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Dear knitters, hello, my name is Katerina Chocholáčová. In the previous knitting lesson we learned how to cast on the basic stitches for knitting and how to knit the first rows in the so called garter stitch. This means that we knit back and forth. This edge is very nice when starting, say, a simple scarf. It's also nice on a sweater that we don't want the bottom rows to stretch out and give us a stretchy patent. So we can use this garter stitch in many projects. Now we're going to go on to learn about the beard. We're going to knit the first row all the way through again, and as we come back, we're going to learn how to knit about the beard. However, we'll knit the first three stitches over and over so that it makes an edge at the edge that will continue to be knit in garter stitch. This edge is very neat and it doesn't curl, it doesn't make a roll. If we were to knit back and forth on the chin and the edge stitches, the edge would curl inwards, making a roll. The scarf wouldn't be very neat and it wouldn't show what we want to show here. That is, the knitting of the patterns. Wrap it around your left finger, knit the first row. The first stitch that was not knitted last on the previous row is now knitted this way. And now we're going to knit again only. That is, prick a stitch, pick up the yarn, pull through. It's really as simple as it looks. You don't have to be afraid of knitting at all. A lot of customers who come to my yarn shop to buy yarn for a baby, for example, that their grandmother will knit them a sweater, say they could never learn to knit, that they are clumsy, but anyone can learn to knit. It's very simple, you see, the knit stitch that you get by with in this garter stitch, for example, you don't even need to know how to cast on and knit anything else there. See, it's still a very nice and effective pattern. You can use it for a child's sweater and a sweater for yourself, for a coat, a scarf, a hat, anything. So poke a stitch, pick up the yarn and pull through like this very easily. We're not going to knit the last stitch in this row, we're just going to slip it off so that the work doesn't twist and the edge is nice and neat. Then the edge is also sewn together nicely if it is part of a sweater. Knit in such a way that you put the yarn in front of the work and only the stitch is passed off the needle in this way. On the needle or take off. Turn the work over. Knit the first stitch. Knit the next two stitches again. And now we will knit the purl stitches. I want to warn you that I'm knitting purl a little unconventionally because when my grandmother taught me to knit as a four year old, I wasn't very good at purl. I was constantly slipping off the needle with the kind of standard purl that is taught in magazines and such. So I wasn't very good at that as a kid. And that's why my grandmother taught me a simplified purl that works for kids, I'm sure it will work for you. I got by with it, I've been knitting with it for 8.30 years now, and I've mastered all the patterns with this method of knitting. Occasionally I have to reverse stitches for a tricky pattern. I'm sure we'll get to that. I don't think it's a problem though, and I think anyone who wants to learn to knit and wants to knit simply, quickly, neatly will get by with this purl for life, as I have. So the way to knit this purl is to put the yarn in front of the work. You poke the stitch from here, like this, from behind. Now we grab the yarn here and pull it through. And you see, the purl stitch is knitted. So again, yarn forward, prick, stretch. It's the easiest purl you can do. The standard way to do a purl is like this. Of course, it's a bit more complicated, especially for beginners. I think this flip that I'm teaching you now, you can get by with that. So prick and stretch. Yarn before work, prick, stretch. Yarn before work. Work the row this way all the way to the last three stitches. Knit the last three stitches, or two stitches, and slip the last edge stitches. So yarn before working, wrap around, pull through. In this way it is knitting that simplified purl. It's a simplified purl. Like this. If you watch my videos, experienced knitters will have noticed that I knit a little bit differently than the standard way, so now knit the last two stitches, that is, yarn behind the work, prick from the front and pull through. Edge stitch yarn before working, prick only slip. So now when we look at the knitting, you can see a little bit here that we're getting what's called a plain stockinette as opposed to a garter stitch. A plain stockinette means that you knit smoothly back and forth. So again, knit the first stitch, knit the second stitch, knit the third stitch. The whole row will be knitted over in this way. I'm knitting deliberately slowly so that you can see how it knits. Yarn for work, punch out a stitch from the front, stretch in this way. Knit smooth. It really is smooth, simple. Anyone can do it, even quite young children. You can use this video to teach your children. I learned to knit this way when I was 4 years old. Now knit these stitches again and the last stitch of yarn before working and only slipping off. Remember, never knit the last stitch, not even when you are knitting parts of a sweater, not even when you are knitting a scarf or some simple project, because the edge is so nice and neat this way, the stitch is open, it's good to poke it afterwards when sewing knits or knitting knits. And if it's a finished product, the edge is neat like that. So back again, purl, knit the edge stitch. Now knit smoothly to create that ridge. Yes, you can see here, these are the first three stitches. And now we're going to purl, yarn over the front work, punch out the back stitch and slip it off. In this way, we will knit the row up to the last three stitches, back purl. Yarn before working, prick, pull through. The yarn on your left index finger can either gradually shift, or you can unwrap it from your index finger this way. It's up to each person what works better for them. Leave the last three stitches and knit again. And the last stitch, yarn over before working and slipping. We always have to be careful to poke that stitch and pick up all those strands of yarn, because if we split the yarn that way, for example, it would be very visible in the knitting afterwards. I am now showing you that you can of course knit faster when you are already a skilled knitter. Then the work goes faster. If you are knitting an easy pattern, knit the first two stitches in garter stitch and purl again. Then, if you are already a skilled knitter, you can see that you can knit very quickly. If you are knitting a simple pattern, you will have a finished piece or scarf in no time. It is very easy. On the next row, I will again slowly show you the last three stitches to knit or knit two, slipping the last stitch. And now we'll go over how to knit again. So the first stitch in this way and now the yarn behind the work and just stretch like this. Knit the last two stitches again, slip the last stitch. Reverse the work. Here you can see what the back of the purl looks like. It is a plain jersey on the reverse side. The garter stitch, which is actually kind of thinner around the edges here, is now thick. This is what the knitting looks like from the back when you knit smoothly there and purl back. So edge stitch, knit the first two stitches and now yarn over before working and purling. Knit the whole row this way. The next samples will be a combination of these basic patterns. We'll cover that in future lessons. I look forward to hearing from you. Stay tuned for more parts of the basic knitting school. I bid you farewell. Here's what the work looks like. And this way, if you used some nice interesting wool, you could knit your first shawl without any complications. But if you get tired of it, you can use the patterns we'll learn in later lessons.

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