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Dictionary

Use this Video Knitting Dictionary as you read and follow knitting patterns. Every time you come to an abbreviation you don’t understand, you can look it up here. See your free Dictionary class for an alphabetical list of terms.

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Before You Start

Gauge – How to Check Your Gauge on Flat Knitting

Gauge – How to Check Your Gauge on Flat Knitting
Gauge – How to Check Your Gauge on Flat Knitting

 

Cast-Ons

Knit and Purl

K – Knit Stitch – American Style

K – Knit Stitch – American Style
K – Knit Stitch – American Style

K – Knit Stitch – Continental Style

K – Knit Stitch – Continental Style
K – Knit Stitch – Continental Style

P – Purl Stitch – American Style

P – Purl Stitch – American Style
P – Purl Stitch – American Style

P – Purl Stitch – Continental Style

P – Purl Stitch – Continental Style
P – Purl Stitch – Continental Style

Recognizing a Knit and Purl Stitch

Recognizing a Knit and Purl Stitch
Recognizing a Knit and Purl Stitch

 

Pattern Stitches

Increases

KFB – Knit Front and Back

KFB – Knit Front and Back
KFB – Knit Front and Back

M1/M1L – Make One/Make One Left

M1/M1L – Make One/Make One Left
M1/M1L – Make One/Make One Left

M1R – Make One Right

PFB – Purl Front and Back

YO – Yarnover

YO – Yarnover
YO – Yarnover

 

Decreases

K2TOG – Knit 2 Together

K2TOG – Knit 2 Together
K2TOG – Knit 2 Together

K2TOGTBL – Knit 2 Together Through the Back Loops

P2TOG – Purl 2 Together

S2KP (Slip 2, Knit, Pass)

SKP – Slip, Knit, Pass

SSK – Slip, Slip, Knit

 

Finishing

BO – Bind Off

BO – Bind Off
BO – Bind Off

Weave in Tails/Ends on Stockinette Stitch

Blocking Knitting – How to Block Your Work

top down socks, beginner

 

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