Basic Knitting Patterns, Beautiful Results!

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The Purl Stitch is essentially the knit stitch in reverse. Your yarn will be in front of your needles, instead of behind as when you knit.

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1. Insert Right Hand Needle (RHN) into the stitch on the Left Hand Needle (LHN) from back to front:

2. Bring yarn (the strand going back to the ball) around the back of the RHN:

3. Bring the yarn through by pushing with the RHN

4. Now slide stitch off the LHN onto the RHN