PM

en-noun

PM (countable and uncountable, plural PMs)


increase

increase (countable and uncountable, plural increases)

From Middle English encresen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman encreistre, from Latin increscere (“increase”), present active infinitive of increscō, from in (“in, on”) + crescō (“grow”).
The noun is from Middle English encres, from the verb.

(knitting) The creation of one or more new stitches; see Increase (knitting).


inc

Change to larger needles and knit 1 rnd in CC, inc 3 (4, 5) sts evenly[…]

2011, Barb Brown, Knitting Knee-Highs: Sock Styles from Classic to Contemporary, page 55


RS

With yarn in back, slip stitch knitwise on RS[…]

2011, Kristi Porter, Knitting Patterns For Dummies, page 41


SL

SL (countable and uncountable, plural SLs)

Work sleeve, sl raglan marker, work in ribbing as est to cable marker

2010, Julie Turjoman, Brave New Knits, page 49


MC

MC (countable and uncountable, plural MCs or MC's)

With MC, knit a row, purl a row.

2011, Kristi Porter, Knitting Patterns For Dummies, page 91


MB

Row 1: K2, MB, k1, do not turn.

2011, Jane Davis, Knitting - The Complete Guide, page 145


beg

Knit with MC until work measures 3 inches from beg.

2005, DRG Dynamic Resource, Big Book of Knit Hats & Scarves for Everyone, House of White Birches, page 34


knit

From Middle English knytten, from Old English cnyttan (“to fasten, tie, bind, knit; add, append”), from Proto-West Germanic *knuttijan, from Proto-Germanic *knutjaną, *knuttijaną (“to make knots, knit”).
Cognate with Low German knütten and Old Norse knýta (whence Danish knytte, Norwegian Nynorsk knyta). More at knot.

inh

It's always time for a bit of a knit.

2014, Elvira Woodruff, To Knit or Not to Knit


bet

insert right-hand needle bet 2 sts just knitted

1998, Kristin Nicholas, Knitting the New Classics, page 63


cable

Recorded since c.1205 as Middle English cable, from Old Northern French cable, from Late Latin capulum (“lasso, rope, halter”), from Latin capiō (“to take, seize”). Use of the term "cable" to refer to the USD/GBP exchange rate originated in the mid-19th century, when the exchange rate began to be transmitted across the Atlantic by a submarine communications cable.

der

(knitting) A textural pattern achieved by passing groups of stitches over one another.


cable

en-verb

cable (third-person singular simple present cables, present participle cabling, simple past and past participle cabled)

cables (present singular third-person)
cabling (participle present)
cabled (participle past)
cabled (past)

You've been cabling, twisting, popcorning and bobbling. See, we told you that they weren't so hard.

2008, Leisure Arts, I Can't Believe I'm Knitting Cables, page 9


decrease

en-noun

decrease (countable and uncountable, plural decreases)

gain

antonym(s) of “amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased”

From Middle English decresen, alteration of discresen, from Anglo-Norman, Old French descreistre (French: décroître), from Latin decrescere.

(knitting) A reduction in the number of stitches, usually accomplished by suspending the stitch to be decreased from another existing stitch or by knitting it together with another stitch. See Decrease (knitting).


float

From Middle English floten, from Old English flotian (“to float”), from Proto-West Germanic *flotōn, from Proto-Germanic *flutōną (“to float”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewd-, *plew- (“to float, swim, fly”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian flotje (“to float”), West Frisian flotsje (“to float”), Dutch vlotten (“to float”), Middle Low German vloten, vlotten (“to float, swim”), German flötzen, flößen (“to float”), Swedish flotta (“to float”), Icelandic fljóta, Old English flēotan (“to float, swim”), Ancient Greek πλέω (pléō), Lithuanian plaukti, Russian пла́вать (plávatʹ). Compare flow, fleet.

sierwa

trailer or vehicle decorated for a parade

(knitting) One of the loose ends of yarn on an unfinished work.


narrow

en-verb

narrow (third-person singular simple present narrows, present participle narrowing, simple past and past participle narrowed)

narrows (present singular third-person)
narrowing (participle present)
narrowed (participle past)
narrowed (past)

From Middle English narwen (“to narrow”); see there for more details, but ultimately derived from the noun.

