Knitting Abbreviations
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[edit] Common Knitting Abbreviations
| alt | alternate |
| beg | beginning |
| bo | bind off |
| CC | contrast colour |
| co | cast on |
| coff | cast off |
| dec | decrease / decreases |
| dpn | double pointed needles |
| inc | increase / increases |
| k | knit |
| k2tog | knit 2 together (a decrease) |
| k3tog | knit 3 together (a double-decrease) |
| m1 | make 1 stitch (an increase) |
| MC | Main Colour |
| p | purl |
| patt | pattern / patterns |
| pm | place marker |
| psso | pass slipped stitch over (usually used as a decrease) |
| rep | repeat |
| rs | right side of work |
| SKPSSO | slip, knit, pass slipped stitch over (a decrease) |
| sl | slip |
| sm | slip marker |
| ssk | slip, slip, knit (a decrease) |
| sssk | slip, slip, slip, knit (a double-decrease) |
| st | stitch / stitches |
| sts | stitches |
| st st | Stockinette Stitch |
| tail end | the end of the yarn from which the knitting has been begun (hangs off the end of the work like a "tail") |
| tbl | through back of loop |
| tog | together |
| working end | the end of the yarn with which each stitch is knit |
| WS | wrong side of work |
| yb | yarn back |
| yf | yarn forward |
| yo | yarn over |
