Sabse Common Knitting Abbreviations List 

Alt – alternate
• Beg – begin/beginning
• Bet – between
• BO – bind off

• Cn – cable needles
• CO – cast on
• Cont – continue

• Dec – decrease
• Dpn – double pointed needles

• Fl – front loops

• Inc – increase

• K – knit
• K2tog – knit 2 stitches together
• Kwise – knitwise

• Lp(s) – loop(s)

• M1 – make one stitch
• M1 p-st – make one purl stitch

• P – purl
• Pm – place marker
• Pop – popcorn
• P2tog – purl 2 stitches together
• Psso – pass slipped stitch over
• Pwise – purlwise

• Rem – remain/remaining
• Rep – repeat(s)
• Rev St st – reverse stockinette stitch
• Rnd(s) – round(s)
• RS – right side

• Sk – skip
• Skp – slip, knit, pass stitch over — one stitch decrease
• Sk2p – slip 1, knit 2 together, pass slip stitch over the knit 2 together — two stitches have been decreased
• Sl – slip
• Slk – slip 1 knitwise
• Slp – slip 1 purlwise
• Sl st – slip stitch(es)
• Ssk – slip, slip, knit these 2 stitches together — a decrease
• Sssk – slip, slip, slip, knit 3 stitches together
• St(s) – stitch(es)
• St st – stockinette stitch

• Tbl – through back loop
• Tog – together

• WS – wrong side
• Wyib – with yarn in back
• Wyif – with yarn in front

• Yfwd – yarn forward
• Yo – yarn over
• Yrn – yarn around needle
• Yon – yarn over needle