(knitting) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.


yon

Buttonhole row: (K1, p1) 3 times, yon, k2tog, (k1,p1) 5 times, yon, k2tog, […]

2006, Heather Dixon, Not Your Mama's Knitting, page 222


p

Knit 3, p 1, k 2, purl 1, k 2, m 1, k 2 together, k 1.

1855, Godey's Magazine, volume 51, page 71


m

Abbreviations.
# (stenoscript) Abbreviation of am.
# (stenoscript) Abbreviation of him.
# (stenoscript) Abbreviation of my and mine.
# (stenoscript) Abbreviation of many.
# (stenoscript) the prefix mis-.
# (stenoscript) the prefix im-.

ng

and <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">mine</i>.

Row 1 (RS): Kfb, knit to marker A, slip marker A, knit to marker B (there are no sts to knit between markers A and B in Row 1), m1, slip marker B, k1, slip marker B, m1, […]

2011, Kristi Porter, Knitting Patterns For Dummies, page 232


rd

(knitting, firearms) Abbreviation of round.


CC

en-noun

CC (countable and uncountable, plural CCs)

(knitting) Initialism of contrasting colour.


pat

Work in pat to next underarm marker, sm, place next st on holder[…]

2012, Kari Cornell, Knitting Sweaters from around the World, page 52


popcorn

popcorn (countable and uncountable, plural popcorns)

Georgian: პოპკორნი (ṗoṗḳorni)

German: Popcorn

desc

Greek: ποπ κορν (pop korn), ποπκόρν (popkórn)

Icelandic: poppkorn

Japanese: ポップコーン (poppukōn)

Korean: 팝콘 (papkon)

Norwegian:

Bokmål: popkorn

Nynorsk: popkorn

Polish: popcorn

Russian: попко́рн (popkórn)

Swedish: popcorn

Short for popped + corn. By surface analysis, pop + corn.

From the top the sample shows four stitch popcorns, five stitch bobbles, two rows of bells and a central leaf with leaves sloping to the left and right each side.

2008, Claire Compton, Sue Whiting, The Knitting and Crochet Bible, page 45

(knitting) A kind of stitch similar to a bobble.


popcorn

en-verb

popcorn (third-person singular simple present popcorns, present participle popcorning, simple past and past participle popcorned)

popcorns (present singular third-person)
popcorning (participle present)
popcorned (participle past)
popcorned (past)

(knitting, rare) To use the popcorn stitch.


needle

From Middle English nedle, from Old English nǣdl, from Proto-West Germanic *nāþlu, from Proto-Germanic *nēþlō, from pre-Germanic *neh₁-tleh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- (“to spin, twist”).
Cognates
Cognate with Dutch naald (“needle”), German Nadel (“needle, pin, crochet hook”), German nähen (“sew”), Danish nål (“needle”), Norwegian nål (“needle”), Finnish neula (“needle”). Further related with Welsh nyddu, Latin nēre, Sanskrit स्नायति (snāyati, “wraps up, winds”). Related to snood.

cog

it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God

The seamstress threaded the needle to sew on a button.

reusable needles

single-use needles

A long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing as in sewing, embroidery, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, sutures, etc; or a blunt but otherwise similar implement used for forming loops or knots in crafts such as darning, knitting, tatting, etc.


est

From Middle English este, from Old English ēst (“will, consent, favour”), from Proto-West Germanic *ansti, from Proto-Germanic *anstiz (“favour, affection”), from Proto-Indo-European *ān- (“to notice; face, mouth”) or from *h₃neh₂- (“to bestow, offer, help; to enjoy”).
Cognate with Icelandic ást (“affection, love”), Dutch gunst (“favour, grace, courtesy, privilege”), German Gunst (“favour, goodwill, boon”), Danish yndest (“favour”), Swedish ynnest (“favour, indulgence, grace”).


est

Acme Manufacturing Inc., est 1952


est

Erhard Seminars Training
w:Erhard Seminars Training

Initialism of Erhard Seminars Training, a course intended to promote satisfaction with life in the present moment, as opposed to strivings to attain it.


