A complete stitch guide for Grace Akhrem patterns.
Beg – beginning
BO – bind off
CDD – centered double decrease: slip 2 sts as if to k2tog, k1, pass the slipped sts over the knit st.
CC – contrasting color
CO – cast on
Dec – decrease
Dec’d – decreased
Dpn(s) – doubled pointed needle(es)
Inc – increase
Inc’d – increased
K – knit
K2tog – knit 2 sts together [1 st dec’d]
K3tog – knit 3 sts together [2 sts dec’d]
K4tog – knit 4 sts together [3 sts dec’d]
Kfb – knit into the front and back of the same st [1 st inc’d]
Kfbf – knit into the front, back, and front again of the same st [2 sts inc’d]
Kwise – knitwise/as if to knit
LH – left hand
LHN – left hand needle
LN – left needle
M – marker
M1 – make one
MC – main color
P – purl
P2tog – purl 2 together [1 st dec’d]
P3tog – purl 3 together [2 sts dec’d]
P4tog – purl 4 together [3 sts dec’d]
Pm – place marker
Psso – pass slipped stitch over
P1tbl – p1 through back loop
Pwise – purl wise/as if to purl
Rem – remaining
Rep – repeat
RH – right hand
RHN – right hand needle
RN – right needle
RS – right side
Rnd(s) – round(s)
Skpo – Slip one stitch knitwise, knit one stitch, pass the slipped stitch over [1 st dec’d]
Sl – slip
Sl1 – slip one stitch
Sm – slip marker
Ssk – slip 2 sts kwise, one at a time, insert left needle into fronts of these 2 sts and knit together
St(s) – stitch(es)
St.st. – stockinette stitch
Tog – together
Tbl – through back loop
WS – wrong side
Wyib – with yarn in back
Wyif – with yarn in front
W&t – wrap and turn
Yb – yarn in back
Yf – yarn in front
Yo – yarn over