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Basic terms all knitters need to know including knit, purl, cast on, bind off appear in every knitting pattern. These terms are essential for reading and understanding knitting patterns.

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Continue knitting rows in a set pattern without increasing or decreasing the number of stitches.

Domain: Hobbies; Category: Knitting

This stitch pattern is created by knitting all stitches on the right side of work and purling all stitches on the back side. Old patterns also call this "plain knitting."

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This is the name of the pattern created by knitting every single stitch, i.e. on the front and on the back. It is durable, does not curl at the edges and is unbeatable when you like to knit while ...

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Two rows of garter stitch (knit every stitch, wrong side and right side) interlock to form a garter ridge. While rows are counted for other knitting patterns, garter stitch is often counted in ...

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In flat knitting, a short row is created by turning the work before reaching the end of a row. Short rows make one side of the work longer than the other, useful for creating shaped curves in a flat ...

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To frog is to unravel knitting ("rip-it, rip-it") in order to crrect a mistake or reuse yarn.

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Create the first row of stitches on the knitting needle. There are several ways to cast on, including single cast on and double cast on.

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