AY Honors/Knitting/Answer Key
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1. Define the following:
These abbreviations are a form of shorthand used to describe knitting patterns.
- a. K
- Knit stitch
- b. P
- Purl
- c. STS
- Stitches
- d. RND
- Rounds
- e. TOG
- Together
- f. PSSO
- Pass Slipped Stitch Over
- g. INC
- Increase or Increasing
- h. DEC
- Decrease or Decreasing
- i. YO
- Yarn Over
2. Demonstrate the following:
a. Cast on
b. Bind off
c. Cable stitch
d. Ribbing
e. Garter stitch
f. Stockinette stitch
g. Pick up a dropped stitch
3. Know how to care for these kinds of yarn:
a. Wool
Wool is sensitive to agitation and hot water, which causes the overlapping scales of the fiber to stick together, what we call shrinking, or, if we do it on purpose, felting.
To avoid this, wools should be washed in lukewarm water with little agitation. Most people prefer to wash wool items by hand to avoid any possibility of felting when they can't see what's happening inside their washing machine.
