After you've finished the row, flip the needle around so that the needle in you right hand, the one with the stitches, is now in your left hand. In turn, the empty needle goes back in your right hand, and knit the row again. This is called the Garter Stitch. Keep knitting rows until your piece is as long as you want it to be. Now you have to learn to "bind off" your stitches. If you do it right, this secures your knitting so that the piece won't come unraveled. There are two ways to bind off your stitches. For the first, you need to find a crochet hook. Hook the first two stitches onto the hook, and flip them over. See the picture for details. Bind off all of the stitches on your needle, then tie a knot. Cut the yarn, then trim all loose bits hanging off of your piece. For the second way, you don't need a crochet hook. IF you're working in stockinette stitch, you can bind off in a purl method or a knnit method. (For the purl method, just replace the word "knit" in the following instructions with "purl") Knit the first two stitches. Then, flip the first stitch over the second, and slip the first stitch off the needle. Knit one more stitch, and repeat the "flip" process. Repeat this pattern across the row, until you have one more stitch on your needle. Pull the loop wider, then cut the working yarn. Thread the "tail" through the loop, and pull it tight to make a knot. Cut whatever bit of the tail that is left.
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