What do you do when the knitting patterns ask to ‘turn leaving remaining stitch unworked’?

candii_bunnii asked:


I’m knitting this flower here http://littlecottonrabbits.typepad.co.uk/free_knitting_patterns/2007/06/knitted_flower_.html
thanks for your help!

Comments (2)

UnkoineAugust 30th, 2009 at 11:02 AM

It means to not work those stitches right now. You’ll come back to them later. You can put them on a holder if you want.

When you “turn”, you go back in the other direction on the same needle, just like you would at the end of the row. You just turn around early, and leave the other stitches until later on.

Good luck!

flyinggoose1211August 31st, 2009 at 1:30 AM

It just means that your turn the work earlier than at the end of the row (just meaning the last st isnt knitted). Just act as if that last st (or sometimes sts) arent there.

It’s very similar to short row knitting (a good example here: - the pattern has you knitting in a way that stop short of 2 sts every time you knit in a certain direction).

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