LT

en-noun

LT (countable and uncountable, plural LTs)


bobble

* (noun): from bob + -le (diminutive suffix).
* (verb): from bob + -le (frequentative suffix).
Compare bauble.

(knitting) A localized set of stitches forming a raised bump.


bobble

en-verb

bobble (third-person singular simple present bobbles, present participle bobbling, simple past and past participle bobbled)

bobbles (present singular third-person)
bobbling (participle present)
bobbled (participle past)
bobbled (past)

(knitting, rare) To use the bobble stitch.


rep

rep (third-person singular simple present reps, present participle repping, simple past and past participle repped)

reps (present singular third-person)
repping (participle present)
repped (participle past)
repped (past)

Clippings of various words beginning with rep.

Rep neck dec EOR 4 times more, AND AT THE SAME TIME, rep armhole dec EOR 4 (4,5) times more

2011, Hannah Fettig, Closely Knit: Handmade Gifts For The Ones You Love, page 44


purl

purl (third-person singular simple present purls, present participle purling, simple past and past participle purled)

purls (present singular third-person)
purling (participle present)
purled (participle past)
purled (past)

Unknown; apparently related to Scots and dialect pirl (“twist, ripple, whirl, spin”), and possibly to Older Scots pyrl ("thrust or poke at"). Compare Venetian pirlo, an embellishment where the woven threads are twisted together. May be unrelated to purfle, though the meanings are similar.

Knit one, purl two.

Stockinette fabric is created by knitting the right-side rows and purling the wrong-side rows.

(knitting) To use or create a purl stitch or stitches.


tog

Row 1 (Right side): Slip 1, K1, K2 tog, YO, K 10, (K2 tog, YO) twice, K3.

2012, Kay Meadors, Knitting for a Cure, page 34


gauge

en-noun

gauge (countable and uncountable, plural gauges)

From Middle English gauge, gaugen, from Anglo-Norman, Old Northern French gauger (compare Modern French jauger from Old French jaugier), from gauge (“gauging rod”), from Frankish *galga (“measuring rod, pole”), from Proto-Germanic *galgô (“pole, stake, cross”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰalgʰ-, *ǵʰalg- (“perch, long switch”). Cognate with Old High German galgo, Old Frisian galga, Old English ġealga (“cross-beam, gallows”), Old Norse galgi (“cross-beam, gallows”), Old Norse gelgja (“pole, perch”). Doublet of gallows.

cog

(knitting) The number of stitches per inch, centimetre, or other unit of distance.


gather

en-verb

gather (third-person singular simple present gathers, present participle gathering, simple past and past participle gathered)

gathers (present singular third-person)
gathering (participle present)
gathered (participle past)
gathered (past)

From Middle English gaderen, from Old English gaderian (“to gather, assemble”), from Proto-West Germanic *gadurōn (“to bring together, unite, gather”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to unite, assemble, keep”).

der

Be careful not to stretch or gather your knitting.

If you want to emphasise the shape, it is possible to gather the waistline.

(knitting) To bring stitches closer together.

To bring parts of a whole closer.
To bring stitches closer together.

tihentää

—knitting: to bring stitches closer together


st

Knit 1 row. Dec 1 st at each end of next row and at each end of every foll alt row until 2 sts rem.

