Vickie Howell :: How To

Knit Abbreviations:

beg = begin
BO = bind off
CC = contrasting color
ch = chain
CO = cast on, cast off
dec = decrease
dpn = double pointed needles
inc = increase
k = knit
k2tog = knit 2 together
k2tog tbl = knit 2 stitches together through back loop
M1 = make one stitch
MC = main color
p = purl
p2tog = purl 2 together
pm = place marker
rem = remaining
rep = repeat
rnd = round
RS = right side
sc = single crochet
sl = slip
sl-w-t = slip, wrap, turn
ssk = slip, slip, knit
st(s) = stitch(es)
tbl = through the back loop
WS = wrong side
wyib = with yarn in back
wyif = with yarn in front
yo = yarn over
* or ** = starting (and ending) point to repeat instructions
rep from * = repeat all the instructions following the asterisk
work even = work in pattern without increasing or decreasing any stitches

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Slip Knot

Casting On (long-tail method)

Knit Stitch (English)

Knit Stitch (Continental)

Purl Stitch (English)

Purl Stitch (Continental)

How to tell if you’re on the knit side.

How to tell if you’re on the purl side.

Binding off

I-Chord

Knit 2 Together Decrease (right-slanting)

Slip Slip Knit Decrease (left-slanting)

Increase

Make 1 (or Lifted) Increase

Picking-up Dropped Stitch (1 row down)

Picking-up Dropped Stitch (2-5 rows down)

Mattress Stitch

Crocheted Chain

Single Crochet

Double Crochet

Treble (Triple) Crochet

Increase in Single Crochet

Single Crochet Decrease

Crochet Abbreviations:

BL = Back Loop
BP = Back Post
Ch = chain
Ch-sp = Chain space
CL = Cluster
dc = double crochet
FL = Front Loop
FP = Front Post
hdc = half double crochet
lp(s) = loop(s)
sc = single crochet
t-ch = turning chain
yoh = yarn over hook