How to: Knit Slip One Purlwise

New to slipping your stitches? This video will guide you through and help you learn how to slip your stitches purl-wise (sl1p).

New to slipping your stitches? This video will guide you through and help you learn how to slip your stitches purl-wise (sl1p).

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New to slipping your stitches? This video will guide you through and help you learn how to slip your stitches purl-wise (sl1p).

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Level: Beginner
Craft: Knitting
Type: Technique

Step by Step

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Step 1

So you know slip stitch, but what’s this purlwise all about?! You might have seen your pattern telling you to slip a stitch purlwise to create a neat side edge to your knitting, or it might form a part of a more complex stitch pattern.

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Step 2

If you’re slipping your stitch purl-wise, make sure your yarn is at the front of your work.

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Step 3

Take the tip of your right needle and insert it into the stitch as if you are going to purl it.

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Step 4

Instead of wrapping your yarn around, simply slide the stitch off the left needle. Congratulations, you’re a stitch jedi now.