2009, Sally Muir, Joanna Osborne, Diana Miller, Pet Projects: The Animal Knits Bible, page 71

Change to larger needles and knit 1 rnd in CC, inc 3 (4, 5) sts evenly[…]

2011, Barb Brown, Knitting Knee-Highs: Sock Styles from Classic to Contemporary, page 55


WS

en-noun

WS (countable and uncountable, plural WSs)

with yarn in front, slip stitch purlwise on WS

2011, Kristi Porter, Knitting Patterns For Dummies, page 41


skip

en-verb

skip (third-person singular simple present skips, present participle skipping, simple past and past participle skipped)

skips (present singular third-person)
skipping (participle present)
skipped (participle past)
skipped (past)

From Middle English skippen, skyppen, of North Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skupjaną, perhaps related to *skeubaną (“to drive, push”), iterative *skuppōną (“to push/move repeatedly, skip”), from Proto-Indo-European *skewbʰ- (“to push, throw, shake”).
Related to Icelandic skopa (“to take a run”), Old Swedish skuppa (“to skip”), modern dialectal Swedish skopa, skimpa (“to skip, leap”), and English shove. See also dialectal English skimp (“to mock”) (Etymology 1), considered by some to be related.

der

(knitting, crocheting) To pass by a stitch as if it were not there, continuing with the next stitch.

пропускам

knitting, crocheting: pass by a stitch as if it were not there


knitting needle

en-noun

knitting needle (plural knitting needles)

A long, thin, pointed rod, used in pairs to knit yarn.


knitting

knitting (countable and uncountable, plural knittings)

From Middle English knyttynge; equivalent to knit + -ing.

I find knitting very relaxing.

The action of the verb to knit; the process of producing knitted material.

Fair point. Instead of tearing down the knitting and using diesel, tear down the knitting and use turbines.

2002 April 26, David Stevenson, “Re: Diesel vs Electric”, in uk.railway (Usenet), retrieved 2018-04-10, message-ID <B8EF5604.1C7F1%hoagy@cix.co.uk>

It also helps, if: [...] the knitting is aligned with the track below, or rather vice versa, something else that went after 1996.

2007 October 19, "Capt. Deltic", “Re: GNER knitting down (again)”, in uk.railway (Usenet), retrieved 2018-04-10, message-ID <1192811754.580518.56340@e34g2000pro.googlegroups.com>

My suggestion would be to electrify the uphill bits only, in each direction, and to use diesel traction when coming down the other side. Massive savings on posts and knitting for a start.

2016 December 9, Andrew Clarke, “Re: Great Western Railway warns of slower journeys on new trains”, in uk.railway (Usenet), retrieved 2018-04-10, message-ID <111f6d4a-e880-4b12-89f3-04250296ea7d@googlegroups.com>

(rail transport, informal, UK) overhead electrification wires, OHLE


rib

From Middle English rib, ribbe, from Old English ribb (“rib”), from Proto-West Germanic *ribi, from Proto-Germanic *ribją (“rib, reef”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rebʰ- (“arch, ceiling, cover”).
Cognate with Dutch rib (“rib”), Norwegian ribbe (“sparerib”), Norwegian ribben (“rib”), Low German ribbe (“rib”), German Rippe (“rib”), Old Norse rif (“rib, reef”), Serbo-Croatian rèbro (“rib”).
(wife or woman): In reference to the creation of Eve from Adam's rib in the Bible.

der

(knitting) A raised ridge in knitted material or in cloth.


yb

Row 3. P1, yb, sl1 purlwise, yf, pbf, p1.

1997, Jo Sharp, Knitted sweater style: inspirations in color, page 62


sm

Rnd 16: K23, sm, k2tog, join CC, k10, join MC, k2tog, sm, k7 (42sts).

2011, Nicki Moulton, Knit This Doll!, page 19


K

Abbreviations.
# (stenoscript) Abbreviation of counter, prefix counter-, sequence contr.

ng

prefix <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">counter-</i>, sequence contr.

Knit 3, p 1, k 2, purl 1, k 2, m 1, k 2 together, k 1.


RH

en-noun

RH (countable and uncountable, plural RHs)

Work wraps together with wrapped sts as you come to them, as follows: Insert RH ndl into wrap at base of wrapped st from beneath, then bring RH ndl up and into st on LH ndl, ready to work the st[…]

2012, Stefanie Japel, Mom and Me Knits, page 13

(music, knitting) Initialism of right hand.


DK

(knitting) Initialism of double knitting.


increasing

From Middle English encresing, equivalent to increase + -ing.

