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| beg |
| beginning; begin; begins |
| p2sso |
| pass two slipped stitches over |
| bet |
| between |
| pwise |
| purlwise |
| BO |
| bind off |
| RC |
| right cross |
| CC |
| contrasting color |
| rem |
| remain(s); remaining |
| cm |
| centimeter(s) |
| rep |
| repeat; repeating |
| cn |
| cable needle |
| rev St st |
| reverse stockinette stitch |
| CO |
| cast on |
| rib |
| ribbing |
| cont |
| continue(s); continuing |
| rnd(s) |
| round(s) |
| dec(s) |
| decrease(s); decreasing |
| RS |
| right side |
| dpn |
| double-pointed needle(s) |
| rev sc |
| reverse single crochet |
| foll |
| following; follows |
| sc |
| single crochet |
| g |
| gram(s) |
| sk |
| skip |
| inc |
| increase(s); increasing |
| sl |
| slip |
| k |
| knit |
| sl st |
| slip stitch (sl 1 st pwise unless otherwise indicated) |
| klfx |
| knit into front and back of same st |
| ssk |
| slip 1 kwise, slip 1 kwise, k2 sl sts tog tbl (decrease) |
| k2tog |
| knit two stitches together |
| ssp |
| slip 1 kwise, slip 1 kwise, p2 sl sts tog tbl (decrease) |
| kwise |
| knitwise |
| st(s) |
| stitch(es) |
| LC |
| left cross |
| St st |
| stockinette stitch |
| m(s) |
| marker(s) |
| tbl |
| through back loop |
| MC |
| main color |
| tog |
| together |
| mm |
| millimeter(s) |
| WS |
| wrong side |
| M1 |
| make one (increase) |
| wyb |
| with yarn in back |
| p |
| purl |
| wyf |
| with yarn in front |
| plfx |
| purl into front and back of same st |
| yo |
| yarn over |
| p2tog |
| purl two stitches together |
| * |
| repeat starting point (i.e., repeat from *) |
| patt(s) |
| pattern(s) |
| ** |
| repeat all instructions between asterisks |
| pm |
| place marker |
| () |
| alternate measurements and/or instructions |
| psso |
| pass slipped stitch over |
| [] |
| instructions that are to be worked as a group a specified number of times |
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