Knitting Terms, History and Techniques

The caterpillar stitch uses both stockinette and garter stitches to create lines in your work that look like a caterpillar.

The double fleck stitch uses simple knit and purls to combine the stockinette stitch with two seed stitches.

A simple repeating stitch, the tile stitch is knit on a background of stockinette. Purl stitches are used to create ridges along a border of basic garter stitch.

<p>Made using slipped stitches in combination with basic knit and purl stitches, the diamond honeycomb stitch is another intermediate pattern that creates repeating rows of raised diamonds.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Worked on a background of stockinette rows, the purl ridge stitch involves creating a raised, horizontal ridge of purl stitches along every fourth row.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Known as the 'trinity' or 'blackberry' stitch, the raspberry stitch is similar to the bobble stitch. It involves incrementally bundling stitches to add dimension and texture to your work.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Knitting is the process of using two or more needles to loop yarn into a series of interconnected loops in order to create a finished garment or to create a cloth.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>North Africa (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Alternate (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Beginning</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>CO and BO mean &quot;Cast on&quot; and &quot;Bind off,&quot; respectively.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>St st, rev St st and g st signify &quot;stockinette stitch,&quot; &quot;reverse stockinette stitch&quot; and &quot;garter stitch&quot;, respectively.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>LT ang RT signify &quot;left twist&quot; and &quot;right twist&quot;.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>FC and LC indicate &quot;front cross&quot; or &quot;left cross” (the same thing).</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>MC means “main color.”</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Decreases k2tog indicates to stitches should be knitted together as one, used for making decreases in a row.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Increases m1 meand “make one stitch.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>kfb or pfb mean “knit or purl into the front and back of a stitch”.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>refers to different knitting stitches or hundreds of variations</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>William Lee was an English inventor who devised the first knitting machine.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Purl through the back loop. short combinations of stitches.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>asterisks</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>&quot;with yarn in back&quot; and &quot;with yarn in front&quot;, respectively. Used primarily with slipped stitches.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>knit two stitches, purl two stitches.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>slip stitch</p> Signup and view all the answers

Abbreviation for 'following' in knitting.

Abbreviation for 'beginning' in knitting patterns.

Abbreviation for 'continue' used in knitting instructions.

Abbreviation meaning 'including' in knitting instructions.

The process of shaping finished knitted items.

When a knitter loses interest after completing one sock.

Knit the section of the sock where the heel is formed.

A technique to join edges of knitted pieces together.

When the sock circumference is smaller than the leg and foot's circumference.

Abbreviation for 'knit stitch' in patterns.

Abbreviation for 'purl stitch' in knitting instructions.

Indicates stitches should be knitted together.

Knitting two stitches together as if they were one.

Means to 'pass the slipped stitch over' in patterns.

Indicates knitting through the back loop.

Means 'knit into the row below' the current stitch.

Means 'purl into the row below' the current stitch.

Abbreviation for 'cast on' in knitting.

Abbreviation for 'bind off' in knitting.

Abbreviation for 'stockinette stitch' in patterns.

Abbreviation for 'main color' in knitting.

Abbreviation for 'contrasting color' in knitting.

Abbreviation for 'left twist' stitch technique.

Abbreviation for 'right twist' stitch technique.

Abbreviation for 'alternate' in knitting patterns.

Abbreviation for 'with yarn in back' during knitting.

Abbreviation for 'with yarn in front'.

Ridges formed on a stockinette background using purl stitches every fourth row.

Also known as 'trinity' or 'blackberry' stitch, creates a quilt-like finish.

A stitch pattern resembling a caterpillar using stockinette and garter stitches.

Uses slipped stitches to create diamond patterns.

A loose, mesh fabric stitch using various techniques.

Uses stockinette and seed stitches to create diagonal lines.

Repeats purl stitches on a stockinette background for symmetry.

English inventor of the first knitting machine in 1589.

A basic stitch created by passing yarn through the previous loop from below.

A basic stitch created by passing yarn through the previous loop from above.

To move a stitch from one needle to another without knitting it.

Technique to move a slipped stitch over another stitch to decrease.

Knitting the section of a sock that shapes the heel.

A technique to knit into the stitch one row below the current stitch.

A technique to purl into the stitch one row below the current stitch.

A stitch pattern characterized by alternating rows of knit and purl stitches.

Knitting every row creates a stretchy textured fabric.

A technique to create a small round raised stitching in fabric.

Technique to decrease by slipping two stitches and knitting them together.

A technique creating a new stitch by wrapping yarn over the needle.

Holding the yarn in front for specific stitching instructions.

Holding the yarn in back for specific stitching instructions.

Commonly used abbreviations and instructions in knitting patterns.

The first step in knitting where stitches are created on the needle.

The last step in knitting to secure all stitches and finish the project.

A stitch technique that twists the stitches to the left.

A stitch technique that twists the stitches to the right.

Purling a stitch through the back loop for a different texture.

Indicates that the pattern alternates between two actions or stitches.

Refers to stitches or rows that are left to work after a specific instruction.

Indicates repetition of the instructions that follow it in the pattern.

Indicates that the instructions inside them should be repeated a specified number of times.

Prevails in English speaking countries. The yarn is held over the right hand over the forefinger.

Customary knitting in many European and Eastern countries.