/ɪnˈkɹiːsɪŋ/

Now begin the increasings for the chest by making 2 stitches in the fourth stitch; repeat this, increasing in every fourth row, but 1 stitch further each time, so as to form a slanting line, the same as a dress-pleat.

1864, The Ladies' Companion and Monthly Magazine, page 277


intarsia

intarsia (countable and uncountable, plural intarsias)

(knitting) A knitted design resembling a mosaic.


diamond cross

(knitting) A lace knitting stitch pattern, multiple of 17 plus 2 stitches, 35 rows in pattern.


RT

RT (countable and uncountable, plural RTs)


DPN

DPN (countable and uncountable, plural DPNs)

Begin with a multiple of 4 stitches on two dpn.

2008, Jane Davis, Knitting - The Complete Guide, page 144

(knitting) Initialism of double-pointed needle(s).


sk

Row 1: Ch 3, sk 2 sts, 3 dc in next st[…]

1986, Better Homes and Gardens: Knitting and crocheting, page 204


boucle

boucle (countable and uncountable, plural boucles)


decreasing

The number of stitches between the decreasings decreases with every round, so that the decreasings form slanting lines meeting in a point.

2016, Mrs. Beeton, Book of Needlework, page 54


cast on

en-verb

cast on (third-person singular simple present casts on, present participle casting on, simple past cast on or casted on, past participle cast on)

casts on (present singular third-person)
casting on (participle present)
cast on (past)
casted on (past)
cast on (participle past)

Cast on 100 stitches; knit back plain.

1878, “High Vest for an Infant of Four Months”, in Godey's Lady's Book, and Ladies' American Magazine

With two wooden needles, No. 7 and 4 ply fleecy, cast on twenty-nine stitches for the middle of the sole, and for six rows increase one at the beginning and end of each needle, to slightly shape both the toe and heel end.

1892, Charles Peters, The Girl's Own Indoor Book, page 75

Although patterns call for a needle of a certain size, you may find that you cast on more tightly or loosely than the project specifies.

2012, Cap Sease, Cast On, Bind Off: 211 Ways to Begin and End Your Knitting

With waste yarn and crochet hook, make a slipknot and chain 2 stitches more than required to cast on, fasten off.

2016, Margeau Soboti, Margeau Chapeau: A New Perspective on Classic Knit Hats, page 12

(transitive, intransitive, knitting) To start the first row of knitting by putting stitches on a needle.


meas

When piece meas 2½" (6.5 cm) on RS, knit until 3 sts rem, k2tog, k1.

1998, Kristin Nicholas, Knitting the New Classics, page 106


cast off

cast off (third-person singular simple present casts off, present participle casting off, simple past cast off or casted off, past participle cast off)

casts off (present singular third-person)
casting off (participle present)
cast off (past)
casted off (past)
cast off (participle past)

(intransitive, knitting) To finish the last row of knitted stitches and remove them securely from the needle.

lukke af

finish the last row of knitted stitches and remove them from the needle


amigurumi

en-noun

amigurumi (countable and uncountable, plural amigurumi)

/ɑːmɪˈɡuːɹuːmɪ/

Borrowed from Japanese 編み包み (amigurumi), a blend of 編む (amu, “to knit”) + 縫い包み (nuigurumi, “stuffed toy”).

blend

Noa has been mostly homeschooled, and is poised to graduate high school in this "severely" rural area. She has a self-described "yarn addiction" (does astounding lace work, Amigurumi, and other yarn art), and wants to learn how to work in glass, after graduation.

2014 October 28, Christopher Langley, “Artbound: Jael Hoffmann: High Desert Sculptor of Internal Landscapes”, in KCET, archived from the original on 2018-11-02

In amigurumi knitting, gauge sense is a little bit different from what it is in most other types of knitting. Since amigurumi doesn't really need to fit anybody, you're not obligated to work at any particular gauge. However, most amigurumi figures are stuffed with fiberfill. If you don't want this fluffy white stuff poking out of your creation, it's very important that you knit at a gauge that is tight for the weight of yarn that you're using.

