right knitting needle
in a crisscross position.
Purl stitch step two.
Beginning with your yarn in the front there,
you will wrap it around the tip of your left needle
in a clockwise direction,
finishing with your yarn in the front again.
Purl stitch step three, slide the left needle tip down
and bring the tip from front to back of the stitch,
bringing the yarn with it.
And purl stitch step four,
slip the old stitch off the right needle.
And now the new stitch is on your left needle.
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So let's purl our second stitch.
Step one, the yarn is in the front,
insert your left needle tip into the stitch
from left to right.
This is also called purl bys when you insert your needle tip
in this direction and your left needle will be resting
atop the right-hand needle.
Step two, bring your working yarn around
from the left to the back and right in a clockwise position,
finishing with the yarn in the front.
Step three, slide that left needle down and through,
bringing the stitch with it.
And step four is simply slipping that old stitch off
of the right needle.
And now we have two purl stitches on our left needle.
Let's do this one more time together.
Step one, making sure that that working yard
is in the front of your needle.
That is very important every time you're purling.
And you're bringing the left knitting needle tip
into that stitch on the right-hand side.
Step two is wrapping the working yarn clockwise
around the left needle, finishing with it in the front.
Step three, slide that left needle down and under,
bringing the yard along with it.
And step four is sliding that old stitch
off of the right needle.
And now we have three purl stitches on the left.
Just continue purling all the way down the row.
When your first row is the knit stitch and your second row
is the purl stich,
you are creating the stockinette knit stitch pattern.
This is another easy two row repeat,
it is in my knit stitch pattern book.
And I'll have a link in the description below.
Then here in my knitted slouch,
the first few rows on the bottom are the garter stitch
when you're knitting every single row.
And atop it is that smooth stockinette stitch pattern.
And that is accomplished,
again, with just knitting the first row
and purling the second row and repeating that pattern
until your piece is the length you desire.
The next step is going to be binding off,
casting off those stitches.
I have a great video for you
linked in the description below,
and I will see you there.
I hope you are inspired to give the purl stitch a try.
Thank you so much for watching
and I will see you here next time.
Bye.