Creative Knitting - USA (2019-04)

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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