I've also seen this method called the double stitches method, and it might have other names... It's a really easy and nice looking way of working "wraps" for short rows, to prevent holes at the turns. Here's a video tutorial; scroll down for photos and the written how-to, along with animation clips from the video (or see the video on YouTube here)...
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when you reach the stitch you're supposed to "wrap", knit that stitch... |
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...then slip it onto the left-hand needle... |
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...and then turn your work |
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now pull the working yarn up, and over the top of the needle, stretching the stitch below so that it looks like 2 stitches |
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and knit the next stitch (if you're supposed to knit it), while pulling tightly |
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...and when you look at the other side, the "wrapped" double stitch has a loop of yarn through it, somewhere in front, more or less depending on how tightly you pulled it | |
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when you're working back over the "wrapped" stitches later, treat the double stitches as one stitch each, knitting them together as one |
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it will be kind of like working k2tog decreases, knitting through the double stitches as one | |
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