Knitting Abbreviations
Knitting Abbreviations
| beg | begin(ning) |
| bet | between |
| BH | buttonholes |
| BO | bind off |
| CC | contrast color(s) |
| cn | cable needle |
| CO | cast on |
| dec | decreas(e)(ed)(es)(ing) |
| dpn | double pointed needle(s) |
| E(O)R | every (other) row (rnd) |
| est | established |
| inc | increas(e)(ed)(es)(ing) |
| k | knit(ing)(s)(ted) |
| k1-b | k1 in back loop |
| k2tog | knit 2 sts together |
| LH | left hand |
| M | marker |
| MC | main color |
| meas | measures |
| ndl | needle |
| p | purl(ed)(ing)(s) |
| p1-b | p1 in back loop |
| patt | pattern |
| pM | place marker |
| rem | remain(ing) |
| rep | repeat |
| RH | right hand |
| rnd | round(s) |
| RS | right side |
| rev St st | reverse St st |
| sl | slip |
| sM | slip marker |
| ssk | slip, slip, k2 tog |
| st(s) | stich(es) |
| St st | stockinette stitch |
| tbl | through back loop |
| tog | together |
| WS | wrong side |
| wyib | with yarn in back |
| wyif | with yarn in front |
| yb | yarn back |
| yf | yarn forward |
| yo | yarn over |
| * * | repeat directions between asterisks indicated number of times |
| [ ] | repeat directions between brackets indicated number of times |
| beg | begin(ning) |
| bet | between |
| BH | buttonholes |
| BO | bind off |
| CC | contrast color(s) |
| cn | cable needle |
| CO | cast on |
| dec | decreas(e)(ed)(es)(ing) |
| dpn | double pointed needle(s) |
| E(O)R | every (other) row (rnd) |
| est | established |
| inc | increas(e)(ed)(es)(ing) |
| k | knit(ing)(s)(ted) |
| k1-b | k1 in back loop |
| k2tog | knit 2 sts together |
| LH | left hand |
| M | marker |
| MC | main color |
| meas | measures |
| ndl | needle |
| p | purl(ed)(ing)(s) |
| p1-b | p1 in back loop |
| patt | pattern |
| pM | place marker |
| rem | remain(ing) |
| rep | repeat |
| RH | right hand |
| rnd | round(s) |
| RS | right side |
| rev St st | reverse St st |
| sl | slip |
| sM | slip marker |
| ssk | slip, slip, k2 tog |
| st(s) | stich(es) |
| St st | stockinette stitch |
| tbl | through back loop |
| tog | together |
| WS | wrong side |
| wyib | with yarn in back |
| wyif | with yarn in front |
| yb | yarn back |
| yf | yarn forward |
| yo | yarn over |
| * * | repeat directions between asterisks indicated number of times |
| [ ] | repeat directions between brackets indicated number of times |
