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BIND
OFF (CAST OFF):
To finish off an edge and keep
stitches from unraveling by lifting the first stitch over the second, the second over
the third, etc.
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PICK UP AND
KNIT (PURL):
Knit (or purl) into
the loops along an edge.
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BIND OFF IN
RIBBING:
Keep in the rib pattern
as you bind off. (Knit the knit stitches,
purl the purl stitches.)
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PURLWISE:
Insert the needle into
the stitch as if you were going to purl it.
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CAST ON:
Form a foundation row
by making any number of loops on the knitting needle.
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SELVAGE STITCH:
Edge stitch that helps
make seaming easier.
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DECREASE:
Reduce the number of
stitches in a row. (i.e., knit 2 together)
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SKIP:
Skip specified number
of crochet stitches of the previous row and work into next stitch.
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INCREASE:
Add to the number of
stitches in a row. (i.e., knit in front and back of stitch)
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SLIP, SLIP,
KNIT:
Slip next 2 stitches
knitwise, one at a time, to right-hand needle. Insert tip of left-hand needle into
fronts of these stitches from left to right and knit them together to decrease 1 stitch.
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KNITWISE:
Insert the needle into
the stitch as if you were going to knit it.
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SLIP STITCH:
In knitting, pass a
stitch from the left- hand to the right-hand needle as if to purl without working
it. In crochet, insert hook through loop or edge, yarn over and pull through loop
on hook.
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MAKE ONE:
With tip of the needle,
lift strand between last stitch knitted and next stitch on left-hand needle, place
strand on left-hand needle and knit into back of it to increase 1 stitch.
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WORK EVEN:
Continue in specified
pattern without increasing or decreasing.
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PLACE MARKERS:
Loop a piece of contrast
yarn or purchased stitch marker onto the needle.
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YARN OVER:
In knitting, make a
new stitch by placing the yarn over the right-hand needle.
In crochet, wind yarn around hook.
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