Dictionary

Gauge – How to Check Your Gauge on Flat Knitting

Make a swatch (a small square of knitting at least 3 inches wide), block it, and then check your gauge. If your stitches are too small, use a needle one size bigger. If your stitches are too big, use a needle one size smaller.

You don’t always have to check your gauge (I know, you won’t anyway), but please do it on projects that you really need to fit a certain size. Watch the video to see how it’s done.

 

BLCO – Backwards Loop Cast-On

Long-Tail Cast-On

 

K – Knit Stitch – American Style

K – Knit Stitch – Continental Style

P – Purl Stitch – American Style

P – Purl Stitch – Continental Style

Recognizing a Knit and Purl Stitch

 

1×1 Rib/2×2 Rib – Ribbing

Garter St – Garter Stitch

P/u (Pu) and Knit – Pick up and Knit

How to pick up and knit stitches in knitting:

Socks patterns and mitten patterns both call for you to pick up stitches.

Top-down socks have a heel flap which usually has a slipped-stitch edge that you need to pick up into, whereas mitten thumbs have a raw edge.

Sl – Slip 1 – Slip a Stitch

St St – Stockinette Stitch

TBL – Through the Back Loop

 

KFB – Knit Front and Back

M1/M1L – Make One/Make One Left

M1R – Make One Right

PFB – Purl Front and Back

YO – Yarnover

 

K2TOG – Knit 2 Together

K2TOGTBL – Knit 2 Together Through the Back Loops

P2TOG – Purl 2 Together

S2KP (Slip 2, Knit, Pass)

SKP – Slip, Knit, Pass

SSK – Slip, Slip, Knit

 

BO – Bind Off

Weave in Tails/Ends on Stockinette Stitch

Blocking Knitting – How to Block Your Work