To cast on.—To make the first interlacement of the thread on the needle.
To cast off.—To knit two stitches, and to pass the first over the second, and so on, to the last stitch, which is to be secured by drawing the thread through.
To pearl.—To knit a stitch with the thread before the needle.
To narrow.—To lessen, by knitting two stitches together.
To widen.—To increase by making a stitch, bringing the cotton round the needle, and knitting the same when it occurs.
A Turn.—Two rows in the same stitch, backwards and forwards.
A Row.—The stitches from one end of the needle to the other.
A Round.—A row, when the stitches are on two, three, or more needles.
A plain Row.—That composed of simple knitting.