Single Cast On by Vickie Howell
My name is Fariba. Knitting is my passion since I was a little kid.

- Tutorial 1 – how to cast on
The first step of knitting is casting on. Casting on means making the base row of loops that will allow us to make a knit fabric by connecting new loops in following rows. The number of loops that you need to cast on depends on the project you wanna work on and also on your yarn size. As you… Read more: Tutorial 1 – how to cast on - Stockinette stitch
The very simple fabric that is made of basic knit and purl stitches is called stockinette stitch. It means after you cast on number of stitches, you knit the first row with Knit stitch and knit the second row (return row) with Purl stitch. You repeat to do Knit stitch for all odd rows, like row… Read more: Stockinette stitch - Stitch 1- Basic Rib Stitch
Made in a multiple of 2 stitches, and 2 row repeat. Row 1) Rep (k1, p1) Row 2) Rep (p1, k1) Here is the short grid to help you with it:

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[…] Now we are going to connect these two parts together. For that, having the needle with new stitches to your right hand, start knitting the picked up stitches from the other needle using the working yarn from right needle. At the end of the row, again you need to add another set of stitches as the same number as beginning by casting on with”single cast on method“. […]
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