YO = Yarn Over

 Hello,  I'm Spinnergirl, I have a French Angora Rabbit named Cadbury.  I spin, knit, weave and crochet.    My question is:   YO  means Yarn Over, but is it going over front to back or back to front?   And is it different if you are purling or knitting?

I've done the YO before, but never thought it could be wrong.

Spinnergirl

Front to back! And if the next stitch after the YO is a knit stitch, front to back will put the yarn in exactly the right place to do the next stitch! If the next stitch after the YO is a purl stitch, then you still put the yarn over the needle front to back, but then you bring the yarn to the front again, so that the yarn is in the right place to work a purl stitch.

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 EEEK!  I've been going from back to front!  I'm doing the Comfort Shawl and it was the first pattern I've had to use a yo.  I asked a friend (a very accomplished knitter) and she instructed me to go back to front.  It's working fine....please tell me I don't have to rip again....I've lost count on how many times I've done that!

 You wrap the yarn for a yo as if to knit (like wrapping a knit stitch) in a knit row or with knit stitches adjacent, and as if to purl in a purl row or with purl stitches adjacent, UNLESS the pattern tells you differently.  For the most part one wraps as if to knit, over and under the needle.