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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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Continental knitting, sometimes called German knitting, is done by holding the yarn in the non-dominant hand while the dominant hand is used to create the new stitches. It is generally faster than ...

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Condo knitting is done with one large and one small needle. Some manufacturers offer a circular needle with one large tip and one small tip for condo knitting.

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Circular knitting is done on circular or double-pointed needles. Knitting proceeds in rounds rather than rows, so the right side of the work is always facing the knitter. A flat knitting pattern must ...

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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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A cable is a raised pattern that crates a braided look on the knit fabric. Cables are created by placing some stitches on a holder and knitting them out of order, crossing some stitches in back or ...

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Bobbles are large bumps created in a knit fabric by knitting several times into the front and back of a single stitch, then decreasing back to one stitch on a subsequent row.

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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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