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Decrease

Glossary of Knitting Terms » Stitch Terms » Decrease

Knitting Terms by Category

Abbreviations

Circs/Circulars
DPN(s)
LYS

Basic Stitches

Cast On
Stockinette Stitch
Bind Off
Reverse Stockinette Stitch
Garter Stitch
Ribbing
Yarnover

Brioche

Kinds of Knitting

American/English-Style Knitting
Flat Knitting
Mosaic Knitting
Continental Knitting
Colorwork
Knitting Flat
In the Round
Round Knitting

Kinds of Yarn Color

Heathered
Highly Variegated
Kettle-Dyed
Self-Striping
Semi-Solid
Variegated

Lingo

Knit Up (Verb)
Local Yarn Store
Stash
Tink

Mistakes and Errors

Accidental Yarnover
Frogging
Tink

Needle Terminology

Needles

Circs/Circulars
DPN(s)
Circular Needles
Double-Pointed Needles
Straight Needles

Other

Knitting Pattern
Tension (Verb and Noun)

Pattern Terms

Beginning of Round
Contrasting Color
Decrease
Gauge
In Pattern
Increase
Main Color
Multiple (Noun)
Right Side
Round (Noun)
Turn Work
Work Even
Wrong Side
Yardage

Stitch Terms

Back Loop
Knitwise
Leg
Purlwise
Stitch

Techniques

Blocking
Felting
Gauge Swatch
Getting Gauge
Magic Loop
Read Your Work
Short-Tail Cast-On
Swatch
Weave In

Yarn Put-Ups

Bobbin
Center-Pull Ball
Hank
Skein

Yarn Terms

Colorway
Dye Lot
Pull From the Center
Pull From the Outside
Tail
Weight
Working Yarn

Yarn Weights

Lace
Fingering
Sport
DK
Worsted
Aran
Chunky
Super-Bulky

Decrease

Glossary Cateogry: Pattern Terms

Combine two or more stitches into one so that your project gets narrower.

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