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Knitting patterns use a standard set of abbreviations that all knitters need to know.

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Together is abbreviated tog in knitting patterns. For example, one way to decrease a stitch is to knit two stitches together: k2tog. P2tog is another common instruction for decreasing.

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Sl is the abbreviation for slip, as in slip 1, knit 1 (sl1, k1.)Stitches may be slipped as if to knit (knitwise) by inserting needle from left to right with yarn in back or purlwise by inserting ...

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M1 means "make one" stitch and is used to create an almost invisible increase. The knitter makes a loop with his/her fingers and places it on the right needle as if a stitch was made. On ...

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St is the abbreviation for "stitch" or "stitches" in knitting patterns. The context will indicate whether the term is singular or plural.

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P is the abbreviation for purl, which means to create a stitch by inserting the right needle from right to left in the stitch on left needle while holding yarn in front of work. A loop is pulled ...

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K is the pattern abbreviation for knit. For example, k2 means to knit two stitches. This abbreviation is often used in combination with others such as: k2,yo,k2tog (knit 2 stitches, yarn over, knit 2 ...

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