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Standard Abbreviations
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| beg | beginning |
| bet | between |
| BO | bind off |
| CC | contrast color |
| ch | chain |
| cn | cable needle |
| CO | cast on |
| dec | decrease |
| dpn | double pointed needle(s) |
| eor | every other row |
| est | established |
| inc | increase |
| k1b | knit 1 in back loop of stitch |
| k2tog | knit 2 stitches together (a right-slanting decrease) |
| k or K | knit |
| LH | left hand |
| MC | main color |
| meas | measures |
| ndl | needle |
| p1b | purl 1 in back loop of stitch |
| p or P | purl |
| patt | pattern |
| pM | place marker |
| psso | pass slipped stitch over knit (or purl) stitch |
| rem | remain, remaining |
| rep | repeat |
| RH | right hand |
| rnd | round |
| RS | right side |
| sk | skip |
| sl | slip |
| ssk | slip, slip, knit (a left-slanting decrease worked by slipping 2 stitches individually as if to knit to right-hand needle, reinserting tip of left needle through the front loops and knitting two stitches together from this position) |
| sp | space |
| St st | stockinette stitch |
| st(s) | stitch(es) |
| tbl | through back loops |
| wyib | with yarn in back |
| wyif | with yarn in front |
| WS | wrong side |
| yo | yarn over |
| " | inch(es) |
| * | repeat instructions following asterisk (or between first and last asterisks) number of times stated |
| [] | repeat instructions within brackets number of times stated |
| ( ) | repeat instructions inside parentheses number of times stated |