Melissa's Knitting Tips
Knitting Abbreviations
- beg - begin(ing)
- BO - bind off
- CO - cast on
- cont - continue
- DB - decrease with bead
- DD - double decrease
- dec - decrease
- EOR - every other row
- inc - increase
- K - knit
- K1f&b - knit into front and back of same stitch
- K1tbl - knit 1 stitch through back loop
- K2tog - knit 2 stitches together
- M1 - make 1 stitch
- MB - make bobble
- P - purl
- patt - pattern
- pm - place marker
- psso - pass slip stitch over
- PU - pick up
- P2tog - purl 2 stitches together
- rem - remaining
- rep - repeat
- RS - right side
- sl - slip
- ssk - Slip 2 stitches 1 at a time as if to knit. Insert left left needle into front of the 2 stitches, and knit them together
- St st - stockinette stitch: knit one row. purl one row.
- st(s) - stitch(es)
- tbl - through back loop
- tog - together
- WS - wrong side
- wyib - with yarn in back
- X's - times
- YO - yarn over