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By: The Knitting Fiend » Blog Archive » YO twice?

The Knitting Fiend » Blog Archive » YO twice? — Sun, 26 Jun 2005 17:10:18 +0000

[…] yarn around twice. (If you don’t know how to work a yo at all, read my article on knitting a row of eyelets..) Purling into the front of the 1st yo isn’t too confusing. Y […]

By: phyllis collins

phyllis collins — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 21:49:56 +0000

I have a slip stitch mesh pattern that calls for wyif and wyib step. I a not sure i understand this step. how does the yarn get to the front or back of the stitch? I have just started this pattern, and I am a little confused. Please help!

By: lucia

lucia — Fri, 15 Jul 2005 04:13:22 +0000

Ahh! I haven’t taken a picture of this.
First, remember that when you purl, you bring the yarn forward before inserting the tip of the needle in a stitch. To slip “wyif” bring the yarn forward, as though you are going to purl, but then slip the stitch.

Now, when you knit you take the yarn back before inserting the tip of the needle into the stitch. So, to slip “wyib” bring the yarn back, as to knit, then slip the stitch.

By: lucia

lucia — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 13:02:20 +0000

I realized that, while I didn't show picture of actually slipping stitches, I do explain this procedure in both blended stripes and barred stripes.

By: Cathy

Cathy — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 18:27:36 +0000

Lucia, sorry this isn’t about knitting an eyelet row. My son is getting married and I found a lurex sweater set that I just love. Could I hire you to machine knit this for me out of Rowan’s Shimmer yarn? It is a very simple set - here is the link: http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5870253/

If this doesn’t come out, I could email the photo to you.

Thanks
Cathy

By: jean bona

jean bona — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 00:16:17 +0000

does yo and yfrd mean the samae thing

By: lucia

lucia — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 01:27:38 +0000

Hi Jean,
You know what? I can’t answer that precisely. According to my Montse Stanley reference “yarn forward” (abbreviated ‘yfrd’ or ‘yf’) means taking the yarn front back to front under the needle, just as you would do when switching from knitting to purling.

However, having read loads of patterns, I have found that sometimes designers use the term to mean “yarn over backwards” or “yarn over”. So, you really need to check the pattern instructions. If the pattern was edited, the term should be defined.

It can also help to eyeball the pattern. If it’s obvious the designer intends for you to form a hole, they are using “yarn forward” to mean some sort of yarn over!

By: Deborah Bargad

Deborah Bargad — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 09:13:57 +0000

I was unsure what a true yarn over is, and if you work into it before a knit 2 together. Now I finally understand. Your directions are amazing and I am extremely grateful. I will use this site as reference material for my extremely impefect knitting. I wonder if SSK and SSSK are a form of torture. I think maybe it is. I cant tackle any increases besides yarn over, like knit into the front and back of a stitch. Thank goodness for the CD Rom Knitting made easy. I will be watching that alot. Thanks again.

By: Vicki

Vicki — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 14:37:29 +0000

I’m trying to do an eyelet pattern and I could not figure for the life of me how the yo, k2tog didn’t continually decrease the row until it disappeared. thank you so much!

By: Ellen

Ellen — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 23:42:58 +0000

Hey! Your directions rock! Thanks so much for exlaining this so clearly!
Now I do have another question, after the eyelet row, my sweater pattern says “Fold Hem in half at eyelet row and *pu 1 st from the CO edge and k tog with 1 st from the needle; rep from* to end”
I am knittig in the round, and am totally confused by the fold direction. Can you help?
Thanks so much!

By: Judith Laskin

Judith Laskin — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 21:57:15 +0000

After you knit the row: yo knit 2 together, I want to knit the next row but when I go to knit I can’t figure out where the stitches are and I don’t get round holes.

By: Cherrin

Cherrin — Wed, 09 May 2007 02:47:46 +0000

I am just beginning to learn to knit in hopes of making prayer shawls for out sick and shut-ins. My question is this, in the pattern I am using it states that on row 9 K2, (yo, k2tog) to the 1st stitch before marker…..

Do I repeat everything in the parenthesis including the yo till I get tot he 1st stitch before the marker or do I forget about the yo and only repeat the k2tog until I reach the 1st stich before the marker? Would you be so kind as to give me a helping hand by emailing me at angelwings2_2001@yahoo.com

Thanks you for taking the time to offer me and my friends a helping hand. God bless.

Cherrin

By: Sophie Holt

Sophie Holt — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 10:39:10 +0000

Hi, thanks for the great tutorial!

Just one thing - you’ve mentioned that some patterns call for the yarn over to be dropped on the next row - how do we do this?

Thanks!

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 02:20:38 +0000

I am making a baby dress with eyelets (specifically Debbie Bliss’s.) It’s the first time I have tackled eyelets and I seem to be having a problem. The pattern calls for
K1,[k2tog, yf, skpo] 20 times. 61 sts. I currently have 81 stitches on the needles and no matter how many times I try it I always end up with 62 stitches not 61. Am I truly doing something wrong or could this be a misprint in the pattern? (I’ve already checked for pattern revisions on the Debbie Bliss website and there are none.)I also did a practice row just casting on 21 stitches and then doing an eyelet row and I still ended up with an even number of stitches left after completing the row (16 sts.) Please help, I’m going crazy.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 14:19:25 +0000

UPDATE-

I’m so silly! I can’t even tell you how many times I’ve done and unraveled the eyelet row. I finally realized last night that I forget to PASS OVER the last stitch. I forgot to do it because by that time all the stitches are on the right needle, it looks like you’re done. Don’t forget to finish that last decrease!