| Abbreviation |
Description |
|
Abbreviation |
Description |
| alt |
alternate |
|
approx |
approximately |
| beg |
beginning |
|
bet |
between |
| BO |
bind off |
|
byo |
backward yarn over |
| CC |
contrasting color |
|
cn |
cable needle |
| CO |
cast on |
|
cont |
continue |
| dec |
decrease |
|
dpn |
double-pointed needles |
| foll |
follow |
|
inc |
increase |
| k |
knit |
|
k1B |
knit stitch in row below |
| kfb |
knit 1 into front and back of a stitch, single knit increase |
|
ksp |
knit 1 stitch, slip this stitch from right needle to left needle, pass second stitch on left needle over first stitch and off left needle; return stitch to right needle; single right-leaning decrease |
| k2tog |
knit 2 stitches together; single right-leaning decrease |
|
kwise |
knitwise |
| LH |
left hand |
|
lp |
loop |
| m |
marker |
|
M1 or M1K |
make one stitch knitwise; single knit increase |
| M1R |
make one right; single right-leaning knit increase |
|
M1L |
make one left; single left-leaning knit increase |
| M1p |
make one purlwise; single purl increase |
|
M1rp |
make one right purlwise; single right-leaning purl increase |
| M1lp |
make one left purlwise; single left-leaning purl increase |
|
MC |
main color |
| p |
purl |
|
pat or patt |
pattern |
| pfb |
purl 1 into front and back of a stitch; single purl increase |
|
pm |
place marker |
| p2tog |
purl 2 stitches together; single decrease |
|
prev |
previous |
| psso |
pass slipped stitch over |
|
p2sso |
pass 2 slipped stitches over |
| pwise |
purlwise |
|
rem |
remaining |
| rep |
repeat |
|
rev St st |
reverse stockinette stitch |
| RH |
right hand |
|
rnd |
round |
| RS |
right side |
|
SKP |
slip 1 knitwise, knit 1, pass slip stitch over knit stitch; single left-leaning decrease |
| SK2P |
slip 1 knitwise, knit 2 together, pass slip stitch over knit 2 together; double left-leaning decrease |
|
sl |
slip |
| sl1k |
skip 1 knitwise |
|
sl1p |
slip 1 purlwise |
| sl st |
slip stitch |
|
sm |
slip marker |
| ssk |
slip 2 stitches knitwise, knit these 2 stitches together through back loops; single left-leaning decrease |
|
ssp |
slip 2 stitches knitwise, return these 2 stitches to leftt needle and purl them together through back loops; single left-leaning decrease |
| sssk |
slip 3 stitches knitwise, knit these 3 stitches together through back loops; double left-leaning decrease |
|
sssp |
slip 3 stitches knitwise, return these 3 stitches to left needle and purl these 3 stitches together through back loops; double leftleaning decrease |
| S2KP2 |
slip 2 stitches as if to knit 2 together, knit 1, pass 2 slipped stitches over knit stitch; centered double decrease |
|
SSPP2 |
slip 2 stitches knitwise, return these 2 stitches to left needle and then slip them as if to p2tog through back loops, purl 1, pass 2 slipped stitches over purl stitch; centered double decrease |
| st |
stitch |
|
St st |
stockinette stitch |
| tbl |
through back loop |
|
tfl |
through front loop |
| tog |
together |
|
WS |
wrong side |
| w&t |
wrap and turn |
|
wyib |
with yarn in back |
| wyif |
with yarn in front |
|
yb |
yarn back |
| yfwd or yf |
yarn forward |
|
yo |
yarn over |
| yon |
yarn over needle |
|
yrn |
yarn round needle |