Have you ever picked up a knitting or crochet pattern and thought – is this in another language? Abbreviations are abundant in pattern books and usually there is a key to all the abbreviations somewhere in the book. But what happens if you’ve grabbed a pattern out of a magazine or the rest of the book is missing? Maybe someone copied a pattern for you.
Well, here are a few of the more common abbreviations I found on the Cleckheaton website – need more just click here.
ch=chain
dc=double crochet
dtr=double treble
dec=decrease, decreasing
garter st=every row knit
htr=half treble
inc=increase, increasing
K=Knit
‘M1’=make 1 - pick up loop which lies before next st, place on left hand needle and knit into back of loop
P=Purl
psso=pass slipped st over
sl st=slip st
sp/s=space/s
st/s=stitch/es
stocking st=1 row knit, 1 row purl
tbl=through back of loop
tog=together
tr=treble
yfwd=yarn forward - bring yarn under needle, then over into knitting position again, making a st
yoh=yarn over hook; yon=yarn over needle - take yarn over top of needle into knitting position, making a st
Base (Foundation) chain=the length of chain made at the beginning of a piece of crochet as a basis for constructing the fabric.
Turning chain=one, or more chains, depending upon the length of stitch required, worked at the beginning of a row.
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