Knitting & Crocheting Glossary: I

I-cord; idiot cord: A technique used to knit a cord that curls in on itself.

increase; inc: To add stitches to a row so that the row has more stitches than the previous row.

intarsia: A knitting technique that works with different colors without using floats; instead, each color area has its own strand of yarn, and you intertwine the yarns when it's time to work in another color.