what does w.b.n mean? (Wool back of needle)

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what does w.b.n mean? (Wool back of needle)

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beehivebaby 12-29-2009, 10:05 PM
My (Patons/Breehive) vintage pattern has this definition for w.b.n. - "keeping wool at back of RH needle thus making a stitch" - but this is really not at all clear, and I cannot find this definition explained anywhere else in modern knitting tips/definitions.

wbn is obviously not the same thing as a yarnover, because the same pattern has w.o.n. and w.r.n. in it too! So wbn would appear to be yet another way of making a new stitch

Does anyone have the modern term - or is anyone able to explain to me what this is and how to do it?