{"id":90,"date":"2008-02-27T20:12:20","date_gmt":"2008-02-27T19:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/knitting-abbreviations\/"},"modified":"2010-01-25T16:14:16","modified_gmt":"2010-01-25T15:14:16","slug":"knitting-abbreviations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/knitting-abbreviations\/","title":{"rendered":"Knitting Abbreviations"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul id=\"knit_abbr\">\n<li><dfn>alt<\/dfn> &#8211; alternate<\/li>\n<li><dfn>approx<\/dfn> &#8211; approximately<\/li>\n<li><dfn>BO<\/dfn> &#8211; bind off (cast off)<\/li>\n<li><dfn>CC<\/dfn> &#8211; contrast colour<\/li>\n<li><dfn>CO<\/dfn> &#8211; cast on<\/li>\n<li><dfn>dec<\/dfn> &#8211; decrease<\/li>\n<li><dfn>DK<\/dfn> &#8211; double knit (sport?)<\/li>\n<li><dfn>dpn<\/dfn> &#8211; double pointed needle<\/li>\n<li><dfn>gms<\/dfn> &#8211; grams<\/li>\n<li><dfn>inc<\/dfn> &#8211; increase<\/li>\n<li><dfn>in<\/dfn> &#8211; inches<\/li>\n<li><dfn>k<\/dfn> &#8211; knit<\/li>\n<li><dfn>k2tog<\/dfn> &#8211; knit two together<\/li>\n<li><dfn>kfb<\/dfn> &#8211; knit into front and back of stitch<\/li>\n<li><dfn>ktbl<\/dfn> &#8211; knit through back of loop<\/li>\n<li><dfn>LH<\/dfn> &#8211; left hand<\/li>\n<li><dfn>M1<\/dfn> &#8211; make 1 stitch<\/li>\n<li><dfn>MC<\/dfn> &#8211; main colour<\/li>\n<li><dfn>m <\/dfn> &#8211; meters<\/li>\n<li><dfn>N1<\/dfn> &#8211; needle 1<\/li>\n<li><dfn>N2<\/dfn> &#8211; needle 2<\/li>\n<li><dfn>N3<\/dfn> &#8211; needle 3<\/li>\n<li><dfn>N4<\/dfn> &#8211; needle 4<\/li>\n<li><dfn>p<\/dfn> &#8211; purl<\/li>\n<li><dfn>p2tog<\/dfn> &#8211; purl two together<\/li>\n<li><dfn>pm<\/dfn> &#8211; place marker<\/li>\n<li><dfn>psso<\/dfn> &#8211; pass slipped stitch over<\/li>\n<li><dfn>rem<\/dfn> &#8211; remainder\/remaining<\/li>\n<li><dfn>rnd<\/dfn> &#8211; round<\/li>\n<li><dfn>rpt<\/dfn> &#8211; repeat<\/li>\n<li><dfn>RS<\/dfn> &#8211; right side (of work)<\/li>\n<li><dfn>sl1<\/dfn> &#8211; slip one<\/li>\n<li><dfn>sl1p<\/dfn> &#8211; slip one purlwise<\/li>\n<li><dfn>ssk<\/dfn> &#8211; slip 2 stitches as if to knit, then knit those 2 stitches together through the back of the loops<\/li>\n<li><dfn>st<\/dfn> &#8211; stitch(es)<\/li>\n<li><dfn>stst<\/dfn> &#8211; stocking stitch<\/li>\n<li><dfn>WS<\/dfn> &#8211; wrong side (of work)<\/li>\n<li><dfn>yds<\/dfn> &#8211; yards<\/li>\n<li><dfn>yo<\/dfn> &#8211; yarn over<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>alt &#8211; alternate approx &#8211; approximately BO &#8211; bind off (cast off) CC &#8211; contrast colour CO &#8211; cast on dec &#8211; decrease DK &#8211; double knit (sport?) dpn &#8211; double pointed needle gms &#8211; grams inc &#8211; increase in &#8211; inches k &#8211; knit k2tog &#8211; knit two together kfb &#8211; knit into front and back of stitch ktbl &#8211; knit through back of loop LH &#8211; left hand M1 &#8211; make 1 stitch MC &#8211; main colour m &#8211; meters N1 &#8211; needle 1 N2 &#8211; needle 2 N3 &#8211; needle 3 N4 &#8211; needle 4 p &#8211;&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":100,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1026,"href":"https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90\/revisions\/1026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}