Abbreviations

Knitwork

1. AgS

   (symmetrical increase) With the yarn behind the work. Slide the stitch from your left needle to your right needle as though you were knitting purl. Press the stitch onto your left needle. Wrap the yarn around the right needle, then pass it through the stitch to create a new stitch on the right needle. Release the first strand of the stitch on the left needle, then knit the second strand right side up, in the front strand.

2. beg

   Beginning

3. BO

   Bind off

4. BOR

   Beginning of round

5. brk

   Brioche knit; knit the stitch slipped in the previous row with its yarn over.

6. brkyobrk

   Make a brioche knit, a yarn over, and a second brioche knit in the same stitch (2 inc).

7. brkyobrkyobrk

   Make a brioche knit, a yarn over, a brioche knit, a yarn over, and a third brioche knit in the same stitch (4 inc).

8. brp

   Brioche purl; purl the stitch slipped in the previous row with its yarn over.

9. C4L

   Slip the next 2 stitches onto the cable needle, place in front of your work, knit the next 2 stitches and then knit the 2 stitches on the cable needle.

10. C4R

    Slip the next 2 stitches onto the cable needle, place at the back of your work, knit the next 2 stitches and then knit the 2 stitches on the cable needle.

11. CC

    Contrasting colour

12. CDD

    Central double decrease; slip 1 st knitwise, k2tog, pass the slip st over the k2tog.

13. CDDp

    Central double decrease purlwise; slip 2 stitches knitwise one at the time, bring them back to the left needle inserting the tip of the left needle into the front loops from left to right (the stich order is now reversed), then purl 3 stitches together.

14. CO

    Cast on

15. CS

    Central stitch

16. dec

    Decrease(s)(d)

17. DPN

    Double-pointed needles

18. inc

    Increase(s)(d)

19. k

    Knit

20. k1B

    Knit 1 below; instead of knitting into the working stitch on the left needle, knit into the stitch directly beneath it on the row below. Insert the needle knitwise (from front to back) and wrap the yarn around the right needle. Knit the stitch, pulling through the stitch on the row below. Move the yarn in front of the work, then drop the corresponding stitch on the left needle.

21. k2tog

    Knit 2 stitches together.

22. k3tog

    Knit 3 stitches together.

23. ktbl

    Knit through the back loop.

24. kfb

    Knit through the front and back on same stitch (1 stich increased).

25. kyok

    Knit 1 stitch leaving it on the left needle, yarn over (pass the yarn under the needle and then over the needle) and knit another stitch in the same stitch. After a kyok increase, you have three stitches from a single stitch. These 3 stitches will be knitted separately in the next row.

26. kyokyok

    Knit 1 stitch leaving it on the left needle, yarn over (pass the yarn under the needle and then over the needle), knit another stitch in the same stitch, yarn over, knit a third stitch in the same stitch. After a kyokyok increase, you have five stitches from a single stitch. These 5 stitches will be knitted separately in the next row.

27. m

    Marker

28. M1

    Make 1 stitch.

29. M1L

    Make 1 left; with the left needle, lift the horizontal bar between 2 stitches knitwise (from front to back), knit through the back of the loop.

30. M1lp

    Make 1 left purlwise; with the left needle, lift the horizontal bar between 2 stitches knitwise (from front to back), purl through the back of the loop.

31. M1R

    Make 1 right; with the left needle, lift the horizontal bar between 2 stitches purlwise (from back to front), knit through the front of the loop.

32. p

    Purl

33. p2tog

    Purl 2 stitches together.

34. pht

    Pick up with your left needle the horizontal thread behind the i-cord and knit one stitch.

35. pm

    Place marker.

36. ptbl

    Purl through the back loop.

37. rep

    Repeat

38. rm

    Remove marker.

39. RS

    Right side

40. skp

    Slip 1 stitch knitwise, knit 1 stitch, pass slipped stitch over the knit stitch.

41. sl

    Slip X purlwise(s). (X = number of stitches specified in the pattern).

42. sl1-knit

    Slip 1 st knitwise.

43. sl1 wyif

    Slip 1 stitch purlwise with yarn in front.

44. sl1KW wyib

    Slip 1 stitch knitwise with yarn in back.

45. sl1yo

    Pass the yarn in front of the work, slip 1 stitch purlwise. Wrap the yarn around the slipped stitch to create a yarn over. If the next stitch is a knit stitch, the yarn over will automatically be formed because the yarn is in front. If the next stitch is a purl stitch, bring the yarn from the front to the back and back to the front under the needle before knitting it.

46. sl2 wyib

    Slip 2 purlwise with yarn in back.

47. sl2 wyif

    Slip 2 purlwise with yarn in front.

48. sm

    Slip marker.

49. ssk

    Slip, slip, knit; slip 2 stitches one at a time knitwise, place them back on the left needle, then knit them together through the back loops.

50. sssk

    Slip, slip, slip, knit; slip 3 stitches one at a time knitwise, place them back on the left needle, then knit them together through the back loops.

51. st(s)

    Stitch(es)

52. tbl

    Through the back loop(s)

53. WS

    Wrong side

54. wyif

    With yarn in front

55. wyib

    With yarn in back

56. yo

    Yarn over

Crochet

1. ch

   Chain

2. dc

   Double crochet

3. hdc

   Half double crochet

4. sc

   Single crochet

5. sl

   Slip

6. space

   Space formed by 1 or more ch(s).

7. st

   Stitch