Throw the wool forward

How-to Questions
1

Can anyone (of you older knitters) tell me what “THROW THE WOOL FORWARD” mean?
Example:
"Knit 4, throw the wool forward, knit 1, throw the wool forward, knit 4, knit 3 together. Repeat 7 times."
It is from a vintage knitting book.
Thank you!!

2

“throw the wool forward” = “make a yarnover”

3

thank you so much, it makes sense now.

4

:rofl:I’m not old! :mrgreen:

Anyway … I think that ‘throw the yarn forward’ is probably a way of saying yarn forward (often abreviated to yfwd) which is better known as a yarn over or a YO.

This is an increase created by bringing the yarn forward and around the right hand needle in between stitches creating a loop, or a new stitch, in the right hand needle.

directions and a video for a YO can be found on the increases page of the videos