Favorite Socks (24 page)

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With left needle tip, lift the strand between last knitted stitch and first stitch on left needle from front to back (
Figure 1
), then knit the lifted loop through the back (
Figure 2
).

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With left needle tip, lift strand between needles, from back to front (
Figure 1
). Purl lifted loop (
Figure 2
).

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Wrap the working yarn around the needle from front to back, then bring yarn into position to work the next stitch (leave it in back if a knit stitch follows; bring it under the needle to the front if a purl stitch follows).

Bring the yarn to the back under the needle, then over the top to the front so that the leading leg of the loop is at the back of the needle.

With wrong side facing and working from right to left while holding yarn in front, insert tip of needle from back to front under the selvedge stitch (
Figure 1
), wrap yarn around needle, and pull it through to form a stitch on the needle (
Figure 2
).

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With right side facing and working from right to left, insert tip of needle under the front half (
Figure 1
) or both halves (
Figure 2
) of stitch along selvedge edge, wrap yarn around needle, and pull it through to form a stitch on the needle. For a tighter join, pick up the stitches and knit them through the back loop (
Figure 3
).

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Work to turning point, slip next stitch purlwise to right needle, then bring the yarn to the front (
Figure 1
). Slip the same stitch back to the left needle (
Figure 2
), turn the work around and bring the yarn in position for the next stitch, wrapping the slipped stitch with working yarn as you do so. When you come to a wrapped stitch on a subsequent row, hide the wrap by working it together with the wrapped stitch as follows: Insert right needle tip under the wrap (from the front if wrapped stitch is a knit stitch; from the back if wrapped stitch is a purl stitch), then into the stitch on the needle, and work the stitch and its wrap together as a single stitch.