How to Knit The Purl Stitch

When you get to the end of the row with the knitted stitches on the needle turn the needle over.

Hold the needle with the stitches in your left hand and the empty needle in your right hand. The yarn should be in FRONT of your work. The needles should be pointed toward one another.

NEEDLES FORM AN X

Insert the right needle through the front of the stitch on left needle. The needles will form an "X" with the right needle on top of the left needle. Make sure that the yarn is in FRONT of the needle.

WRAP YARN AROUND FRONT NEEDLE

Keep the needles crossed in the "X" position by holding both needles with your thumb, index and middle finger of your left hand. Do this by holding the right needle with the thumb nail on top facing you, and the nails of the index and middle fingers underneath the right needle and facing away. Wrap the yarn around the front needle, counterclockwise, from the back bringing the yarn around and in front of the right needle.

PUSH RIGHT NEEDLE DOWN

Hold the yarn in place around the needle with your thumb and index finger of your right hand, push the right needle down and away from you through the center of the stitch on the left needle. The right needle will now be behind the left needle.

PULL RIGHT NEEDLE TO THE RIGHT

Pull the remaining yarn off the left hand by pulling the right needle to the right so the newly formed stitch slides off the left needle onto the right needle.
Continue to end of row and all the stitches are on the right needle.

You have purled your first row.