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Short Rows
As the name suggests, short rows are rows that aren't worked to
completion: you knit some of the stitches of a row, then while some
stitches remain on your left-hand needle, you turn the piece and knit
back in the other direction. To prevent a hole from forming at the point
of a turn, you wrap a stitch with the working yarn. The next time you
work that stitch, you knit (or purl) that wrap together with the stitch.
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To wrap a stitch at the end of a short row, slip the stitch to the
right-hand needle. Move the yarn between the needle tips (from back to
front if knitting, or from front to back if purling), then slip the stitch
back to the left-hand needle. Move the yarn between the needle tips
again. The photo at left shows what your wrapped stitch will look like.
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Turn your work, and prepare to purl (or knit) back in the other direction.
To make the turning point as invisible as possible, slip the first stitch
of this row. After the turn, your work will look like the photo at left.
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Later, when it comes time to knit a wrapped stitch, insert the tip
of the right-hand needle from front to back under the wrap,
then knit the wrapped stitch together with its wrap, as shown at left.
Be sure to bring the new stitch through both the old stitch and its
wrap.
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The process for purling a wrapped stitch is much the same. Insert the
tip of the right-hand needle from back to front under the wrap,
lift the wrap onto the left-hand needle, then purl the wrapped stitch
together with its wrap, as shown at left.
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