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2. Increase (knitting) - Wikipedia

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   The column of increases is used to make square sweater yokes. Double Increases - Knit into the back of a stitch without transferring the stitch to the right needle, knit into the back loop of the same stitch, again without transferring the stitch, and then one more time into the front loop. This general concept can also be applied to raised ...

3. Elizabeth Zimmermann - Wikipedia

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   Zimmermann immigrated to the United States from England in 1937 with her new husband, German brewery master Arnold Zimmermann. [5] The Zimmermanns initially settled in New York and eventually moved across country, finally settling in Wisconsin in a converted schoolhouse which would become home to Schoolhouse Press, a mail-order knitting business still based in the schoolhouse and run by her ...

4. Knitting abbreviations - Wikipedia

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   kfb: Knit into the front and back of a stitch, an increase. kll: Knit left loop; an increase. krl: Knit right loop; an increase. k-wise: Knit wise. KYOK: Knit, yarn over, knit, a double increase; LC: Left cross (in knitting cables). LH: Left hand. lp(s): Loop(s). LT: Left twist, to cross stitches and twist two strands of yarn.

5. List of knitting stitches - Wikipedia

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   A raised increase, knitting into row below (k-b, k 1 b) A lifted increase, knitting into the yarn between the stitches (inc, m1) Knit front and back (kfb) Purl front and back (, pass slipped stitch over (S1, K1, PSSO) for a left-leaning decrease. Knit two together through the back loops (K2tog tbl) for a left-leaning decrease.

6. Dip stitch - Wikipedia

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   The most common type of dip stitch is to knit into the row below, which may be used for visual effect or to increase the number of stitches (a lifted increase). Knitting into the row below and dropping the stitch above is a quick alternative to brioche knitting, which is normally done by knitting together a yarn over and a slip stitch.

7. Medallion knitting - Wikipedia

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   Most medallion knitting patterns implicitly assume that this will work, e.g., "increase five stitches per round". However, the knitter's gauges may differ from those of the pattern-maker and may even change with the circumference, and Δ n {\displaystyle \Delta n} is rarely an integer, so it is usually better to use the method outlined in the ...

8. Short row (knitting) - Wikipedia

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   Similar to increases and decreases, a common use for short rows is in shaping, e.g., in making sock heels, shaping the neck of a sweater or cardigan, or adding French darts near the bust point. Short rows introduce extra rows ("courses") of knitting, whereas increases introduce extra columns ("wales"). In principle, any shaping possible with ...

9. Casting on (knitting) - Wikipedia

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   To execute, hold a knitting needle in left hand and crochet hook or second knitting needle in right hand. Make a slip-knot in yarn and put it on the crochet hook or right-hand needle. Wrap the yarn from the back of the left-hand needle and over to the front, over the crochet hook or right needle, pass the slip-knot loop over the wrap, leaving ...