{"id":5817,"date":"2013-01-04T01:34:04","date_gmt":"2013-01-04T09:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/?p=5817"},"modified":"2019-10-26T07:07:41","modified_gmt":"2019-10-26T14:07:41","slug":"knitting-101-how-to-knit-the-knit-stitch-for-beginners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/knitting-101-how-to-knit-the-knit-stitch-for-beginners\/","title":{"rendered":"Knitting 101: How to Knit the Knit Stitch for Beginners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/nsad-knitting-101-knit-stitch-cover.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/nsad-knitting-101-knit-stitch-cover.jpg\" alt=\"Knitting 101: How to Knit the Knit Stitch for Beginners\" title=\"Knitting 101: How to Knit the Knit Stitch for Beginners\" width=\"620\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/nsad-knitting-101-knit-stitch-cover.jpg 850w, https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/nsad-knitting-101-knit-stitch-cover-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/nsad-knitting-101-knit-stitch-cover-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/nsad-knitting-101-knit-stitch-cover-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/nsad-knitting-101-knit-stitch-cover.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This video knitting tutorial will help you learn how to knit the knit stitch. This stitch is one of two basic stitches upon which thousands of stitch patterns are created. The knit stitch if used every stitch and row in a piece of fabric is called garter stitch. <!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"arve\" data-mode=\"normal\" data-oembed=\"1\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-youtube-9d1yt5umwia65d76938c1c1a943114310\">\n<span class=\"arve-inner\">\n<span class=\"arve-embed arve-embed--has-aspect-ratio\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 510 \/ 287\">\n<span class=\"arve-ar\" style=\"padding-top:56.274510%\"><\/span><iframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" data-arve=\"arve-youtube-9d1yt5umwia65d76938c1c1a943114310\" data-src-no-ap=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/9d1yt5UmwiA?feature=oembed&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autoplay=0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"0\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/9d1yt5UmwiA?feature=oembed&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autoplay=0\"><\/iframe>\n\n<\/span>\n\n<\/span>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"http:\\\/\\\/schema.org\\\/\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newstitchaday.com\\\/knitting-101-how-to-knit-the-knit-stitch-for-beginners\\\/#arve-youtube-9d1yt5umwia65d76938c1c1a943114310\",\"type\":\"VideoObject\",\"embedURL\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\\\/embed\\\/9d1yt5UmwiA?feature=oembed&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&autohide=1&playsinline=0&autoplay=0\"}<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<section id=\"materials\">\n<h2>Materials Used in this Tutorial<\/h2>\n<p>A Pair of Knitting Needles<br>\nA Ball of Yarn<\/p>\n<section id=\"instructions\">\n<h2>Pattern Instructions<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Skill:<\/strong> Beginner<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li class=\"step\">\n<div class=\"label\">Step 1<\/div>\n<p>Holding the working needle in your dominate hand, take the tip of the needle and insert it into the front leg of the stitch, &ldquo;knitwise&rdquo; (front to back), creating an x with the needles. <\/p><\/li>\n<li class=\"step\">\n<div class=\"label\">Step 2<\/div>\n<p>Pinch the needles together where they connect with your non dominate hand, grab the yarn and wrap it around the working needle by going around back and in between both needles where they connect in the x. If you are right handed this will be counter-clockwise and if you are left handed this will be clockwise.<\/p><\/li>\n<li class=\"step\">\n<div class=\"label\">Step 3<\/div>\n<p>Use the working needle to pull working yarn through the loop. <\/p><\/li>\n<li class=\"step\">\n<div class=\"label\">Step 4<\/div>\n<p>Slip the stitch off the main needle and onto the working needle.<\/p><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/section>\n<p><em>Repeat Steps 1-4 until you have worked all the stitches on your needle<\/em><\/p>\n<section id=\"amazon-link\">\n<div class=\"photo\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0823006751\/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=nestada-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0823006751\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/ws.assoc-amazon.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;Format=_SL160_&amp;ASIN=0823006751&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=nestada-20&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/ws.assoc-amazon.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;Format=_SL160_&amp;ASIN=0823006751&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=nestada-20&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822\"><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=nestada-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0823006751\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=nestada-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0823006751\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description\">\n<h2>Like This Stitch?<\/h2>\n<p>Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0823006751\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=nestada-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0823006751\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Chicks with Sticks Guide to Knitting<\/a><br>\nfor more great beginner projects just like the ones on this site!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n[sidebar alias=&rdquo;after-post&rdquo; ]\n<\/section><\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This video knitting tutorial will help you learn how to knit the knit stitch. This stitch is one of two basic stitches upon which thousands of stitch patterns are created. The knit stitch if used every stitch and row in a piece of fabric is called garter stitch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5854,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175,128],"tags":[292],"stitch-attributes":[293],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5817"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5817"},{"taxonomy":"stitch-attributes","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstitchaday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stitch-attributes?post=5817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}