Knitting Abbreviations
- 0
- no stitches, times or rows
- -
- no stitches, times or rows for that size
- alt
- alternate
- approx
- alternate
- beg
- beginning
- bet
- between
- ch st
- chain stitch
- ch sp
- chain space
- circ
- circular needles
- cm
- centimetres
- cn
- cable needle
- cont
- continue (ing)
- dc
- double crochet
- dec
- decrease(ing)
- dpn
- double pointed needles
- dtc
- double treble crochet
- foll
- following
- htc
- half treble crochet
- inc
- increase(ing)
- k
- knit
- kfb
- knit into the front and back of the next stitch
- k2tog
- knit two stitches together
- kwise
- knitwise
- lp
- loop
- m1
- make one stitch, by picking up the horizontal loop before next stitch and knitting into back of it
- m1p
- make one stitch, by picking up the horizontal loop before next stitch and purling into back of it
- meas
- measure(s)
- mm
- millimetres
- N1 (2,3)
- needle 1 (2,3)
- p
- purl
- pb
- place bead
- pm
- place marker
- p2
- tog purl two stitches together
- prev
- previous
- psso
- pass slipped stitch over
- pwise
- purlwise
- rem
- remain(ing)
- rep
- repeat(ing)
- rev st st
- reverse stocking stitch
- RS
- right side
- skpo
- slip 1, knit 1, pass slipped stitch over
- sl 1
- slip one stitch
- sl st
- slip stitch
- ssk
- one by one, slip the next two stitches knitwise. Put your left needle through the front loops of both slipped stitches and knit them together.
- st(s)
- stitch(es)
- st st
- stocking stitch (RS row k, WS row p)
- tbl
- through the back of the loop(s)
- tr
- treble crochet
- WS
- wrong side
- wyib
- with yarn in back
- wyif
- with yarn in front
- yb
- yarn back
- yfwd
- yarn forward (between knit sts)
- yoh
- yarn over hook
- yon
- yarn over needle (between a purl and a knit st)
- yrn
- yarn round the needle (between purl sts and between a knit and a purl st)
- -
- epeat instructions between the asterisks as many times as instructed
- ( )
- work instructions inside the brackets as many times as instructed
