[TammyK]

Hi - Just joined the forum, I taught myself to knit over 30 years ago, gave it up for 10-12 years and just started again in the fall of 2009. I've been having a lot of fun and then I came across an abreviation I'm having a hard time figuring out "yfwd". Is it yard forward, over the needle, or yard foward around the needle, or is there something else.

Any help you can give willb e appreciated - thanks.

Memere Linda.

Someone else just asked that question yesterday. (Isn't it great to know that we have all asked the exact same questions over the course of our learning this wonderful craft?) :lol: Here is the thread started yesterday with answers from several people: http://www.knittingparadise.com/t-2296-1.html

Hope that helps!

 

[TammyK]

The first knit stitch in the K9 would be knit with the yarn in front. The act of knitting that first stitch returns the yarn to the back, and the remaining 8 stitches are knit as you normally would with the yarn in back.

 

[TammyK]

lwork, if the pattern is from the US, we always say simply YO. Europe and Canada use yarn forward and yarn back. Ask the English. Both usually refer to a YO. (As in Hey, YO! lol)

Love it! :thumbup: