Cast On, Bind Off (15 page)

CHARACTERISTICS

• Neat edge; looks good on both sides

• Moderately elastic edge

GOOD FOR

• Any ribbing (K1, P1; K2, P2; K1, P3; and so on)

Make a slip knot, leaving a long tail (
page 13
), and place it on the needle. Hold yarn in the slingshot position.

For a Knit Stitch

Reach the needle under and into the loop on the left thumb.

Go over the yarn on your left forefinger and bring that yarn through the thumb loop.

Drop the yarn off your left thumb and gently tighten (not too tight!) the loop on the needle.

For a Purl Stitch

Reach the needle to the outside of the index finger and insert it from underneath up into the finger loop.

Reach the needle under the yarn coming from the needle to your thumb and pull that yarn back through the finger loop.

Drop the yarn off your finger and gently tighten the loop on the needle.