Glossary

Bind Off in Ribbing: Keep in the rib pattern as you bind off. (Knit the knit stitches, purl the purl stitches.) (UK: cast off in ribbing)

Cast On: Form a foundation row by making any number of loops on the knitting needle.

Decrease: Reduce the number of stitches in a row. (i.e., knit 2 together)

Increase: Add to the number of stitches in a row. (i.e., knit in front and back of stitch)

Knitwise: Insert the needle into the stitch as if you were going to knit it.

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.

Place Markers: Loop a piece of contrast yarn or purchased stitch marker onto the needle.

Pick Up and Knit (Purl): Knit (or purl) into the loops along an edge.

Purlwise: Insert the needle into the stitch as if you were going to purl it.

Selvage Stitch: Edge stitch that helps make seaming easier.

Skip: Skip specified number of crochet stitches of the previous row and work into next stitch. (UK: miss)

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.

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. (UK: abbreviation--ss or sc)

Work Even: Continue in specified pattern without increasing or decreasing. (UK: work straight)

Yarn Over: In knitting, make a new stitch by placing the yarn over the right-hand needle. (UK: yfwd, yon, yrn) In crochet, wind yarn around hook. (UK: yoh or yrh)