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 |