2015, Hansi Singh, “Techniques: Gauge/Yarn”, in Knitted Amigurumi Vegetables: Basic Techniques Plus 5 Veggies, Minneapolis, Minn.: Creative Publishing International, page 31

She started crocheting six years ago "completely out of boredom," watching YouTube videos to pick up the technique. Almost immediately, she started making amigurumi figures, Japanese-inspired stuffed dolls and action figures.

2017 May 3, Alyson Ward, “Adorable alert: A tiny yarn Sherlock Holmes or Huck Finn: New book features cute critters from Houston’s ‘crochet ninja’”, in Houston Chronicle, Houston, Tex., archived from the original on 2017-08-14

(uncountable, knitting) The Japanese art of crocheting or knitting stuffed yarn toys, typically creatures having oversized heads.

اميجورومي

Pip Lincolne, owner of Meet Me At Mike's in Fitzroy, stocks cutesy, Japanese-style knitted or crochet toys, known as amigurumi. "When we started Mike's, we wanted to sell the things that we loved, which happened to be things with a childlike or nostalgic theme through them," she says. "We wanted to stock handmade items and discovered the Japanese craft movement a few months after.

2008 April 20, Rachelle Unreich, “The play’s the thing”, in The Age, Melbourne, Vic., archived from the original on 2018-11-02

And since most amigurumi tends to be on the small side, you will use these small diameter circular knitting techniques frequently.

2009, Hansi Singh, “Techniques”, in Amigurumi Knits: Patterns for 20 Cute Mini Knits, Minneapolis, Minn.: Creative Publishing International, page 18

Some days after April’s First Friday festivities, I noticed on the desk of a colleague an adorable crocheted fish doll, one Fred by name. […] Fred, like many of [Mary] Nguyen’s pieces, is an amigurumi – petite knitted/crocheted stuffed animals, popularized in Japan over the course of the 20th century before websites like Etsy, Pinterest and Ravelry exposed Western audiences to them in the mid-2000s.

2018 April 18, Griffin Swartzell, “Mary Nguyen crochets advanced stitching techniques into adorable amigurumi”, in Colorado Springs Independent, Colorado Springs, Colo., archived from the original on 2018-04-18

(countable, knitting) Such a stuffed toy crocheted or knitted from yarn.


Orlon

From orl- (perhaps after Orleans) + -on (compare nylon, rayon, developed by the same company).

1971: This garish, deep orlon-carpeted lobby of the Desert Inn seemed an inappropriate place to be haggling about nickel/dime bribes for the parking lot attendant. — Hunter S. Thompson. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Harper Perennial 2005, p. 44)

a synthetic fibre used in yarn and knitwear


LH

en-noun

LH (countable and uncountable, plural LHs)

(music, knitting) Initialism of left hand.


patt

Cont in patt until work measures 10cm (4in). Break off B and join in C.

2008, Claire Compton, Sue Whiting, The Knitting and Crochet Bible, page 305


tricoteuse

Sitting in the courtroom […], their laptops and tablets propped before them, power cables snaking through convoluted adapters, the Twitterati have sight of witnesses at all times — the troubadours, or perhaps the tricoteuses, of the digital revolution.

2014 April 24, Alan Cowell, “At Pistorius trial, Twitterati have their day in court”, in The New York Times

A woman who knits; used especially of those who knitted at meetings and at executions during the French Revolution.


steek

en-verb

steek (third-person singular simple present steeks, present participle steeking, simple past and past participle steeked)

steeks (present singular third-person)
steeking (participle present)
steeked (participle past)
steeked (past)

From Scots steek, from Middle English steke (“to enclose”) and Middle Dutch steken (“to stitch”). Noun from Scots steek (“stitch”), from Middle Dutch steek (“stitch”). More at stick, stitch.

(knitting) To use a technique for knitting garments such as sweaters in the round without interruption for openings or sleeves until the end.


steek

(knitting) The bridge of extra stitches used in the steeking technique.


bouclé

en-noun

bouclé (countable and uncountable, plural bouclés)

From French bouclé, from boucler (“to buckle”).

