What does knit back mean?
When knitting through the back of the loop, you’re changing the direction from which the needle enters the stitch. … When you knit in the usual fashion, you insert your RH needle into the stitch from left to right, lifting and spreading the front of the loop — the side of the loop on your side of the needle.
What does knit 2 together mean?
Knit two together is the most basic method of decreasing stitches. It makes a decrease that slants slightly to the right and is often abbreviated as K2Tog or k2tog in patterns. To “knit two together” is just like making a regular knit stitch, but you work through two stitches instead of just one.
What does k1 FB mean?
Knit one in front and back (k1fb) is a common increase stitch, and it’s really easy once you get the hang of it. … (This will mean diving your needle over the front loop, which you’ve just knit into, and down into the middle of the stitch so that you can come up through the back loop.)
Do you knit into the back of the stitch on the first row?
Knitting Across the First Row. Push the tip of the right needle into the first loop on the left needle. … When working the knit stitch, it is important to always go in through the back of the stitch.
What is the front edge in knitting?
right: As in “beginning at right front neck edge.” Refers to right as opposed to left. When a pattern specifies a right front, it means the front that would be on your right side as you would wear it.
What does knit straight mean?
It just means ‘carry on with your knitting the way you have been except no increases or decreases’ and is usually found after there have been increases or decreases. SnoozieSiouxsie August 23, 2016, 2:26pm #3. Thanks again, suzeeq! It weirded me out that the pattern didn’t continue to say “K 1 row.”