yarn forward

[milkcookie]

Hello.

Is yfwd same as yarn over? I was in the "abbreviations explained" tab but there is no video for the yarn forward, and I didn't understand the explanation. Please help. And why is that the pattern says:" (yfwd)twice" , why the parenthesis? Please help. Thanks

[knitqueen]

yes, it can mean the same as yarn over. In some cases, you will see it used in other ways, for example if a pattern tells you to move your yarn forward (yfwd) then slip a stich, then move yarn back, but if there's no instruction like that I would take it to be a yarn over. As for why it would be in parenthesis, I have no idea! Do you have a link to the pattern you are looking at?