Once you've completed your first stitch, continue in that manner to finish the row. If your next row is to be knit instead of purled, remember to take the yarn back to the back of the work before beginning.
Now that you know both how to knit and purl you can start making some really wonderful simple projects. The great thing about knitting is you can go very far only knowing the knit stitch and the purl stitch. There are all sorts of really intricate patterns that can be made by correctly combining these two basic stitches.
Even if you aren't ready for intricate, you can do cool things with knits and purls. Here's one for starters:
- Cast on 30 stitches of worsted-weight yarn onto size 7 (or thereabouts, whatever you've got handy) needles.
- Knit the first row.
- Purl the second row. Remember to move the yarn to the front of the work when you start the purl row and move it back for the knit row.
- Repeat these two rows until your piece is about square. Or keep going, and eventually you'll have a scarf!
