I've let my knitting knowledge get dusty, but another possibility for the "wrap stitch" is that the yarn is wrapped several times around the needle, and when worked once on the return row gives very LONG legs to that stitch... useful in a number of ways, although standing on its own would look strange.
Clay -- Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA USA -------------- Original message -------------- From: Brenda Paternoster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hello Ewa > > Wrap Stitch isn't a standard knitting term (as far as I know). It > sounds as though it's a special technique used for a particular pattern > which should be described in the list of stitches/techniques used for > that pattern. > > I'll guess that it means to wrap the yarn around the needle twice to > make a big loop. perhaps to allow several increases in the same stitch > in the next row. > > Brenda > > > On 17 Sep 2007, at 07:15, Ewa Eskilsson wrote: > > > Sorry to put this on the Lace Digest, but I have been asked what > > " WRAP STICH" pos "WRAP STITCH" is. Can anybody tellme, please? I have > > looked in my english Handikraft encyclopedia, but cat find anything. > > Thanks! > > Ewa Eskilsson in the very South of Sweden, where we have got a fore > > taste of > > s autumn storms to come! > > > > - > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Brenda in Allhallows, Kent > http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/index.html > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
