The German Short-rows
The twin stitch technique
Tricot / Knitting

Short rows are rows you don't work to the end of the needle. They are useful to shape the work (to turn heels when you knit a sock for example) or simply to have a part of the work a bit longer without changing the amount of rows.

You can use it when you work a buttonhole band in garter stitch while the body is in stockinette, short rows in the border allow to invisibly cancel the length difference due to the different gauges.

At the end of a knit row	At the end of a purl row
F i g . 1 - Knit until the end of the short row then turn your work. You are now on the back of the work. With yarn in front, slip the first stitch of the left needle on the right needle as if to purl.	F i g . 1 - Knit until the end of the short row then turn your work. You are now on the front of the work. With yarn in front, slip the first stitch of the left needle on the right needle as if to purl.
Fig. 2 - Pull the yarn on the back of the work until you see the 2 loops of the stitch of the previous row on the needle.	Fig. 2 - Pull the yarn on the back of the work until you see the 2 loops of the stitch of the previous row on the needle then knit.
Fig. 3 - Put yarn in front, and purl next stitch tightening the yarn to avoid the holes.