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Unknown stitch  Dear friend:


Please, please, please, help me to discover which stitch is this one.

I founded this photo on a chinese site with a model using a ...

How to do a divide in a scarf pattern ...  ...to allow the one end to slip through the middle of the scarf?

Hello,

For my scarf I have to cast on 30 sts and work 45 rows in k1, pl rib.

Then ...

Unknown stitch  Dear friend:


Please, please, please, help me to discover which stitch is this one.

I founded this photo on a chinese site with a model using a ...

Counting Rows in the Round  Do you count the loops on the needle as a row?

YOUR ANSWER When you are knitting in the round, one row is a complete cycle around the needle.

When ...

knitting in reverse  Hi I am trying to knit a wild flower shawl pattern . At the edging, it works till row 12 then it goes off in the wrong direction.

Row 1: (ws) K2,...

Knitting a Gauge Swatch  I am knitting a sweater in rib pattern (K1,P1) all rounds.

I do not know how to measure the 4 x 4 gauge swatch horizontally. Do I stretch it out or ...

What Do These Letters Mean?  My pattern says:

row 1: K across
row 2: P across then reverse.

I am making a slipper pattern.

Thank you

YOUR ANSWER

I am assuming ...

Knitting Term  What does PO and KO mean?

Row 1: PO (2, 4, 7) (work seed st on 6 sts, p3, k3, p3) 3 times, end with seed st on 6 sts, pO (2, 4, 7)

Row 2: KO (2,4,...

Adding next ball of yarn  I added in second ball of yarn to baby blanket I am making. I did not knit with yarn from both balls for several stitches. I simply stopped one and left ...

I'm a new knitter and I'm stuck on this decrease.  decrease row: Work ribbing for 7sts,*slip,k and psso, k1.k2tog.*, work 3 sts ribbing,repeat between *'s once, finish row in ribbing; 23sts.

I'm making ...

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