[Tinker Belle]

I am in the process of making the Bucket Hat, which I found on KP earlier this year. In the section for making the lace pattern, I find I am decreasing the number of stickes where I should be maintaining them (according to the pattern).

Round 3: *sl 1, K1, psso, yfwd, rep from * to last stich, K1

sl 1 -- I slip this stich from left needle to right needle

K1 -- with yarn in back, I knit one

psso -- I take the slipped stich from the right needle and slip it over the 'K1' I last knitted and off the needle (which decreases my stich count by one)

yfwd -- I put the yarn to the front of my work

I have watched videos of 'psso' and they do slip the stick off the needle, but the pattern count shows I should be maintaining the 69 stiches I began with.

If I am correctly doing psso, where am I incorrectly following these instructions on round 3???????

 

[gotridge]

The yfwd is a yarn over which adds a stitch back. When you bring the yarn in front you then bring it over the right needle and knit the next stitch. This creates another stitch in the yarn.

 

[Dreamweaver]

You are doing that portion just fine...What you are not doing is the yfwd. This does not mean to just bring the yarn forward to be in the knit position... it is another way of saying YO or yarn over.... This will make a new loop/stitch to replace the one that was reduced in the psso...... If you are not familiar with a YO... look at a video or come on back and we'll figure it out together.

 

[Tinker Belle]

So, where I was going between the stiches, I should be going OVER the needle.......

Wow! Thank you so much.

 

[gotridge]

So, where I was going between the stiches, I should be going OVER the needle.......

Wow! Thank you so much.

Yes! Now you've got it. Some patterns are confusing with this. Some say yfwd and they mean just that. Some say yfwd and mean yo.

 

[Dreamweaver]

Wouldn't it be nice if every pattern used the same language.. Just one more thing to keep out minds sharp!!!

 

[Tinker Belle]

Wouldn't it be nice if every pattern used the same language.. Just one more thing to keep out minds sharp!!!

Yes it would. I guess more experience will make this easier to figure out AND I'm sure happy there is KP to help with gaining this experience.

 

[Tinker Belle]

Thanks to everyone for your help today.

 

[HandyFamily]

Wouldn't it be nice if every pattern used the same language.. Just one more thing to keep out minds sharp!!!

Oh, well... that's what charts are for. Sort of knitting language. Same language... worldwide.

 

[britgirl]

Yarn overs and yarn forwards are basically the same thing for increasing a stitch. If your next stitch is a knit stitch this yarn forward will mean the yarn goes over to the needle as you are knitting the next stitch. You just have to be careful on the next row that you knit, or purl that stitch and don't drop it from your needle.

Sue

 

[elsiemarley]

I've done a pattern like this and it's a bit tricky to maintain tension when a slip stitch comes right after the yarn forward (Yarn over) -- once you get the movement down, it comes out great.

 

[Marylou12]

Thanks, as a novice I didn't know that either. It's just one more thing thing I've learned on this great site!

 

[norm13]

thanks to all of you. as a new knitter, id did not realize that yfwd could mean yarn over. thanks again

 

[RoxyCatlady]

So, where I was going between the stiches, I should be going OVER the needle.......

Wow! Thank you so much.

Um, more or less...

Yes, bring the yarn to the front between the stitches, *THEN* go over top of the needle to the back again.

If you just bring the yarn over the top to the front, you will either take it back over top to knit the next stitch, or you will have to go between the needles to go back, and the yarn over will be twisted on your needle, and much smaller than it should be...

 

[sockyarn]

You need to knit the yo That is what the yfwd is.

I am in the process of making the Bucket Hat, which I found on KP earlier this year. In the section for making the lace pattern, I find I am decreasing the number of stickes where I should be maintaining them (according to the pattern).

Round 3: *sl 1, K1, psso, yfwd, rep from * to last stich, K1

sl 1 -- I slip this stich from left needle to right needle

K1 -- with yarn in back, I knit one

psso -- I take the slipped stich from the right needle and slip it over the 'K1' I last knitted and off the needle (which decreases my stich count by one)

yfwd -- I put the yarn to the front of my work

I have watched videos of 'psso' and they do slip the stick off the needle, but the pattern count shows I should be maintaining the 69 stiches I began with.

If I am correctly doing psso, where am I incorrectly following these instructions on round 3???????

 

[ltyler65]

The yfwd makes a yo.

 

[prettyroses]

So good to learn so many new ways of knitting on this site

 

[maggiet63]

If you're doing a UK pattern then this is not what a yarn forward means. Ywfd just means bring the yarn to the front and then do the next stitch. There are very confusing instructions with US and UK interpretations of this on YouTube