How to Work the Yarn Over Stitch in Knitting

[@procrastiknitter3733]

Barbara, I've been knitting for over 50 years and have never read, seen or heard anyone do as good a job as this of explaining yarn overs in such clear, concise detail. Brava! (and many thanks!) BTW your camera position, focus, and lighting are THE BEST.

[@WatchBarbaraKnit]

Thank you so much. Your comment has made my day!

[@jmicone6895]

See, I'm not the only one who appreciates your talent, skill and attention to detail in your videos.

[@spookynoctua]

Thank you SO MUCH for this!! I was looking around for just the right video explaining not only the motion of the yarn but how to WORK the yo in an actual knitted piece. I am a beginner and the pattern I'm trying to follow is a lace-style blanket square and this was a technique i didn't know, but your video helped immensely!! Also, I really appreciate that you show both styles! I'm an english knitter so it really helps understand the concept. Thank you again!!

[@WatchBarbaraKnit]

Glad it was helpful!

[@aldengal82]

I love your channel specially when you show different knitting techniques because you make it very clear for those of us who are novices and I enjoy your videos overall because you're lots of fun to watch I don't know if you're going to see this comment because your video this video wm is 2 years old however I keep all of yours for when I need tutorials particularly thanks so much! 🥰

[@WatchBarbaraKnit]

Thank you for taking the time to say such uplifting things. It is great to hear that the videos remain helpful!

[@jmicone6895]

Wow! Excellent! I have only a tiny speck of useful vision, but I was able to follow that entire demonstration. You did a marvelous job of having strong contrasts in the video; the needles, the yarn, your hands and the background are all clearly visible throughout the demonstration. Your lighting is excellent, and the large picture is great. This is, bar none, the clearest demonstration I have seen. If you ever make a DVD, I'll buy it. I'd love to just listen to you talk about all the stuff you know about knitting, about color and about design. Thanks so much for your excellent video and your excellent narration.

[@WatchBarbaraKnit]

Your comment is music to my ears. I am so very glad that I was able to provide you with something usable. As far as a DVD, lol, that technology is a bit beyond me I believe.

[@jmicone6895]

Your publisher may know something about producing and releasing a DVD or may know who does that sort of thing.

[@veckym9805]

Thank you for posting and showing with right hand take care 🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@WatchBarbaraKnit]

I'm glad even my clumsy right hand was helpful.

[@stacijohnson3271]

Thank you for showing both continental and English style tension I will use your channel for all my knitting questions 👍

[@WatchBarbaraKnit]

I try my best to show both - but sometimes, in longer videos, I end up doing just continental. If you run across one of those videos and would really like to see it English style, just leave a comment to bring it to my attention and I'll see what I can do!

[@yoliemarie8335]

This video alone made me subscribe! Thank you so much! There is so much information in this one video!!!

[@WatchBarbaraKnit]

I am so glad you found it helpful and hope you continue to enjoy my videos!

[@terryrose3990]

I'm just a beginner knitter and was getting so confused with the yarnovers and being right-handed I wasn't sure what I was doing and messed up so many times, I will keep practicing until I get it right, I want to make my first knitting project a shawl and Barbara you are a great teacher and show step by step how to do the different stitches in knitting, I just wish you were here in person to teach me more and correct me when I make a mistake

[@WatchBarbaraKnit]

I'm so glad that this video helped. Keep at it and you'll get there!

[@vickibradley8418]

Thank you for the very comprehensive instructions on yarn overs 😊

[@WatchBarbaraKnit]

You are so welcome!

[@Grace-fb7jk]

🙏 I literally watched a dozen videos trying to understand what you so clearly showed in this video! Thank you for showing the four yo options along with the pick/throw demos. (I think throwing is easier to see what’s going on.) Thank you!!

[@WatchBarbaraKnit]

I am so glad that I was able to end your search! Once you get the hang of yarn overs you're not going to want to stop!

