Slip Purlwise With Yarn In Back (Sl wyib)
About
Slipped stitches in knitting are worked for a variety of reasons from setting up for a decrease to creating decorative patterns that look like weaving. They can be used to create faux icord edges or elongate stitches to give them more definition.
Slipping a stitch purlwise means that the stitch is moved over to the next needle without working it and it is remaining in the same orientation as it was on the previous needle. Slipping a stitch knitwise does the opposite and reverses the orientation of the stitch which can set up for a twisted stitch.
With yarn in front or back tells where the yarn will be carried across the slipped stitch. Front and back are meant to be directional in relation to your knitting position (in front of or in back of the needles), and does not mean the right side or wrong side of the work.
Procedure
- Bring yarn to back of the work as if to knit.
- Slip the next stitch purlwise.