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Lifting up

To lift up one ore more stitches means that they slip from the left to the right needle, without knitting. This is done in a lot of phantasy patterns and on the decreasing. These stitches can be lifted up right (picked up the front wire netting as to the right knitting) or left (picked up the front wire netting as o the left knitting).

Binding off

It means to knit 2 stitches and draw the 1st stitch over the 2nd stitch from the right to the left. You bind off e.g. for button holes, pocket slit etc. or while ending a knitting.

Decreasing

Here will let off a stitch, it means it will not be knit with and therefore it will be knit together on different forms with the previous or following stitch. It can be occurring inside of a knitting pattern or if a knitting piece should be smaller.

In turn

If 2 knitting activities will be occur one after another, several times.

To apply

1. If a ball exhausted and you will use a new ball, Then you have to apply the new thread (in this cause it is the same with different colored stripes). Normally you have to apply the thread at the edge and not while a row. Lastly the thread will be sewing up at the end.

2. If a knitting will be knitted in 2 parts, rest the 1st knitted part and the 2nd part will be apply on the 1st part to knit over both parts currently coherent.

Beat up

The basic of knitting is the beat up. There will be beat up so much stitches as the knitting needs. Although to be a matter of special loops, which can made in different forms but in either case they will be working on the knitting needle.

On both sides

You find this phrase on statements, which will be conducted on both edges of the knitted fabric e.g. decreasing, increasing or armholes.

Double overdraw decreasing

Here will decrease 2 stitches, while you lift up 1 stitch. Knit 2 stitches together and draw the lifted up stitch over these.

Knitted fabric or working edge

It describes the both edges of the knitting. There are different forms to knit these edges.

Cable needle

You use a short knitting needle without buttons (play knitting needle) as cable needle, where you can slip up stitches, which won’t be knitted e.g. cable pattern.

Forwarding course

A forwarding course is that row, which are worked at the front of the knitting. The 1st row of a knitting pattern is ever a forwarding course (if there isn’t other information).

Crossing

2 stitches crossed knitted means that you knit from the following 2 stitches of the left needle at first the 2nd and Then will be knitted the 1st stitch.

Long-drawn-out stitches

You can knit there in two forms: Trough loops while knitting these stitch, which you let fall down or while lifting up many rows of the affected stitch.

Left stitch

To make a left stitch follow the instruction “1 stitch left”

Wire netting

A stitch consists of the front side wire netting, which lay in front of the knitter and it consists of the behind side wire netting, which lay in the back behind the needle.

Maschenhalter – Stitch holder

This is a kind of a big needle or a fixing pin, which you slipped up on stitches. Which won’t be knitted also but they should to rest. This occurs e.g. on a pocket slit.

Needles without buttons

This kind of needles has on both sides a needle lace. There will be used for a round knitting. In short form you need it for e.g. stockings, gloves, caps etc. (named play knitting needle, too).

Selvedge stitch

The first and the last stitch in a row is named selvedge stitch. There are different forms to get even edges and to knit them. We named these selvedge stitches in our knitting description ever.

Front side

The front side is the side of the knitting e.g. which is wore viewable on a model. Arranged is our knitting introduction so that the 1st row is on the front side (if there isn’t other information).

Repeat ever from *

You will find this description in our knitting description. It means that you will repeat all data’s of stitches from * over all rows in the same order. You can read at the beginning of the knitting introduction how much stitches you need that these repeating goes on.

Increasing

Near the increasing it will be added a stitch. It can be occur inside of a knitting pattern but to spread knitted fabric, too.

Returning course

A returning course is that row, which are handling at the back side of the knitting. The 2nd row of a knitting description is ever a returning course (if there isn’t other information).

Knit together

This phrase will be used if you knit together 2 or more stitches at once with the right needle as you cast off 1 stitch.

Row

A row is the number of stitches of a knitting, which lay on a needle and should be casting off as it is written in the knitting introduction. An already presented knitted fabric means a row all stitches, which lay in the width side by side.

Back side

The back side is the side of the knitting e.g. which is wore inside on a model. Arranged is our knitting introduction so that the 2nd row is on the back side (if there isn’t other information).

To rest

Resting stitches are stitches, which won’t be casted off. Slip it on a cable needle (e.g. cable pattern) or on a Maschenhalter (e.g. pocket slit or necklines).

Round

A round will be knitted over the whole number of the stitches, which are on 4 needles separated on Rundgestrick e.g. stockings, gloves or caps. It is important to mark the beginning of the edge with a contrast colored thread, which you draw trough the 1st stitch of the round.

Rundgestrick

A Rundgestrick occurs, if you separated the stitch on 4 needles and knit them in continuous rounds without turning. You work ever at the front side and have to change the description for our € knitting pattern, which are denoted for the reciprocating courses. That is to say that you have to knit the 2nd, 4th, 6th etc. as they have to appear at the front side.

Hem

Also as at the tailor there will be worked a hem on a knitted fabric. You can accentuate it especially trough pattern rows and to assure it lastly at the back side but you can knit it double, too.

Noose

A noose occurs on the needle, if the thread is drawn through the stitch. This phrase is already used on crochet.

Knitting pattern

They occur through alternating explanations of the different knitting stitches.

Tiefstricken

On some knitting patterns (e.g. patent) won’t be knitted up the stitch on the left needle but the below stitch of the front side. Then let slip the upper stitch from the left needle, so that it dissolve.

Überzogenes decreasing

Decrease 1stitch, while you slip 1 stitch. Knit 1 stitch and draw the slipped up stitch over the knitted up stitch.

Loop

A loop occurs, if you loop the thread around the knitting needle, before you knit up a stitch.