Abbreviations

Many knitting patterns, whether they are hand-knit, or Machine knit, use abbreviations in the written instructions, here are the Abbreviations used for typical machine knit patterns.

alt alternate approx approximately beg beginning cm centimeters COL carriage on left cont continu(e)(ing) COR carriage on right dec decreas(e)(ing) foll follow(ing) FWP forward working position, stitches just behind open latches inc increas(e)(ing) HP holding position K knit KP keyplate LHS left hand side M1 pick up loop lying between needles and K into back of it mm millimeters NWP non working position P purl patt pattern psso pass slipped st over rem remain(ing) rep repeat RS right side RHS right hand side sl slip st(s) stitch(es) st st stocking stitch tog together WP working position WS wrong side   WY waste yarn          HOME