wet blocking, finishing technique, 138
wheels, color, 116
whipstitch, embroidery technique, 188
window eyelets, knitting technique, 111
wishbone and seed stitch cable (12-stitch panel), stitch pattern, 105
with RS facing, defined, 83
with WS facing, defined, 83
women’s cropped cardigan sweater, intermediate knitting project,
246–251
wool, natural fiber yarn, 6
work across, defined, 83
work buttonholes opposite markers, defined, 83
work even, defined, 83
working needle, defined, 83
working yarn, defined, 83
work to end, defined, 83
worsted weight, yarn weight classification, 7
wpi (wraps per inch), 81
wraps, short-row hiding technique, 63
wrist warmers, easy knitting project, 208–209
wrong side (WS)
defined, 83
stockinette stitch pattern, 34
WS (wrong side), 81
wyib (with yarn in back), 81
wyif (with yarn in front), 81Y
yardage, label information element, 8
yarn over patterns, knitting technique, 109
yarn over, increasing technique, 49
yarn over stripe pattern, knitting technique, 109
yarn over with purl stitch, increasing technique, 49yarns
balls, 7
blends, 6
color knitting tangle prevention techniques, 121
color weaves, 124–127
hanks, 7
holding techniques, 18–19
joins, 28–29
knitting pattern material element, 85
label information, 8–9
leftover, 264
natural fibers, 6
novelty yarns, 7
packaging types, 7
rejuvenating used, 265
skeins, 7
stash giveaway, 265
storing guidelines, 264
synthetic fibers, 6
tweeds, 117
variegated, 117
weights, 7
yb (yarn at back), 81
ybk (yarn at back), 81
yds (yards), 81
yf (yarn forward), 81
yfwd (yarn forward), 81
yo (yarn over), 81
yo2 (yarn over twice), 81
yrn (yarn around needle), 81Z
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