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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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Another term for "frog" meaning to rip the knitted work back to correct a mistake. Tink comes from the word "knit" spelled backwards.

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Ribbing is a stretchy fabric created by alternating knit and purl stitches such that like stitches form vertical lines as the fabric is knit. Ribbing is used at the tops of socks and at the hems of ...

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Remove the final row of stitches from the knitting needle and secure them so that the work does not unravel.

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

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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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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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