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Tutorial Series: K2tog and P2tog

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One way to decrease a stitch in knitting is by doing a K2tog on the knit row/round or a P2tog on a purl row/round. K2tog stands for knit two stitches together and P2tog stands for purl two stitches together. The videos below show both ways of decreasing one stitch in right handed knitting.

K2tog:

  • Insert the right needle from back to front of the second stitch on the left knitting needle and then insert it into the first stitch on the left needle
  • Wrap the working yarn around the inserted right needle
  • Pull the right knitting needle and working yarn loop into and through the 2 stitches on the left needle
  • Keep the working yarn loop (the new stitch) on the right needle and slide the 2 stitches off the left needle

P2tog:

  • Insert right needle front to back into the first two stitches on the left knitting needle
  • Wrap the working yarn around the right needle
  • Pull the working yarn loop on the right needle through the two stitches on the left needle and keep the loop (new stitch) on the right needle
  • Slide the first two stitches off the left needle

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Tutorial Series: Purl and Un-Purl

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The purl stitch in knitting looks quite different from the knit stitch. The videos below show how to make purl stitches and how to undo (un-purl) those stitches for right handed knitting.

The Purl Stitch:

  • Insert the right needle from front to back of the first stitch on the left knitting needle
  • Wrap the working yarn around the inserted right needle
  • Catch the loop made made by the working yarn (the new stitch) with the right needle
  • Slip the loop (the new stitch) onto the right needle and the first stitch off the left needle


Un-Purl (undo the Purl stitch):

  • Insert left knitting needle into the purl bump below the new stitch on the right needle
  • Catch the left side of the purl bump above the working yarn and place the loop made onto the left needle
  • Slide the new stitch on the right needle off the needle
  • Pull the working yarn (dropped stitch loop) away from the stitch on the left needle

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Tutorial Series: Knit and Tink

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Welcome to the first video tutorial here on Coffee Tea Knits. The knit stitch and how to tink (knit spelled backwards) or unravel that stitch is shown in the two videos below.

The Knit Stitch:

  • Insert the right knitting needle from back to front of the first stitch on the left knitting needle.
  • Take the working yarn around the top of the right needle and wrap it between the two needles on top of the first stitch
  • Catch and pick up the working yarn loop (the new stitch) with the right needle
  • Slip the first stitch off the left needle and onto the right needle for the new knit stitch

Tink (to undo or unpick the knit stitch):

  • Insert the left knitting needle into the v – shaped stitch below the first stitch on the right needle
  • Catch the left strand of the v – shaped stitch with the left needle and slip it onto the left needle
  • Pull the first stitch on the right needle off the needle
  • Pull the working yarn (loop) out of the stitch now on the left needle

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