A table of terms used in early vintage knitting and their meanings.
Knitting terms used in early vintage knitting patterns and their meanings.
You can see vintage knitting abbreviations here or return to the knitting terms main page here. |
| Cast-up |
Over |
| Lay-Up |
Cast-On |
| Loop About |
Plain and Purl |
| Loops |
Stitches |
| Macking |
Knitting |
| Make One |
Increase [Usually Yarn Over] |
| Narrow |
Decrease |
| Pearl |
Purl |
| Plain Knitting |
Stockinette Stitch |
| Plain Macking |
Stocking Stitch |
| Reggies |
Garter Stitch |
| Ridge |
Two rows of Garter Stitch |
| Right Loop |
Knit Stitch |
| Single Macking |
Flat Knitting |
| SL and B |
[Slip and Bind]=Slip One Stitch, Knit One, Pass the Slipped Stitch Over |
| Take In |
Decrease |
| TH.O |
[Throw Thread Over] or Over - Yarn Over |
| Wires |
Needles |
| Work Plain |
Knit |
| Wrong Loop |
Purl Stitch |
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