What Does kwise Mean in Knitting?
kwise means knitwise.
Knitwise · General Terms
Knitwise explained
'As if to knit' — insert the needle into the stitch the same way you would to knit it. Most often it describes how to slip a stitch, as in 'slip 1 knitwise', which turns the stitch so it sits twisted.
How you might see it written
Patterns aren't always consistent. kwise may also appear as knitwise, or k-wise. The converter recognizes all of these.
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