Place the yarn round you left index finger and keep the yarn in place in the palm of your hand using your ring and little finger. The yarn is always kept behind your piece when knitting stitches.

Put the right needle through the first stitch on the left needle to create a new stitch.

Now place the yarn over the right needle.

Pull the yarn through the cast on stitch – use the point of the needle.

Lift the first new stitch off the left needle and onto the right needle.

Repeat until all stitches have been switched from the left to the right needle. This is your first row! To continue, place the needle with the stitches in your left hand and repeat.