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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 |
| dpns |
double-pointed needles |
| foll |
following |
| g |
grams |
| inc |
increase, increasing
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| k |
knit |
| k1-b or k1-tbl |
knit 1 stitch through back loop |
| k2tog |
knit 2 stitches together |
| k2tog-tbl OR k2tog-b |
knit 2 stitches together through back loop |
| k-inc or KFB |
inc 1 by knitting into the front and back loops of next st |
| LH |
left-hand |
| lp(s) |
loop(s) |
| m1 |
make 1 st |
| 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 or p-tbl |
purl 1 stitch through back loop |
| p2tog |
purl 2 stitches together |
| p2tog tbl OR p2tog-b |
purl 2 stitches together through back loop |
| patt or pat |
pattern |
| p-inc or PFB |
inc 1 by purling into the front and back loops of next st |
| 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 |
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 |
| ssp |
slip, slip, purl |
| st(s) |
stitch(es) |
| St st |
Stockinette stitch |
| thru |
through |
| tbl |
through back loop |
| tog |
together |
| W&T |
wrap and turn (for working short rows) |
| WS |
wrong side |
| wyib |
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 |
| [ ] |
repeat instructions within brackets as many times as indicated |
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