Short Rows

Many knitters are afraid of knitting short rows. Trust me, they are simple to knit and once you have "gotten your feet wet" (so to speak), you will always use them.

Here is my explanation that I put into my patterns:

w&t (wrap & turn):  

To wrap and turn on a RS row, knit to point specified in pattern, bring yarn to front of work between needles, slip next stitch to right-hand needle, bring yarn around this stitch to back of work, slip stitch back to left-hand needle, turn work to begin purling back in the other direction.

To wrap and turn on a WS row, purl to point specified in pattern, bring yarn to back of work between needles, slip next stitch to right-hand needle, bring yarn around this stitch to front of work, slip stitch back to left-hand needle, turn work to begin knitting back in the other direction.

Working Wraps Together with Wrapped Stitches: When working rows which follow short rows, work the "wraps" at the turning points of the short rows, together with the stitches they wrap, as follows:

When working a RS row: Knit to wrapped stitch. Slip next stitch from left needle to right needle, use tip of left needle to pick up "wrap" and place it on right needle, insert left needle into both wrap and stitch, and knit them together.

When working a WS row: Purl to wrapped stitch. Slip next stitch from left needle to right needle, use tip of left needle to pick up "wrap" and place it on right needle, slip both wrap and stitch back to left needle, purl together through back loops.

Kelley Petkun from Knit Picks has a great tutorial video available:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfGpKiNfQmk

CoCo Knits has a great explanation on how to do work short rows using the yarn over method:

http://cocoknits.com/info/tutorials/shortrows.html