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Knitting patterns use a standard set of abbreviations that all knitters need to know.

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Yo means "yarn over" as in laying the working yarn over the right needle from front to back, then proceeding to the next stitch as if a stitch had been made. This yo is knit or purled on ...

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Psso means pass slipped stitch over. It is often used to decrease a stitch, as in the sequence: k1, sl1, psso. A stitch is slipped from left to right needle, the next stitch is worked, then the ...

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Bo is the abbreviation for bind off. To take knitting off the needles and secure it so stitches don't unravel, knitting ends with a bind off row or round in which 2 stitches are worked, the ...

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Rnd means round. One round in circular knitting is equivalent to a row in flat knitting. Rounds are knit on circular or double-pointed knitting needles.

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In color knitting, mc refers to the main color in the project. Colors may also be indicated in a muticolor pattern by letters, in which case the main color is generally "A."

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Cc indicates contrasting color. If a knitting pattern uses only 2 colors, they will be called main color (mc) and contrasting color (cc.) If there are many colors, the pattern will generally ...

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Dec is the abbreviation for decrease in knitting. Decreases are worked by knitting or purling more than one stitch at a time and/or passing stitches over another stitch and off the needles (as in a ...

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