Working a knit stitch is the next step once you know how to make a slip knot and cast on. Just follow these step-by-step instructions or watch the video at the bottom of the page.
Knit – step 1
About to knit the fourth stitch in the row. The yarn is at the back of the work and at the moment there are three stitches on the right-hand needle.
Knit – step 2
Insert right needle through next stitch on left-hand needle, taking the needle from left of stitch through the middle towards the back.
Knit – step 3
Wrap the yarn around the right-hand needle in an anticlockwise direction,
Knit – step 4
Take the yarn between the needles and back towards the right.
Knit – step 5
Take the right-hand needle under the left-hand needle through the middle of the stitch, sliding it towards the front, bringing the yarn with you – it’s now forming a loop on the right-hand needle.
Knit – step 6
Slip the original stitch off the left-hand needle, leaving the new loop (now the knitted stitch) on the right-hand needle. There are now four stitches on the right-hand needle.
Video showing how to work a knit stitch