How To Knit Welcome to the fabulous world of KNITTING! Here is your guide to knitting success. Terminology: 1. Cast on: Start of a knitting project it forms a foundation row by making specified number of loops on the knitting needle. 2. Bind off: To finish off an edge and keep stiches from unraveling by lifting the first stich over the second, the second over the third, etc. 3. Decrease: Reduce the number of stiches in a row (knit 2 together; purl 2 together) 4. Increase: Add to the number of stiches in a row (ex. Knit in front and back of a stitch)