Here are the most common knitting abbreviations you’ll find in the free patterns here at B.Hooked.
Abbreviation | Meaning |
Approx | Approximately |
Beg | Beginning |
Bet | Between |
BO | Bind Off |
cn | Cable Needle |
CO | Cast On |
Cont | Continue |
Dec | Decrease |
dpn | Double Pointed Needle |
inc | Increase |
K | Knit |
k1B | Knit Stitch in Row Below |
kfb | Knit Front Back |
ksp | Knit, Slip from right to left, pass over |
k2tog | Knit Two Together |
kwise | Knitwise |
lp(s) | Loop(s) |
m | Marker |
M1 | Make One Stitch Knitwise |
M1R | Make One Right |
M1L | Make One Left |
M1p | Make One Purlwise |
M1rp | Make One Right Purl |
M1lp | Make One Left Purl |
MC | Main Color |
P | Purl |
pat(s) | Pattern(s) |
pfb | Purl Front Back |
p2tog | Purl Two Together |
pm | Place Marker |
prev | Previous |
psso | Pass Slipped Stitch Over |
p2sso | Pass 2 Slipped Stitches Over |
pwise | Purlwise |
rem | Remaining |
rep | Repeat |
RS | Right Side |
sk | Skip |
SKP | Slip 1 Knitwise, Knit 1, Pass Slip Stitch Over |
Sk2P | Slip 1 Knitwise, K2tog, Pass Slip Stitch Over |
sl | Slip |
sl1k | Slip One Knitwise |
sl1p | Slip One Purlwise |
sm | Slip Marker |
ssk | Slip Two Stitches Knitwise, Knit Together Through the Back Loops |
ssp | Slip Two Stitches Knitwise, Return to Left Needle and Purl Together Through Back Loops |
sssk | Slip Three Stitches Knitwise, Knit Together Through Back Loops |
sssp | Slip Three Stitches Knitwise, Return to Left Needle and Purl Together Through Back Loops |
S2KP2 | Slip Two Stitches Knitwise, Knit 1, Pass Two Slip Stitches Over Knit |
SSPP2 | Slip Two Stitches Knitwise, Return to Left Needle and Slip as if to p2tog Through Back Loops |
St(s) | Stitch(es) |
tbl | Through the Back Loop |
tfl | Through the Front Loop |
tog | Together |
WS | Wrong Side |
w&t | Wrap and Turn |
wyib | With Yarn In Back |
wyif | With Yarn In Front |
yb | Yarn Back |
yfwd | Yarn Forward |
YO | Yarn Over |