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Knit Knowledge
-Hand Knitting Standard Abbreviations
alt |
alternate |
approx |
approximately |
beg |
beginning |
cm |
centimetre |
cn |
cable needle |
cont |
continue |
dec |
decrease |
DK |
Double Knit |
dpn |
double-pointed needle |
foll |
following |
g |
gram |
g st |
garter stitch |
dec |
decrease/decreases/decreasing |
inc |
increase/increases/increasing |
K or k |
knit |
kfb |
knit into front and back of loop |
kwise |
knitwise |
k2 tog |
knit 2 stitches together |
k3 tog |
knit 3 stitches together |
LH/lh |
lefthand |
LT |
left twist |
meas |
measures |
m |
metres |
mm |
milimetres |
m1 |
make 1 stitch |
no. |
number |
P or p |
purl |
patt(s) |
pattern(s) |
patt rep |
pattern repeats |
pfb |
purl into front and back of loop |
p2 tog |
purl 2 stitches together |
p3 tog |
purl 3 stitches together |
Prev |
previous |
psso |
pass slip stitch(es) over |
p2sso |
pass 2 slip stitches over |
pwise |
purlwise |
rem |
remain/remaining |
rep(s) |
repeat(s) |
rev st st |
reverse stocking stitch |
rh |
right hand |
rnds |
rounds |
RS/rs |
Right side |
RT |
Right twist |
sl |
slip |
sl st |
slip stitch |
st(s) |
stitch(es) |
st st |
stocking stitch |
tbl |
through back of loop |
tog |
together |
WS/ws |
wrong side |
yb or ybk |
yarn back |
yf or yfwd |
yarn forward |
yo |
yarn over |
yrn |
yarn round needle |
yon |
yarn on needle |
(...) |
repeat instructions inside brackets as many times as indicated after the brackets |
*....* |
repeat instructions between the aterisks as many times as required to reach end of row or next instruction. |
