Alt- Alternate;alternately
Beg- Begin;begins;
beginning
CC- Contrastingcolour
Ch- Chain
Cm- Centimetre/s
CO- Caston
Cont- Continue;continuing
Dec- Decrease;decreasing
Dk- DoubleKnitting
Foll- Follow;follows;
following
Gst- Garterstitch.If knittingback
andforth,kniteveryrow.If knit-
tingcircularly,oneroundknit,next
roundpurl.
Inc- Increase;increasing
Incl- Including
K- Knit
K1- Knitonestitch
K2tog- Knittwostitchestogether
Kb- Knitthroughthebackofthe
stitch
Kwise- Knitwise
M-Makeonestitch
MC- Maincolour.
Whentwoormorecoloursare
used,themaincolouristheyarn
thatisdominant.
P- Purl
P1- Purlonestitch
P2tog- Purltwostitchestogether
Patt- pattern
Psso- Passslippedstitchoverpre-
viousstitch
Pb- Purlthroughthebackofthe
stitch
Pwise- Purlwise
Rem- Remaining
Rep- Repeat
Sl 1 - Sliponestitchacrossfrom
leftneedletoright
needlewithoutknittingit.
Sl1 Purlwise- Slipnextstitchoff
leftneedleontorightasif topurl
thestitch.
Sts- Stitches
Stst- Stockingstitch.
If knittingbackandforth,
onerowknit,nextrowpurl.
If knittingcircularly,knit
eachround.
SSK- Slip,slipknit.Makes
a leftslantingdecrease.
Sliptwostitchesknitwise,onat
a timefromthelefttotheright
needle,thenknitthemtogether
throughtheirbacks.
To g- Together
WS- Wrongside
Ybk- Yarnback
Yfwd- Yarnforward- bringyarn
undertheneedle,thenovertothe
knittingpositionagain,creatinga
newstitch.
Yo- Yarnover.
METRIC UK US
2mm 14 0
2.25mm 13 1
2.5mm
2.75mm 12 2
3mm 11
3.25mm 10 3
3.5mm 4
3.75mm 9 5
4mm 8 6
4.5mm 7 7
5mm 6 8
5.5mm 5 9
6mm 4 10
6.5mm 3 10.5
7mm 2
7.5mm 1
8mm 0 11
9mm 00 13
10mm 000 15
METRIC US
.60mm 14 steel
.75mm 12 steel
1.00mm 10 steel
1.50mm 6 steel
1.75mm 5 steel
2.00mm B/1
2.5mm C/2
3.00mm D/3
3.50mm E/4
4.00mm F/5
4.50mm G/6
5.00mm H/8
5.50mm I/9
6.00mm J/10
6.50mm K
7.00mm K/10.5
P
Q
S
CROCHeT HOOKS KNITTINGNeedLeS
LH left-hand
lp(s) loop(s)
m metre(s)
MC maincolour
mm millimetre
oz ounces
pat(s) pattern(s)
pm placemarkers.Placeor
attacha loopofcontrast
yarnora stitchmarkeras
indicated.
rem remaining
rep repeat
rnd(s) round(s)
RH right-hand
RS rightside
sk skip,miss
slst slipstitch
sp(s) space(s)
st(s) stitch(es)
t-ch turningchain
tog together
tr treble(USdc)
WS wrongside
workeven/workstraight.
Continuein
thepatternwithout
increasingordecreasing
yd yards
yo yarnover.Wraptheyarn
aroundthehook
* repeatthedirectionsfol-
lowing* asmanytimes
asindicated
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approx approximately
beg begin(ning)
CC contrastcolour
ch chain(s)
cm centimetre(s)
cont continue(ing)
dc doublecrochet
(USsinglecrochetsc)
dec decrease(ing).Reducethe
stitchesina rowbyeither
workingthestitches
togetherorskippingthe
stitches.
foll follow(s)(ing)
gm grams
htr halftreblecrochet(US
halfdoublecrochethdc)
inc increase(ing).Addstitch-
esina rowbyworkingin
extrastitchesintoa chain
orbetweenthestitches.
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