Home › Words › Y › yarnoveryarnoveryarnover means A technique in which the yarn is passed over the right-hand needle. In general, the new loop is knitted on the next row, either by itself (producing a hole) or together with an adjacent stitch.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, yarnover ranks #2,401 of 42,789 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom yarn + over.nounA technique in which the yarn is passed over the right-hand needle. In general, the new loop is knitted on the next row, either by itself (producing a hole) or together with an adjacent stitch.verbTo make a yarnover.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.yarnless 55% match — Without yarn. vs yarnover →purlwise 53% match — By purling. vs yarnover →unskein 53% match — To unwind from a skein vs yarnover →reknit 52% match — To knit again. vs yarnover →knitwise 52% match — By knitting, not purling. vs yarnover →interthread 51% match — To pass (strands of material) over and under one another to create a fabric; (by analogy) to weave long, narrow objects together. vs yarnover →featherstitch 51% match — A kind of embroidery stitch made of open, looped stitches worked alternately to the right and left of a central rib. vs yarnover →blindstitch 50% match — To work in blind stitches. vs yarnover →