[@Grace-fb7jk]

WatchBarbaraKnit Thanks! ❤️

[@judypiette8520]

Thanks you, It’s simple and I have made it difficult.

[@WatchBarbaraKnit]

I am so happy to hear that. Sometimes I over-complicate things too LOL!

[@diannesummerfield2387]

Thank you im a beginner trying to make a shell lace sweather when i came to the 3rd row i was stuck after watching your video a couple of times i got it thank you so much, glad you also done it using your right hand thanks

[@WatchBarbaraKnit]

I'm so glad I could be helpful!

[@millieo.5325]

Wow! Being new to even picking up some knitting needles, your videos are some of the best! Thank you Barbara; it is greatly appreciated...😊

[@WatchBarbaraKnit]

I am so glad that you are finding them helpful! If there is anything specific you'd like to see please let me know. I'm always looking for ideas!

[@kathryncollins1523]

Hello Barbara, I was wondering if there's a way to do a Yarn Over before a Norwegian Purl? If so, could you do a video so I could see how it's done? Also, thanks for teaching me how to do that stich, the Norwegian Purl really helped my knitting life. My background is crochet, so the Norwegian Purl feels more natural to me, and your video is the best I've seen. Thanks again, Kathryn

[@WatchBarbaraKnit]

I haven't made a video on that but I will see what I can do. Essentially you have to do a double yarn over before the purl and one of them disappears.

[@kathryncollins1523]

@@WatchBarbaraKnit Thanks friend! That would be wonderful if you could as I've really been struggling with this. I will definitely try the double YO in the meantime.

[@pollyclarke341]

Thanks Barbara. Although I know how to do the basic knit, yarn over knit, I'm sure this will come in very handy when I knit the In the Library with a Candlestick shawl. So looking forward to doing that. Once I finish the sleeve on a cardigan I am making myself, I will be on it!

[@WatchBarbaraKnit]

I can't wait to see what you knit up!

[@bonitaclark1176]

Thanks for this tutorial. How do I knit the next row after a row with yarn overs so I don't increase stiches? Thanks.

[@WatchBarbaraKnit]

You work the yarn over in the next row exactly like you would work any other stitch. IF you pattern says purl, purl it and if it says knit, knit it. I'm uncertain how simply working the yarn over would increase the number of stitches. The main thing is that you need to have an equal number of decreases to match your number of increases - but that typically all occurs in the same row.

[@judylee3589]

You explained this so well, thank you. I've been having a terrible time trying to figure out what was happening to my project. Now I know.

[@WatchBarbaraKnit]

Glad it helped!

[@judylee3589]

@@WatchBarbaraKnit Yeah, you're a hoot and such a fun person to learn from!

[@callan02ish]

Very clear! Thanks so much!

[@WatchBarbaraKnit]

You are so welcome!

[@antoniadelaunay8585]

Thank you Barbara for a such a clear and thorough explanation. Really great! :) As a result, my knitting future is looking up. I have been doing something strange after a KFB. Never mind. Next shawl will be better! All thanks to you. :)

[@WatchBarbaraKnit]

That is such a great attitude, learn and move on! I'm glad that this video helped you gain more confidence.

[@dennishibbard9808]

How to knit on top of Yarn YO Rows

[@WatchBarbaraKnit]

I'm really uncertain what you are asking here?

[@carolynwagner4553]

I’ve been knitting for 2.5 years and just realized I’ve been twisting YOs the whole time. Can you show what the next row would look like. So for instance if your pattern says purl the row, what would that look like when you get to a YO?

[@WatchBarbaraKnit]

You purl it in the exact same way you would purl any other stitch. This video on understanding Stitch Mount might help you: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mnOtqXlmatZ7aNE

[@13tatteredstitches81]

Great insight! Thank you. And yes, the mounting of the stitches is very important. Bin there, done it wrong sooo many times ... wondering why my knitting looked in odd. 🐰

[@WatchBarbaraKnit]

Oooh, stitch mount is so very important! And the hard thing is that none of it is actually wrong, just different.

