ABBREVIATIONS AND TERMS by Roni Knutson (as many as I could find!)
A, B, C and D | contrast colours | LF | left front |
'A' position | non-working position - needles all the way back (lining up with 'A' line on your knitting machine | MB | main bed (machine) |
atl | alternate | MC | main colour |
'B' position | working position (lining up with 'B' line on machine) | mm(s) | millimetre(s) |
beg | beginning | MT | main tension |
BO | bind off (cast off) | MT+1 | if MT is 7, knit at 8 |
CAL | carriage at left | MY | main yarn |
CAR | carriage at right | N(s) | needle(s) |
CC | contrast colour | NWP | non-working position |
ch | chain | 0 | no stitches or rows |
cm(s) | centimetre(s) | oz. | ounces |
CO | cast on (or cast off) | P | purl |
COBH | cast on by hand | patt | pattern |
cont. | continue | plain | no increase or decrease |
C position | needle butts line up with C line | RB | ribber |
dc | double crochet | RC | row counter |
D position | hold position | rem | remaining |
dec | decrease | rep | repeat |
EON | every other needle | R(s) | row(s) |
EOR | every other row | SS | stitch size |
EOS | every other stitch | sc | single crochet |
FB | front bed | st(s) | stitch(s) |
fig | figure | st st | stocking stitch |
foll | following | sy | scrap (or waste yarn) |
FF | fully fashioned | Ten. or T | tension |
g | grams | Tr | treble crochet |
HP | holding position (D) | TO | take off |
hdc | half double crochet | tog | together |
inc | increase | UWP | upper working position |
K | knit | WP | working position |
KL | knitleader | WY | waste or scrap yarn |
Latch off | cast off using tappet tool | ||