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  2. List of knitting stitches - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Twined knitting - Wikipedia

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    It is created by letting the strand of yarn used to purl the first stitch run in front while knitting the next stitch. A row of crook stitches is called a crook row (Swedish: krokvarv). Knitting two subsequent crook rows, shifting the rows by one stitch, produces a chain path (Swedish: kedjegång). An "O" stitch is produced by knitting a crook ...

  4. Hand knitting - Wikipedia

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    Going through the back of a stitch is called Eastern knitting. A third method, called combination knitting, goes through the front of a knit stitch and the back of a purl stitch. [6] In Scandinavia, but especially in Norway, the purl stitch is produced with yarn held in back [7] and held as close to the needles as possible. This shifts the ...

  5. Entrelac - Wikipedia

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    Knitting entrelac requires only the knit and purl stitches, an ability to "k2tog" and "p2tog" (knit or purl two stitches together) and to pick up stitches. Entrelac can be done entirely in garter stitch although stockinette is more common. A unique aspect of entrelac is that a "row" of knitting actually contains many smaller "rows" within the ...

  6. Knitting - Wikipedia

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    Woman knitting Video description of knitting a sock and the two basic stitches: knit and purl. Knitting is a method for production of textile fabrics by interlacing yarn loops with loops of the same or other yarns. It is used to create many types of garments.

  7. Fair Isle (technique) - Wikipedia

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    Basic two-colour Fair Isle requires no additional techniques beyond the basic knit stitch: the purl stitch is not used if the garment is knit in the round. At each knit stitch, there are two available "active" colours of yarn; one is drawn through to make the knit stitch, and the other is simply held behind the piece, carried as a loose strand ...

  8. Basic knitted fabrics - Wikipedia

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    By contrast, in the flat, garter stitch is produced by knitting every stitch (or purling every stitch, though this is much less common, and often referred to as 'reverse garter stitch'). [6] In garter-stitch fabrics, the "purl" rows stand out from the "knit" rows ( a similar effect is used in shadow knitting). Together, they form little ...

  9. Knitting abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    Knitting abbreviations can be grouped by what they describe: side of work; RS and WS signify the "right side" and "wrong side" of the work.. type of stitch; k means a knit stitch (passing through the previous loop from below) and p means a purl stitch (passing through the previous loop from above).