How to knit
2 Purl 2 Ribbing
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in this video we are going to learn how
to do the knitting stitch pattern knit
two purl two the first thing is to put a
slipknot into the yarn and cast on
stitches we're using the longtail cast
on method and if you want to see a video
on how to do longtail cast on I will
link it both above in the video and in
the down bar the important thing at this
point is to cast on an even number of
stitches
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I'm cut in the tail fairly short for
purposes of the video so that we don't
get confused between the working yarn
and the tail but if this were a real
project I would leave the tail six or
eight inches long the first thing we're
going to do is knit our first two
stitches because the pattern is knit two
purl two so knit two snug up your yarn
which is gently yarn in front and purl
and now we're going to purl two stitches
and again just snug that stitch up
just gently yarn in back and knit two
stitches
yarn in front purl two stitches always
remember when you purl the yarn is in
the front of your work and when you knit
the yarn is in the back of your work
that will help you to keep straight
whether you're knitting or purling and
where the yarn should be again purling
yarn in front
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and now we've turned our work and we can
clearly see what's on our needles those
are our purl stitches those are the knit
stitches pearls knits and pearls we know
they're purl stitches because we can see
that little purl bump and I'm going to
zoom in so that you can see this a
little more closely to stay in our
pattern of knit two purl two we are
going to now purl our purl stitches and
then knit our knit stitches we hear this
a lot in knitting knit the knits and
purl the pearls and that's what we're
doing here pearl and purl again
yarn in back and knit and it - that's
your second net stitch yarn in front and
purl so to get this pattern to look the
way we want it to look every time we see
that little purl bump we're gonna purl
the stitch and when we go back to a knit
we're going to knit the stitch and that
will give us the knit two purl two
ribbing which is what this pattern
creates and now we turn our work and you
can start to see the pattern is taking
some shape and now on this side which is
the front of the work we can very
clearly see that we have start with a
knit so knit two
yarn in front purl two
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and just gently snug up those purl
stitches and that will give you a much
more even looking fabric okay and just
keep doing that
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and at this point we can really clearly
see our stitch pattern is taking shape
there's the knit column and next to it
the purl column and there's the pro
bumps and knit and purl knits and pearls
and alternating the nets and pearls are
what give us knit two purl two stitches
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