What does it mean when a knitting pattern says turn?

To turn, you literally stop in the middle of the row, turn your needles and start knitting in the opposite direction. This leaves a gap in the stitches. When turning sock heels, you will knit the stitch before the gap and the one after it together, eliminating any hole in the finished piece.

How do you knit then turn?

How to Wrap and Turn

1. Knit to the point where you will wrap and turn. Bring the yarn to the front between the needles.
2. Slip the next stitch on the left needle to the right needle, purlwise.
3. Bring the yarn to the back between the needles.
4. Slip the stitch from the right needle back to the left.
5. Turn.

What can knitting symbolize?

Knitting is an obvious symbol for something we are building, either in our career or in our relationships. Knitting together a relationship, particularly one that needs mending. (See also Sewing).

What does Madame Defarge’s knitting symbolize?

Madame Defarge’s Knitting But on a metaphoric level, the knitting constitutes a symbol in itself, representing the stealthy, cold-blooded vengefulness of the revolutionaries. Madame Defarge’s knitting thus becomes a symbol of her victims’ fate—death at the hands of a wrathful peasantry.

What is the most important tool in knitting?

Yarn and knitting needles are by far the most important tools for any knitter, but you do need a couple more things if your knitting project is going to be successful.

What does wrap and turn mean in a knitting pattern?

Short Row
Basically, a Short Row is just that: a row that you don’t knit to the end of the needle. There are lots of ways to turn your work partway through a row, but our favorite is called a Wrap + Turn (wrp-t). This simple method prevents holes along the Short Rows and works well with many different stitch patterns.

What does it mean to turn in knitting?

When turning sock heels, you will knit the stitch before the gap and the one after it together, eliminating any hole in the finished piece. Continue to do this until all you have worked your way across all stitches and decreased to the number specified in your pattern.

How to work a yarn forward in your knitting?

How to Do It 1 Wrap the yarn around the needle in the same direction you move the yarn to make a regular stitch. 2 Bring the yarn to the back to knit the next stitch or all the way around to the front to purl the next stitch. More

What does it mean to knit yarn over?

You may see a UK pattern refer to this a yfwd (yarn forward). It means the same thing. Wrap the yarn over the right needle, moving it away from you, and then under the right hand needle. It will be looped around the needle. Making sure the yarn over doesn’t slip off the needle, purl or knit the next stitch on the left needle.

What do you call a yarn forward needle?

Pattern writers will shorthand a yarn forward in a variety of ways, some ways are more descriptive than others: “YF,” “YFwd,” “YFON (yarn forward over needle),” or “YFRN (yarn forward ’round needle).” No matter which one of these terms you find in a pattern, they all mean the same thing.