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In knitting, after casting on what is the next step?

So I have finished my first row, and I don't know how to progress to the next one, how might this be done, and what technique is it?

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1. hhhhhhhhhhhh
2. http://www.learntoknit.com/instructions_kn.php3 That link might help you some. I did a google search "how to knit" and there are also a number of videos that may help. Good luck !
3. WALK AWAY COS ITS SO BORING
4. It depends what you are trying to make... but basically you now need to do the first row of the pattern, which usually means knitting a row. This shows you how: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uw-nUvGrBY or type 'how to knit' into Google.
5. 1) Hold the needle with the stitches in your left hand. 2) Hold stitchless needle in your right hand and insert the tip of the needle into the back of the first stitch; make sure the yarn is behind both needles. 3)Bring the yarn between the tips of the two needles. 4) Slide the right hand needle over, then under, the yarn 5) Slide the new stitch off of the left and fully onto the right hand needle; you will notice that the right needle now carries the yarn 6) Continue on through the rest of the row and continue. This is called garter stitch.
6. The next step is to knit (or purl--check your pattern) the first row. Assuming that you are knitting row by row, you will need to turn your work around at this point and make the second row on top of the first. For videos, I recommend Knitting Help: http://www.knittinghelp.com/videos/learn-to-knit . The videos at Knitting Help are clear and easy to understand. You can also choose from two standard methods--both American/English method and Continental method are demonstrated. I recommend the Continental method because I find it faster, but you'll have to decide which method is comfortable for you. In addition to the standard methods, there are others that are not so widely used. I've seen knitters happily knitting away while holding the right-hand needle in the right armpit, while holding the needles pointed down rather than up, passing the yarn around their necks to put tension on it (rather than over a hand the way I do), knitting in the trailing back loop rather than the leading front loop, and other techniques that I don't recall right now. None of them are *wrong*, they just aren't what most knitters in the US do when they knit. For a handbook of how-to-knit that has great illustrations but no video, I recommend Lion Brand: http://learntoknit.lionbrand.com/ That site also has a list of standard abbreviations (for both knitting and crocheting) you might want to print out and keep handy for reference: http://www.lionbrand.com/cgi-bin/faq-search.cgi?store=/stores/eyarn&dictionaryOfAbbreviations=1 . The site does ask you to register your email address and a password, which I did years ago and nothing bad has happened so far.