How to: Yarn Over (YO) – Knitwise Girl

Yarn Over (YO) is often used in lace stitches, it creates a decorative hole in the fabric. YO is a neutral increasing stitch that creates 2 stitches out of 1. When doing a YO, you first bring yarn over the working needle, then you work into the next stitch.

Watch to Learn

The video shows you how to do Yarn Over (YO) in one row and in its following row.

Left-Handed Yarn Over (YO)

Since YO is a neutral increasing stitch and doesn’t lean in any direction, it’s left-handed version is performed in the same way. Please watch the video below to learn how to do Yarn Over in left-handed knitting.