Get Knitting Abbreviations
Background. There are many common knitting abbreviations used in knitting patterns, sometimes without explanation. Knitting abbreviations are used in knitting patterns to save space when printing and to make patterns easier to read.
Keep an eye out for the occasional crochet term, since these are often used in knitting.
Refer to this guide and glossary to decipher what they all mean. Struggling to decode your pattern? Alt → alternate approx → approximately beg → beginning bet → between bo → bind off ca → color a cb → color b cc → contrasting color co → cast on dec → decrease/decreases/decreasing fl → front loops foll → follow/follows/following inc → increase/increases/increasing k → knit k2tog. Standard knitting abbreviations used commonly in knitting patterns