Have ever wondered the meaning of the Abbreviations on UK Knitting Patterns?
Knitting Abbreviations (UK)
This is a table of abbreviations used in knitting patterns designed and printed in the United Kingdom. Patterns produced in other countries like America may have different Abbreviations and Instructions.
| Abbreviation | Instruction |
| alt | alternate |
| approx | approximately |
| beg | beginning |
| CC | contrasting colour |
| cont | continue |
| dec | decrease |
| dpn | double pointed needle |
| foll | following |
| folls | follows |
| g st | garter stitch |
| inc | increase |
| k | knit |
| k2tog | knit two together |
| kfb | knit into front and back (of stitch) |
| KTS | knit the steek stitch.A steek is a bridge of extra stitches. Steeking is a technique used to knit in the round leaving sleeve openings until the end of the pattern. |
| kwise | knitwise (inserting the needle front to back) |
| LH | left hand |
| m1 | make one |
| m1l | make one left |
| m1r | make one right |
| m1p | make one purl |
| MC | main colour |
| N1 or N2 | needle 1 or needle 2 |
| p | purl |
| p2tog | purl two together |
| patt | pattern |
| pm | place marker (or stitch marker) |
| psso | pass the slipped stitch over |
| pwise | purlwise (inserting the needle back to front) |
| rem | remaining |
| rep | repeat |
| rnd | round |
| RH | right hand |
| RS | right side |
| sl1 | slip one stitch |
| skpo | slip one stitch, knit one, pass sl st over |
| sm | slip marker |
| ssk | slip first stitchm slip second stitch and work both together off the right-hand needle |
| st(s) | stitch(es) |
| tbl | through the back of the loop(s) |
| tog | together |
| w&t | wrap and turn |
| wyif | with yarn in front |
| WS | wrong side |
| yf | yarn forward |
| yo | yarn over |
| yon | yarn over needle |
| yrn | yarn round needle |
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