Here’s a handy guide to all the essential knitting abbreviations that you might find in patterns or magazines:
- alt = alternate
- beg = beginning
- bet = between
- cn = cable needle
- CO = cast on
- dec = decrease
- dpn = double-pointed needles
- foll = follow
- inc = increase
- k = knit
- kfb = knit into front and back of a stitch
- k2tog = knit 2 stitches together
- LH = left hand
- p = purl
- pat/patt = pattern
- p2tog = purl 2 stitches together
- prev = previous
- psso = pass the slipped stitch over
- rem = remaining (stitches)
- rep = repeat
- RH = right hand
- RS = right side
- sl = slip
- sl st = slip stitch
- st = stitch
- st st = stocking stitch
- WS = wrong side
- yb = yarn back
- yf/yfwd = yarn forward
- yo = yarn over
- yrn = yarn round needle
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