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Bind Off |
| Cast On |
| Knit |
| Purl |
| Projects |
| Practice your new skills on these projects. |
| Baby Sweater |
| Flip Flop Fun |
| Team Stocking Caps |
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| Common Abbreviations |
| alt |
alternate |
| beg |
begin (ing) |
| |
bind off |
| cable
cast on |
insert RH needle between first 2 sts
on LH needle,
wrap yarn to knit, pull stitch through to front,
place loop onto LH needle |
| CC |
contrasting color |
| |
cast on; also called Long Tail cast on
or Sling Shot cast on |
| ch |
chain (crochet) |
| circ |
circular |
| cm |
centimeters |
| cn |
cable needle |
| cont |
continue |
| dec |
decrease (s) (d) (ing) |
| dp |
double-pointed |
| EOR |
every other row |
| est |
established |
| foll |
following |
| folls |
follows |
| gm |
gram |
| gs |
garter stitch |
| inc |
increase (s) (d) (ing) |
| |
knit |
| LH |
left hand |
| lp |
loop |
| MB |
make bobble |
| MC |
main color |
| M1 |
make one |
| M1P |
make one stitch by picking up horizontal
loop before next stitch
and purling into the back of it |
| mm |
millimeter (s) |
| oz |
ounce |
| |
purl |
| patt |
pattern |
| psso |
pass slipped stitch over |
| R |
row |
| rem |
remaining |
| rep |
repeat |
| rev |
revers(e)(ing) |
| rev st st |
reverse stockinette stitch, purl on
front, knit on back |
| RH |
right hand |
| sc |
single crochet |
| sl |
slip |
| ssk |
slip 2 stitches knitwise, one at a time
from LH needle to
RH needle. Insert LHN from left to right into fronts
of both
stitches and knit them together, makes a left leaning
decrease |
| sp |
space |
| st |
stitch(es) |
| st st |
stockinette stitch |
| tbl |
through the back loop |
| tog |
together |
WS |
wrong side |
WY |
waste yarn |
| wyib |
with yarn in back |
| wyif |
with yarn in front |
| yd |
yard(s) |
| yf |
yarn forward |
| yo |
yarn over |
| yon |
yarn over needle |
| yrn |
yarn round needle |
| x |
times |
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