I’m trying my first intermediate project thats going to be an afghan. I dont quite understand all of the knitting terms. Can someone please translate and help me with what this means? Thank you! 
**Purl 3 rows, noting that 1st row is RS.
4th row: (RS). K1. *yfwd. Sl1. K1. psso. Rep from * to last st.
K1.**
If anyone knows of a site that has videos on knitting that would be nice too! XD
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Okay, I’m sure you’re clear on “purl 3 rows”. On the fourth row the actual pattern will begin. After you knit the first stitch, loop the yarn over the right needle. Then slide the next stitch to the right needle without knitting it. Knit another stitch and pull the stitch you slipped to the right needle without knitting it over the stitch you just knitted. You’re going to do that all the way across to the last stitch.
I know there’s a website that has videos, I just can’t remember if it’s Knitty.com or the Lion Brand Yarn website. I’ll research and let you know.
Good luck!
Duh! It was knittinghelp.com! (But the other two are pretty decent websites too!
**purl 3 rows the first row is u purl is going to be the somewhat better thats looking side (rs)
4th row k1,8put yarn in front,slip 1,K1, pass slipped stitch over *repeat to last st then last stitch k**
go on youtube and search knitting
You should check your instructions as they generally show a section saying ‘abbreviations’ and explain them in full. Some abbreviations can be slightly different depending on what country your instructions were originally published.
I’ve generally found that RS means the Right Side, which would mean the display side when the article is showing however that wouldn’t make sense for rows 1 and 4 as they are different sides unless you are using circular needles.
For your 4th row, look at each individual stitch:
“yfwd”, is to bring the yarn to the front of your work between the needles. This will actually add a new stitch and you will see this when you have done the slip stitch and the knit stitch.
Sl1 means that you will Slip the next stitch over to the opposite needle without knitting it.
K1 is fairly obvious to Knit one stitch
You then PSSO and this means to Pass the Slip Stitch Over. To do this, pick up the stitch that you ‘slipped’ over onto the opposite needle and then lift it over the top of the knitted stitch, effectively casting (or binding) off one stitch.
This is a fairly common stitch and allows you to make a small eyelet into a pattern – you’ve created a new stitch when you brought the yarn forward and also deleted a stitch when you passed it over the top of the other stitch.
“Rep from last * to last st” means to repeat the pattern across the whole row until the last stitch which will be a knit stitch. You will often find on different patterns that there may be a couple of knit or other stitches between repetitions to give a different look to the design.
Hope this is of help.
If you want video help, then just search on youtube as it has a lot of information in there.
I hope this is of some help.
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