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TERMS USED IN
KNITTING.
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A turn means two rows.
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To turn means to change from plain to
purled stitches, or the reverse.
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A ridge is formed by two rows when knitting with only two pins.
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A loop stitch is formed by passing the thread before the needle,
and, in knitting the next stitch, letting it take its usual place.
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To increase in knitting a Quilt, care should always be taken to
increase by knitting twice through the last stitch, which is done by
knitting a stitch, and then, without taking out the needle, knitting a
second at the back.
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To fasten on in knitting. It is a secure fastening to lay the two
ends contrary-wise to each other, and knit a few stitches with them both.
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To narrow or decrease is to make small, to lessen, as in
shaping a stocking.
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Ribbed stitch, purl stitch, turned, or seam
stitch, are all terms having the same meaning. A[121]
turned stitch is made by bringing the cotton before the needle, and instead
of putting the needle over the upper cotton, it is put under.
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To slip, take off, or pass a stitch, is to change it
from one needle to another without knitting it.
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Cast off means to end your work in the following manner: knit 2
stitches, pass the first over the second, and continue the same until you
have but one left, which is finished by passing your cotton through it.
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To increase, or make a double stitch, is to knit one stitch
in the usual way, then, without slipping out the left hand needle, to pass
the thread forward and knit a second stitch,[122]
putting the needle under the stitch. The thread must be put back when the
stitch is finished.
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Cast over is a term I believe sometimes used by knitters, to
signify, bring the cotton forward. I have only used it to express, bring the
cotton over the needle, quite round.
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Round the needle, means the same as the last term.
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Reversed, means quite round the needle, the cotton being passed
over the needle, and then carried back to its place.
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Together, means knit 2 stitches in 1.
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Set, or Tuft, the bunches of cotton used in making some of
the Fringes.
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To widen means to increase.
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The netting meshes are numbered from the knitting needle
gauge, as I am not aware there is any other rule
for them.
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Double knitting. Begin with the wool forward, slip
a stitch, pass the wool back, knit a stitch, continue to repeat
these 2 stitches. Double knitting cannot be done round.
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Increase and Decrease in Double Knitting
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