Comments on: Abbreviations and Symbols http://blog.knittingfool.com/2007/07/03/abbreviations/ Knitting, of course Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:33:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Angie, Seattle http://blog.knittingfool.com/2007/07/03/abbreviations/#comment-47 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 23:39:23 +0000 http://blog.knittingfool.com/2007/07/03/abbreviations/#comment-47 Hi, You have the most comprehensive list of knitting symbols I've been able to find. However, I'm stuck on a pattern and can't find a key for the symbol anywhere. I'm writing to you on the off chance that maybe you've seen this symbol before. The symbol is a circle with a slanted line thru it -- one slants to the left, the other to the right. Any ideas?? Thanks, Angie <em>From the webmaster: I found the forward slash in a circle symbol in an Italian lace knitting magazine. The instruction in Italian is 1</em> dir. crociato<em>. The abbreviation</em> dir.<em> means </em>diritto<em> and that translates to </em>knit<em> stitch. </em>Crociato<em> means </em>cross<em>. In total, it is the instruction to twist a stitch, that is, to knit in the back loop. This causes the loop of the knit stitch to be crossed.</em> <em>The backward slash in a circle is in Italian</em> 1 rov. crociato<em>. The abbreviation</em> rov.<em> means </em>rovescio<em> or in English </em>purl <em>stitch. Therefore, it is also to twist a stitch, in this case by purling in the back loop to yield a purl loop that is crossed.</em> Hi, You have the most comprehensive list of knitting symbols I’ve been able to find. However, I’m stuck on a pattern and can’t find a key for the symbol anywhere. I’m writing to you on the off chance that maybe you’ve seen this symbol before. The symbol is a circle with a slanted line thru it — one slants to the left, the other to the right. Any ideas?? Thanks, Angie

From the webmaster:
I found the forward slash in a circle symbol in an Italian lace knitting magazine. The instruction in Italian is 1 dir. crociato. The abbreviation dir. means diritto and that translates to knit stitch. Crociato means cross. In total, it is the instruction to twist a stitch, that is, to knit in the back loop. This causes the loop of the knit stitch to be crossed.

The backward slash in a circle is in Italian 1 rov. crociato. The abbreviation rov. means rovescio or in English purl stitch. Therefore, it is also to twist a stitch, in this case by purling in the back loop to yield a purl loop that is crossed.

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