1. Cast stitches onto one of the needles.
2. Slip half of them onto the other needle (there will be 25 on each).
3. Make sure the stitches are not twisted around the needles, but laying flat along them.
4. Bend the 2 needles in a circle, so that the join between them is on your left, and the open end is on the right. The ball end of yarn should be on the back needle. Check again that the stitches are not twisted.
5. You have 2 needles, front and back. You are going to work with the front needle only first. Push all the stitches near to the right end of the needle. Take the other point, bring it around to the last stitch on the right end, and put it in as you would normally do to knit a stitch. Take the yarn that is hanging off the back needle (this is a slightly tricky step) pull it close to the front needle, and wrap it around and knit it off. Then knit the next stitch as you normally would, and keep going. It is just like knitting with straight needles, only they happen to be connected to each other.
The pattern says to knit this row in the lace pattern, but I think it would be easier to knit it plain for one row, or do K4 P1 around to maintain the ribbing.
6. When you get to the end, turn your work around, and repeat step 5 with the other needle. You always knit from one end of the needle onto the other end of the SAME needle. If you start knitting from one needle to the other, you will have problems.
OK, give it a try! I will post photos if you have trouble!
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Ok. trying now. I just bought my 2nd set of needles.
Ahh this is hard. I messed up already. I found this video, though, which might help on the 2nd try. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vd8nMEEYH_0
It was a little tricky to get started, but I think you'll find it's not so bad when you get going. I will post a photo too.
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