Knitting Abbreviations
 
KNITTING
 
 

  Alt                 alternate

   Approx         approximately

   Beg               beginning

   Cm                centimeter

   Cn                 cable needle

   Cont              continu(e)(ing)

   Dec               decrease

   Foll               follow(ing)

   G                  gram(s)

   In                  inch(es)

   Inc                increase

   K                  knit

   K1b              knit into the back of the stitch

   Lh                 left hand

   M                  meter(s)

   M1                make one stitch by picking up the horizontal
                        Loop between sts and knitting into the
                        Back of it.

   Mm               millimeter(s)

   Oz                 ounces

   P                   purl

   P1b               purl into the back of the stitch

 
 

 

 

   Patt(s)           pattern(s)

   Psso              pass the slip stitch over

 

   Rem              remain(ing)

   Rep               repeat

   Rev st st        reverse stocking stitch

   Rh                 right hand

   Rnd(s)           round(s)

   Rs                 right side

   Sl                  slip

   Ssk               slip, slip knit – slip the two sts separately
                        Knitwise, then insert the left-hand needle
                        Point through the fronts of the slipped
                        Stitches from the left, and knit them
                        Together from this position

   St(s)              stitches(s)

   St st              stocking stitch

   Tbl                through back loops

   Tog               together

   Ws                wrong side

   Yd(s)            yards(s)

   Yo                Yarn over right needle from front to
                        Back, to make a new stitch