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yarn-over

yarn-over is the alternative form of yarnover.

Meaning of yarnover

Noun

yarnover (plural yarnovers)

  1. A technique in which the yarn is passed over the right-hand needle. In general, the new loop is knitted on the next row, either by itself (producing a hole) or together with an adjacent stitch.

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Forms of yarn-over

pluralyarn-overs

Questions about yarn-over

What is yarn-over the alternative form of?
Yarn-over is the alternative form of yarnover.

Words near yarn-over in the dictionary

  1. yarn on
  2. yarn over
  3. yarn overs
  4. yarn-beam
  5. yarn-beams
  6. yarn-over
  7. yarn-overs
  8. yarn-spinner
  9. yarn-spinners
  10. Yarnall
  11. Yarnalls

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