Slip stitch
Knitting - Basic Techniques
(Shown with yarn held in back.)
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With the right-side facing and yarn in back, insert the right-hand needle into the next stitch purlwise (as if to purl), and slip the stitch to the right-hand needle. |
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Knit the next stitch, the yarn crosses behind the slipped stitch. |
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For the next row, turn and work in pattern (purl, including the slipped stitch, if working stockinette stitch). |
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The completed slip stitch. |