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Here is
a list of standard abbreviations used in knitting patterns
to help you follow and read knitting pattern instructions.
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Standard
knitting abbreviations used commonly in Knitting
Patterns:
| approx |
approximately |
| beg |
begin,
beginning |
| bo |
bind
off |
| CC |
contrasting
color |
| ch |
chain |
| cm(s) |
centimeter(s) |
| cn |
cable
needle |
| co |
cast
on |
| cont |
continue,
continuing |
| dec |
decrease,
decreasing |
| dpn |
double-pointed
needles |
| foll |
following |
| g |
grams |
| inc |
increase,
increasing
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| k |
knit |
| k1-b |
knit
1 stitch through back loop |
| k2tog |
knit
2 stitches together |
| k2tog
tbl OR k2tog-b |
knit
2 stitches together through back loop |
| LH |
left-hand |
| lp(s) |
loop(s) |
| m1 |
make
1 |
| M1-L |
make
1 LEFT: make 1 st by knitting into the LEFT
strand of the st 2 rows below the st just
knit |
| M1-R |
make
1 RIGHT: make 1 st by knitting into the RIGHT
strand of the st 1 row below the next st |
| m |
meters |
| MC |
main
color |
| mult |
multiple |
| oz(s) |
ounces |
| p |
purl |
| p1-b |
purl
1 stitch through back loop |
| p2tog |
purl
2 stitches together |
| p2tog
tbl OR p2tog-b |
purl
2 stitches together through back loop |
| patt |
pattern |
| pm |
place
marker |
| psso |
pass
slipped stitch over |
| rem |
remains,
remaining |
| rep |
repeat |
| RH |
right-hand |
| RS |
right
side |
| rnd |
round |
| sk |
skip |
| SKP |
slip
1, knit 1, pass slip stitch over |
| SK2P
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slip
1, knit 2 together, pass slip stitch over
the knit 2 together |
| sl |
slip |
| sl-k |
slip
1 stitch knitwise |
| sl-p |
slip
1 stitch purlwise |
| sl
st |
slip
stitch |
| sm |
slip
marker |
| ssk |
slip,
slip, knit |
| st(s) |
stitch(es) |
| St
st |
Stockinette
stitch |
| thru |
through |
| tbl |
through
back loop |
| tog
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together |
| W&T |
wrap
and turn (for working short rows) |
| WS |
wrong
side |
| wyib
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with
yarn in back |
| wyif |
with
yarn in front |
| yb |
yarn
back |
| yf |
yarn
forward |
| yd(s) |
yards |
| yo |
yarn
over needle |
| * |
repeat
instructions following * as many times as
necessary or until the end of the row |
| [
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repeat
instructions within brackets as many times
as indicated |
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