What Does the * Mean in Knitting

Asterisks. Asterisks indicate the beginning of a stitch sequence. Patterns often ask you to return to an asterisk in order to repeat the sequence until an indicated place in the pattern (often to the end of the row, round, or next marker, and sometimes to a certain number of stitches before that point) .

What does asterisk mean in knitting?

Asterisks. Asterisks indicate the beginning of a stitch sequence. Patterns often ask you to return to an asterisk in order to repeat the sequence until an indicated place in the pattern (often to the end of the row, round, or next marker, and sometimes to a certain number of stitches before that point) .

What are the knitting symbols?

AbbreviationDescriptionWrong Side Desck1bknit in back loop of the stitch, resulting in a twisted stitchk1-bK through back loopP through back loopK1 tbl NSStanfield: knit through back loop. Walker: no stitchk1-btwisted knit stitchtwisted purl stitch