There are other sititches to know. Rib stitch is a combination of the knit stich and the purl stitch. Most of the time, the common ribbing is a knit 2 purl 2 rib. However, it can also be a knit 3 purl 3 rib, or a knit 4 purl 4, etc. When doing this stitch, make sure you move the working yarn to the right side of the needle. For example, when you do the knit stitch, the working yarn in behind the needle. In purl stitch, the working yarn is in the front of the needle. Make sure you move the working yarn to the right side before you knit the stitch. SEED STITCH: The seed stitch is a variation of ribbing, in a way. Instead of working in a knit 2, purl 2 (or whatever) rib, just work in a knit 1, purl 1 rib. Basketweave and simple cable are other stitches, but I don't know how to explain them yet. Anyways, some projects call for using a way to make different shapes of your knitting pieces, and these are called increasing and decreasing. There are several ways to increase and decrease. One way to increase (see picture) is to knit into it twice. The picture has detail of what I mean, the person in the picture using the yarn between the rows and twisted it to make another stitch. You could also simply cast on another stitch to the end of the row. As of decreasing, the easiest way is to knit two stitches together. Or, you can use a different way, written as knit 1 slip 1 knit 1 pass the slipped stitch over. In detail, you knit one stitch, and pass one stitch onto your needle without knitting it, knit one more stitch, then slide the slipped stitch off your needle, over the knitted stitch in front of it.
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