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A circle or short bar showing a stitch added.
Also known as: YO, Circle in a knitting chart
An open circle for a yarn over, a small bar for a made stitch. The difference matters visually: a yarn over leaves a deliberate hole, which is how lace is made, and a made stitch does not.
Symbols denoting an increase, in which a stitch is added to the row: conventionally an open circle for a yarn over and a small bar or arc for a made stitch.
The distinction is visible in the fabric. A yarn over leaves a deliberate eyelet hole and is the basis of nearly all knitted lace; a made stitch closes up and is used where shaping should be invisible.
Paired with decreases in lace patterns to keep the stitch count constant while creating holes, which is why lace charts show circles and slashes in matched numbers along a row.
An open circle drawn in a square of a grid, or a short curved bar rising from the base of the square.
Increases add stitches and decreases remove them; both are shaping symbols.