The purl stitch

The perfect complement to the knit stitch is the purl stitch. The right side of each looks like the reverse side of the other. If purl stitch is used when working back and forth, alternating rows with knit stitch, the combination produces stockinette stitch (stocking stitch).

1 The working stitches will be on your left-hand needle.

2 Wrap the yarn counterclockwise around the tip of the right-hand needle.

3 Use the tip of the right-hand needle to pick up the new loop of yarn. Slide the loop off the left-hand needle and onto the right-hand needle. This is your first stitch. Repeat the process until all the stitches have been knitted off the left-hand needle onto the right-hand one.