Argent’s Metropolitan line was a sound investment, with its chemically treated bouclé cushions and Airform core.

2021, Colson Whitehead, Harlem Shuffle, Fleet, page 18

He, too, showed up in style ahead of the game, wearing a custom bedazzled Amri combination of a bouclé shirt and matching shimmering trousers.

2024 February 12, Alaina Demopoulos, “Romcom ending: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s big night at the Super Bowl”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

A fabric knitted or woven of uneven yarn with a surface of loops and curls.

Yarn with multiple plies, one of which is looser than the others, producing loops and curls.


unpick

en-verb

unpick (third-person singular simple present unpicks, present participle unpicking, simple past and past participle unpicked)

unpicks (present singular third-person)
unpicking (participle present)
unpicked (participle past)
unpicked (past)

From Middle English unpiken, equivalent to un- + pick.

(knitting) To undo knitting in order to reuse the wool.


BH

Work 7 BH's on left side for man's sweater, on right side for woman's sweater.

1998, Kristin Nicholas, Knitting the New Classics, page 86


tink

tink (third-person singular simple present tinks, present participle tinking, simple past and past participle tinked)

tinks (present singular third-person)
tinking (participle present)
tinked (participle past)
tinked (past)

Stanley knitted when he should have purled and swore, tinking the knitting back to fix the flaw.

2012, Amy Lane, A Knitter in His Natural Habitat, page 48

If the stitch you need to fix is on the last or previous row, a bit of unknitting, or “tinking” as it is known by some knitters, is all that is needed to get back to the point where you can mend your mistake.

2006, Heather Dixon, Not Your Mama's Knitting, page 89

(knitting, slang, transitive) To unknit.


SSK

Row 7: Sl 1, k4, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, SSK, k3, SSK, turn.

2011, Karida Collins, Pints and Purls: Portable Projects for the Social Knitter


Fair Isle

Name of a tiny island between the Orkney Islands and Shetland Islands.

(knitting) A traditional knitting technique used to create patterns with multiple colours.


yf

Row 3. P1, yb, sl1 purlwise, yf, pbf, p1.

1997, Jo Sharp, Knitted sweater style: inspirations in color, page 62


dip stitch

(knitting) A stitch made by knitting into a stitch (or even the space between stitches) of an earlier row.


Kitchener stitch

en-noun

Kitchener stitch (plural Kitchener stitches)

Named after Horatio Herbert Kitchener, British army officer, though the technique pre-dates him.

(knitting) A common method for the grafting of two knitted fabrics using yarn and a needle in an end-to-end ("wale-to-wale") seam.


in the round

Loosely cast on 90 stitches. Place stitch marker and join to work in the round, being careful not to twist the cast-on stitches.

2015, Heather Walpole, “Super Simple Cowl”, in Scarves in the Round […], Stackpole Books, page 4

(knitting) Done with circular needles, so as to create tubes of fabric.


entrelac

(knitting) A knitting technique used to create a textured diamond pattern, comprising interconnected squares on two different orientations.


self-striping

(knitting, of yarn) Having a variegated colour, so as to produce stripes when used to knit small items such as socks or mittens.


yarnover

(knitting) A technique in which the yarn is passed over the right-hand needle. In general, the new loop is knitted on the next row, either by itself (producing a hole) or together with an adjacent stitch.


psso

(knitting) Initialism of pass slipstitch over.


pfb

Round 3: Pfb, work Row 3 of Chart A1 (A1, A1, A2, A2) twice, pfb.

2012, Kristi Porter, Knitting In the Sun, page 137

(knitting) purl into front and back of same stitch


wyif

(knitting) Abbreviation of with yarn in front.


wyib

(knitting) Initialism of with yarn in back.


double knitting

(knitting) A form of knitting in which two fabrics (connected or not) are knitted simultaneously with two yarns on one pair of needles.


pbf

(knitting) purl into back and front of same stitch


rev st st

stockinette stitch
stockinette stitch#English

(knitting) Abbreviation of reverse stocking stitch; reverse stockinette stitch.


yrn

Yfwd, K2 tog, yrn twice, K1 tbl, K2, K1 tbl, yrn twice,[…]

1986, Frances Kennett, Dorothea Hall, The gentle arts, page 84


skpo

Next row: K10, k2tog, k6, skpo, k18, k2tog, k6, skpo, k10.

