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Kitchner Stitch
When I learned to do the kitchner the instructor had us knit two swatches about four inches across -- not bound off. Then we pinned the two pieces facing each other with the open stitches facing and just touching. Then we took a threaded yarn needle and proceeded to copy the stitches with yarn. The pattern we said was up in the first loop on the bottom piece (closest to you) and down in the opposite stitch away from you, up in its next door neighbor, down in the first stitch on the bottom again, and up in its neighbor. Continue across the piece and gently pull your stitches until they match the tension in your work. It is easy to see what to do because you are just matching the rows already knit. After you are comfortable with this, then try it on the knitting needles. The down on the needle closest to you is a knit action, up is a purl action. On the needle away from you, down is purl and up is knit. The first time you enter a stitch you leave it on the needle, the second time take if off the needle. Each stitch is entered twice, with the exception of the first and last stitch. Sometimes it works out that they are only once. When you first start working on the needles do a few stitches and then look and see if the stitches are lining up right. If they are not, take those stitches out and start again changing the side you started on.

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