Before You Start
Gauge – How to Check Your Gauge on Flat Knitting
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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.
Cast-Ons
Knit and Purl
K – Knit Stitch – American Style
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K – Knit Stitch – Continental Style
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P – Purl Stitch – American Style
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P – Purl Stitch – Continental Style
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Recognizing a Knit and Purl Stitch
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Pattern Stitches
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
Increases
KFB – Knit Front and Back
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M1/M1L – Make One/Make One Left
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M1R – Make One Right
PFB – Purl Front and Back
YO – Yarnover
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Decreases
K2TOG – Knit 2 Together
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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
Finishing
BO – Bind Off
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