[@clairehopen5455]

Very good now what happens when you do the next row.

[@WatchBarbaraKnit]

You work into a single yarn over just as you do any other stitch. There's nothing special to go over!

[@3pnaga]

Barbara on the return row after k/p yo k/p is the yo worked as usual with a k or p or whatever the st requires. Not sure if it’s my tension but my st just doesn’t look quite right. Thank you for your assistance.

[@WatchBarbaraKnit]

It can be worked with either a knit or a purl - it depends entirely on what the pattern tells you to do.

[@jjnewcomer4745]

Very good my lady ❤❤

[@WatchBarbaraKnit]

Thank you!

[@glinnisbaines]

My question is for after I complete that row even I move on to the next row if my pattern says “knit across” do I knit all the new stitches I just created or just knit the yarn overs

[@WatchBarbaraKnit]

I'm a little confused by your question but if it says knit across you knit all of the stitches.

[@gioiavujic533]

Please how i knit front stich in yarn over?

[@WatchBarbaraKnit]

I am afraid I don't really understand the terminology of your question. I would love to help but knit front stitch in yarn over just doesn't make any sense to me. Could you provide more context?

[@traceybrannan5903]

I love ALL of your videos! Since this one was about yarn overs, maybe you can do one using yarn overs to make button holes? I have done them before, but they always turn out kinda wonky looking.

[@WatchBarbaraKnit]

Since I don't really do garments my experience with buttonholes is quite limited. But I have done YO buttonholes and it is just in their nature to be wonky. They are kind of a cheating way to do a buttonhole and if you want more stability you really need to just break down and do a legit buttonhole. ;) LOL

[@sdcrilly]

I have the hardest time keeping track of where I am in lace knitting. I am great at it in crocheting, but I get lost with it in knitting. How do you keep on sequence and match up to the next row? I would love to see you do a video about this so that maybe I can get past this problem and knit what I really want to. Thank you for your YO demonstration. It was very helpful.

[@WatchBarbaraKnit]

Reading your knitting is so very important once you start doing more complex patterning. I will see what I can do about a video on the subject.

[@sdcrilly]

I study it and try so hard to read it right and I still get mixed up. That would be awesome to see you do a video on this. Thanks (:

[@thetoothfairy7688]

Maybe it would help to have stitch markers between every repetition of the lace pattern to keep track of where you are. I know that helps me if it’s many repetitions in one row. It’s easier to remember one repetition if you have markers to show you where to begin a new one. That also help you see if you miss/have to many stitches.

[@sdcrilly]

@@thetoothfairy7688 Yes, since I posted this comment awhile back I have learned to do just what you suggested and it makes all the difference in the world!

[@thetoothfairy7688]

@@sdcrilly That’s great! 😊 Oh and safe lines are good too! I don’t use it nearly enough myself...I need to get better on that, saves a lot of time.

[@eldeejay51]

Excellent tutorial! !

[@WatchBarbaraKnit]

Thank you!

[@cindystroman6916]

Awesome video! So helpful. And thank you for showing English style as well :)

[@WatchBarbaraKnit]

I'm glad it worked for you, my English is pretty sub-standard.

[@debbieharrison567]

Awesome tutorial

[@WatchBarbaraKnit]

Thank you! Now go knit some Yarn overs!

[@angelacornell8660]

Thanks that cleared up some confusion 😂❤

[@WatchBarbaraKnit]

Yay! That's my goal.

[@ellenrowe4742]

I would love to know how to make a ponytail hat

[@WatchBarbaraKnit]

That's not something I've ever made. But mostly it is just a regular brim up hat and you stop it when the opening is the size you want. Just do the decreases until it is the size you want and then bind off instead of continuing the decreases.

[@sallythibodeaux7992]

Thanks so much😊

[@WatchBarbaraKnit]

I'm glad you liked it!

[@pauletteberendes5457]

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