Set up your loops

Use the Basic Knot Start to set up your thumb loop and rear loop.

First direction: UO

Insert the needle from front to back through the rear loop, roughly 1″ or 2.5cm.

Turn: /

With the needle still through the rear loop, turn it so the tip now points to the left. The rear loop will now be twisted under the needle.

Second direction: UO O

Slide the needle between your thumb and the thumb loop, and between your thumb and the working yarn.

Snug up the stitch

Pull your needle through to the left and pull the working yarn through. This creates a new loop just below the current thumb loop as you pull the yarn snug (but not too tight).

Move the loops

Push the old thumb loop up and back, off your thumb. It’s now the rear loop, and you’re ready to do another stitch.

Joining rows with F1

Pick up a single stitch from the previous row, then start a new Oslo stitch.

This is the most common join used with Oslo stitch.

Joining rows with F2

This creates a denser fabric than the F1 join.

Pick up the previous row’s next empty stitch and the stitch before it, then start a new Oslo stitch. Don’t pick up two empty stitches, since this will make a decrease stitch instead of a single stitch.