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inch(es) |
alt |
alternate |
approx |
approximately |
beg |
begin/beginning |
BO |
bind off |
cast on |
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CC |
contrasting color |
circ(s) |
circular(s) |
cm |
centimeters |
cn |
cable needle |
cont |
continue |
cs |
center stitch |
dec |
decreas(e)(ed)(es)(ing)
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inc |
increase(s)(ed)(ing)
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knit(ting)(s)(ted) |
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knit two together |
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kfb |
knit into front and back of stitch (one stitch increased)
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LCSK |
Left Cable-Knit-Slip: Move next stitch to cable needle and hold to front of work, knit 1 stitch, slip 1 stitch (purlwise) from cable needle.
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LH |
left hand |
LRI |
(left raised increase) - Lift the left leg of the stitch 2 rows below the stitch on right-hand needle and knit it through the back loop (one stitch increased)
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mkr |
marker |
m1 |
make one (increase)
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MC |
main color |
mm |
millimeter(s) |
N |
needle - example: N1, N2 = needle one, needle two, and so on.
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ndl |
needle(s) |
purl(ed)(ing)(s) |
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patt |
pattern(s) |
purl two stitches together (one stitch decreased)
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pm |
place marker |
psso |
pass slipped stitch over
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rcsk |
(right cable slip knit) - Right-Cable-Slip-Knit: Move next stitch to cable needle and hold to back of work, slip 1 stitch (purlwise), knit 1 stitch from cable needle.
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rem |
remain(s)(ing) |
rep |
repeat |
RRI |
(right raised increase) - Lift right leg of the stitch below the next stitch on the left-hand needle onto the left-hand needle and knit it. (one stitch increased)
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rnd(s) |
round(s) |
RS |
right side |
sl |
slip(ped)(ping) |
slm, sm |
slip marker |
skp |
(slip knit pass) - slip one, knit one, pass slipped stitch over (one stitch decreased)
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(slip, slip, knit) - WYIB, slip 2 stitches one at a time as if to knit, place back onto LH needle, knit tbl (one stitch decreased)
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ssp |
(slip, slip, purl) - WYIF, slip two stitches one at a time as if to knit, place back onto LH needle, purl these 2 sts together (one stitch decreased)
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sk2p |
(slip, knit 2, pass) - slip one as if to knit, k2tog, pass slipped stitch over the knit 2 together (two stitches decreased)
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st(s) |
stitch(es) |
St st |
stockinette stitch |
tfl |
through front of loop(s)
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tbl |
through back of loop(s)
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tog |
together |
w&t |
(wrap and turn)
On a RS row: Work to point specified in pattern, bring yarn to front of work between needles, slip next stitch to right-hand needle, bring yarn around this stitch to back of work, slip stitch back to left-hand needle, turn work to begin working back in other direction. On a WS row: Work to point specified in pattern, bring yarn to back of work between needles, slip next stitch to right-hand needle, bring yarn around this stitch to front of work, slip stitch back to left-hand needle, turn work to begin working back in other direction. |
ws |
wrong side |
WYIB |
with yarn in back |
WYIF |
with yarn in front |
yfwd |
yarn forward |
YO |
yarn over |