2004, Fiona McTague, Knitted toys, page 65

(knitting) Initialism of slip one, knit one, and pass slipstitch over.


tbl

ROW 5: K3, (pl, kl tbl) 4 times, pl, k3.

2007, Jackie Pawlowski, Field Guide to Knitting, page 49

(knitting) Initialism of through back loop(s).


g st

When joining in a new ball of yarn, do so on the g st areas, as it's much easier to darn in the ends here.

2003, Catherine Ham, Knitting 20 simple and stylish wearables for beginners, page 74

(knitting) Abbreviation of garter stitch.


sl st

On RS, slip 1 stitch, knit 2 sl st purlwise (to create float)[…]

2011, Kristi Porter, Knitting Patterns For Dummies, page 41


st st

(knitting) Abbreviation of stocking stitch.

(knitting) Abbreviation of stockinette stitch.


slipstitch

(knitting) a kind of stitch that is passed from the left needle to the right needle without being knitted


lp

make one st by picking up horizontal lp lying before next st and knitting into back of lp

2005, Jean Leinhauser, Rita Weiss, 100 Hats to Knit and Crochet, page 58


EOR

Rep neck dec EOR 4 times more, AND AT THE SAME TIME, rep armhole dec EOR 4 (4,5) times more

2011, Hannah Fettig, Closely Knit: Handmade Gifts For The Ones You Love, page 44

(knitting) Every other row; every other round.


ndl

Work wraps together with wrapped sts as you come to them, as follows: Insert RH ndl into wrap at base of wrapped st from beneath, then bring RH ndl up and into st on LH ndl, ready to work the st[…]

2012, Stefanie Japel, Mom and Me Knits, page 13


laceweight

(knitting, of a yarn) Of a light weight designed to be used with 1.5–2.25 mm needles.


superbulky

(knitting, of a yarn) Of a heavy weight intended to be used with large needles.


seed stitch

(knitting) A basic basketweave in which knit and purl stitches alternate in every column ("wale") and every row ("course"), i.e. every knit stitch is flanked on all four sides by purl stitches, and vice versa.


cable knitting

A style of knitting in which textures of crossing layers are achieved by permuting stitches.


garter stitch

(knitting) the most basic form of welting, produced in the round by knitting and purling alternate rows, or in the flat by knitting (or purling) every stitch


warp knitting

A method of knitting in which the yarn zigzags along the length of the fabric, following adjacent columns ("wales") of knitting, rather than a single row ("course").


cable needle

(knitting) a type of knitting needle used to temporarily hold stitches, allowing them to be interchanged


circular needle

circular needle (plural circular needles)

(knitting) a knitting implement consisting of two needles connected by a thin wire; used to knit round tubes


double-pointed needle

double-pointed needle (plural double-pointed needles)

(knitting) a knitting needle with points at both ends; used in sets of four or five to knit narrower tubes than possible with a circular needle


longtail cast-on

longtail cast-on (plural longtail cast-ons)

(knitting) A type of cast-on technique involving a long tail of yarn.


bind off

en-verb

bind off (third-person singular simple present binds off, present participle binding off, simple past and past participle bound off)

binds off (present singular third-person)
binding off (participle present)
bound off (participle past)
bound off (past)

(transitive, intransitive, knitting) To end a column of stitches by trapping its final stitch in a way that prevents unraveling.


bind off

I’ve learned a new bind off that’s perfect for cuffs and brims of hats.

(knitting) A technique used to bind off stitches.


eyelash yarn

en-noun

eyelash yarn (countable and uncountable, plural eyelash yarns)

(knitting) A type of novelty yarn consisting of a thread base, with several long strands spaced at even intervals that jut out at an angle from the main strand.