Make a slipknot and place it on one needle
Hold the needle with the slipknot in your right hand
Wrap the working yarn around your thumb and index finger
Insert the needle under the thumb strand
Catch the index finger strand with the needle
Pull the loop through the thumb loop
Tighten gently on the needle
Repeat the same motion until you have 56 stitches on the needle
Count the stitches to confirm 56 st
