The knit stitch is the most of stitches. When you knit every stitch of every row, the result is garter stitch. The fabric looks the same on the back and the front so it is reversible. Garter stitch lies flat, is quite a thick fabric and does not curl at the edges. These qualities make it ideal for borders and collars, as well as for scarves and the main fabric of a garment.

In knit stitch the yarn is held at the back of the work (the side facing away from you) and is made up of four steps.
Choose to hold the yarn and needles in whichever way you feel most comfortable (English or Continental).



How to knit using the English method (yarn in the right hand)
To knit in the English style, hold the yarn and the empty needle in your right hand, and hold the needle with the cast-on stitches in your left (with the tip pointing to the right).

1. Hold the needle with the cast on stitches in your left hand and hold the working (empty) needle in your right hand, with the working yarn wound around the fingers of your right hand. With the yarn at the back of the work, insert the right hand needle ( from left to right) through the front of the first stitch on the left hand needle. (Your needles will form an x, with the right needle behind the left needle.)

2. Holding the two crossed needles with your left hand, pass the yarn under and around the right hand needle and then bring it down between the needles.

3. Pull the new loop on the right hand needle through (b) the stitch on the left hand needle. Slip the original stitch off the left hand needle.

4. One knit stitch is completed.

Repeat these four steps for each stitch on the left hand needle. All the stitches on the left hand needle will be transferred to the right hand needle where the new row is formed. At the end of the row, swap the needle with the stitches into your left hand and the empty needle into your right hand, and work the next row in the same way.

How to knit using the Continental Method (yarn in the left hand)
In this method the right hand needle moves to catch the yarn; the yarn is held at the back of the work (the side facing away from you) and is released by the index finger of the left hand. This knit stitch is made up of four steps.

1. Hold the needle with the cast on stitches in your left hand and hold the working (empty) needle in your right hand and the yarn over your left index finger. Insert the right hand needle into the front of the stitch from left to right, holding the yarn in back of both needles. Your needles will form an x, with the right needle behind the left needle.


2. Use your left forefinger to wrap yarn around the right needle from front to back.


3. Pull the new loop on the right hand needle through the stitch on the left hand needle, using the right index finger to hold the new loop if needed.


4. Slip the stitch off the left hand needle. One knit stitch is completed.

Tip: you may want to use your right forefinger to keep the wrapped strand from slipping off the tip of the needle.

Repeat these four steps for each stitch on the left hand needle. All the stitches on the left hand needle will be transferred to the right hand needle where the new row is formed. At the end of the row, swap the needle with the stitches into your left hand and the empty needle into your right hand, and work the next row in the same way.