[bakermom]

I have a hat pattern that tells me to yarn forward. Does anyone know how to do it?

 

[TammyK]

Bring your working yarn from the back to the front between the needles before working the next stitch in the pattern. This will result in different things depending on what comes before and especially after that particular step. It can sometimes mean the same thing as "yarn over" but this is not always the case. What's the next stitch in the pattern?

 

[fastgirl124]

here is a yarn over tutorial (for rectangle), hope it helps

 

[e.ridenh]

For English & Continental knitting:

Yarn is in the back after a knit stitch
Move yarn between the needles and to the front.

Donna Rae ))))))))

I have a hat pattern that tells me to yarn forward. Does anyone know how to do it?

 

[bakermom]

The row is P1, K1, yfwd,Sl1,K1,psso, P2,K1, repeat round
This is for a hat pattern.

 

[e.ridenh]

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Donna Rae))))))

The row is P1, K1, yfwd,Sl1,K1,psso, P2,K1, repeat round
This is for a hat pattern.

 

[TammyK]

Is the next row of the pattern over the same number of stitches as the current row, or is it a different number? (You may have to look ahead more than one row to count the stitches if the next row is an all knit or all purl row.)

 

[TammyK]

The row is P1, K1, yfwd,Sl1,K1,psso, P2,K1, repeat round
This is for a hat pattern.

I would read this as:

...bring your yarn forward (between the needles as I described before), slip one stitch, knit the next stitch with the yarn still in front, pass the slipped stitch over the knit stitch...

Knitting the stitch following the slipped stitch with the yarn still in front will create a Yarn Over stitch before the PSSO, an increase that brings your stitch count up by one just before you decrease by one with the PSSO. This keeps your stitch count the same.

 

[bakermom]

The next row is P1,K3, P2, K1 all around for 2 rounds then P1,K3,P2tog. K1 all around. Decreasing stitches for shaping of hat. I really appreciate your help. I now understand the yfwd. Thank you so much.

 

[sandrada]

Hello
If you like video instructions you could look at this http://www.ehow.com/video_5116567_knit-yarn-forward.html
To find this and other instructions I put "knitting yarn forward how to" in google and got lots of results. So if you dont like video but prefer written instructions you will find some there.

 

[bakermom]

Thank you everyone for your help. I have it now and am knitting away.

 

[boo072922]

It means you bring your yarn between your needles to the front. What is your next stitch?

 

[Consuelo]

Sorry, but a yarn forward is not the same as a yarn over.
Yarn forward means that you bring the working yarn from the back of your work between the two needles to the front of your work (this is the side closest to you) usually in preparation for the next step. A yarn over is a type of increase where you wrap the yarn around the right-hand needle. It creates a hole at this point in your knitting so it is often used as part of a decorative stitch pattern.

 

[boo072922]

You are very welcome. Keep stitchin.

 

[TammyK]

Sorry, but a yarn forward is not the same as a yarn over.
Yarn forward means that you bring the working yarn from the back of your work between the two needles to the front of your work (this is the side closest to you) usually in preparation for the next step. A yarn over is a type of increase where you wrap the yarn around the right-hand needle. It creates a hole at this point in your knitting so it is often used as part of a decorative stitch pattern.

You are exactly right - they are not quite the same. Unfortunately depending on who is writing the pattern the terms are frequently used interchangably, which is why it is helpful to see the next several stitches of a pattern to figure out exactly what the designer wants you to accomplish. For example: yfwd, sl1, k1 will produce a YO (unless the pattern specifically instructs you to ybck after the sl1), but YFWD, sl1, P1 will not.

 

[Beetytwird]

That will probably give you a yarn over when finished. I did a sweater with that instruction , lace pattern. That should give you a "hole" in the work. It is a lace pattern?

 

[bakermom]

It is a hat with holes in it like a lace pattern. So far so good. Thanks