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Created by: kschimmel
Number of Blossarys: 8
Yo means "yarn over" as in laying the working yarn over the right needle from front to back, then proceeding to the next stitch as if a stitch had been made. This yo is knit or purled on ...
Psso means pass slipped stitch over. It is often used to decrease a stitch, as in the sequence: k1, sl1, psso. A stitch is slipped from left to right needle, the next stitch is worked, then the ...
Bo is the abbreviation for bind off. To take knitting off the needles and secure it so stitches don't unravel, knitting ends with a bind off row or round in which 2 stitches are worked, the ...
Rnd means round. One round in circular knitting is equivalent to a row in flat knitting. Rounds are knit on circular or double-pointed knitting needles.
In color knitting, mc refers to the main color in the project. Colors may also be indicated in a muticolor pattern by letters, in which case the main color is generally "A."
Cc indicates contrasting color. If a knitting pattern uses only 2 colors, they will be called main color (mc) and contrasting color (cc.) If there are many colors, the pattern will generally ...
Dec is the abbreviation for decrease in knitting. Decreases are worked by knitting or purling more than one stitch at a time and/or passing stitches over another stitch and off the needles (as in a ...
By: kschimmel