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How to Change Between Knit and Purl

How to Change Between Knit and Purl
After you’ve learned how to make a knit stitch and a purl stitch, now it’s time to learn how to change between knit and purl. The most important thing when making the change is to make sure your yarn is in the correct position, you should bring yarn to the back when knitting and to the front when purling. Please watch these two videos below to get an idea of how to change between knit and purl, the first video is for right-handed knitters, the second one for left-handers.

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If you have questions, please refer to the video tutorial and written instructions above.

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