

                            WORD & PHRASE EQUIVALENTS

    ENGLISH                                 AMERICAN

    Alternate                               Every other
    Balaclava                               Cold weather hood
    Cast off                                Bind off
    Double crochet                          Single crochet
    Double treble                           Treble crochet
    Grafting                                Weaving
    Half treble                             Half double crochet
    Hank                                    Skein
    Jumper                                  Sweater
    Knit up                                 Pick up and knit
    Make a stitch                           Increase
    Miss                                    Skip
    Miss a stitch                           Slip a stitch
    Moss stitch                             Seed stitch
    Pick up loops                           Pick up dropped stitch
    Pick up stitches                        Knit up stitches
    Pins                                    Needles
    Polo neck                               Turtle neck
    Selvage                                 Edge
    Slip stitch                             Single crochet
    St st (stocking stitch)                 Stockinette stitch
    Tension                                 Gauge
    Top shaping                             Cap shaping
    Treble                                  Double crochet
    Turtle neck                             Mock turtle neck
    Waist coat                              Vest
    Work straight                           Work even
    Yrn/yon                                 Yo


                                            NEEDLE SIZE
    YARN TYPE                      BRITISH (mm)        AMERICAN

    Two-ply (2-ply fingering)        2                  0
    Three-ply (3-ply fingering)      2 3/4              1 or 2
    Four-ply (4-ply fingering)       3                  3
    Double Knitting (DK)             3 1/2 or 4         4 or 5
    Quick Knitting (QK)              3 3/4              4
    Triple Knitting                  4 1/2              6
    Aran Type                        4 1/2 or 5         6 or 7 or 8
    Double Double Knitting           5 1/2 or 6         8 or 9
    Chunky                           6 or 7             10 or 10 1/2
    Extra Chunky                     9                  13


                                  ABBREVIATIONS
AC            Alternate Color            hk      hook
alt           alternate                  inc     increase
altog         altogether                 incl    including
approx        approximately              incl    inclusive
B             bobble                     in(s)   inch(es)
B             Back of stitch             inst    instructions
b             in back of stitch          k       knit
BC            Back Cross                 kbl     knit from back of loop
beg M         beginning marker           kfb     knit from back of next stitch
bet           between                    kpk     knit, purl, knit
BG            Body Gauge                 kssb    knit slip stitch through the
bl            block (solid mesh)                   back
BO            bind off                   kwise   knitwise
bo            bobble                     k2tog   knit 2 stitches together
bo            binding off                k2tog-b knit 2 stitches together
but           buttonhole                           through the back loop
cab           cable                      k up 1  pick up and knit the stitch
cc            contrasting color                  in the row below
CC            Contrasting Color          L       left
ch            chain                      L       light
ch            chain previously made      LC      Left Cross
              (e.g., ch-1)               lg      large
cl            cluster                    LH      Left Hand
cont          continue                   lhn     left hand needle
cms           centimeters                LN      Left Needle
CN            Cable Needle               lp(s)   loop(s)
CO            cast on                    lt      light
co            casting off                LT      Left Twist
col           color                      l.h.    left handle needle
Con           contrasting color          m       meters
cont          continue                   m       mes(es)
Cr            Cross                      M       Make
Cr L          Cross to the Left          M       marker
Cr R          Cross to the Right         MB      Make Bobble
dbl dec       Double Decrease            MC      Main (or background) color
dble          double                     med     medium
dble tr       double treble crochet      mm      millimeters
dc            double crochet             M1      Make One
dec           decrease                   m-st    moss stitch
diag          diagonal                   mult    multiple(s)
diam          diameter                   MY      main yarn
dir           directions                 no
dk            dark                       number
DK            double knitting            opp     opposite
DKK           double-double knitting     ORL     or required length
dpn           double-pinted needle       oz      ounces
dtr           double treble crochet      p       picot
E             every                      p       purl
EOR           Every Other Row            pat(s)  pattern(s)
ext           exterior                   patt    patern
FC            Front Cross                pc      popcorn
fin           finished                   pfb     purl into front and back of
foll          following                            next stitch
fr            front side (facing         pfl     purl from back of loop
                knitter)                 pnso    pas next stitch over
g             grams                      pr      pair
G             Gauge                      prec    preceding
g-st          garter stitch              prev    previous
GN            Gauge Needle               PR      Previous Row or Round
gp            group                      psso    pass slipped stitch over
gr            grams                      pwise   purlwise
GS            Gauge Stitch               p2tog   purl 2 stitches together
GS            Ground Shade               p2tog-b purl 2 stitches together
h tr          half treble                          through the back loop
hdc           half double crochet        PU      Pick Up stiches
RC            Right Cross                yf      yarn forward
rem           remain(ing)                yfd     yarn forward
rep           repeat                     yfwd    yarn foward
rev st st     reverse stockinette        yfon    yarn forward and over needle
                stitch                   yfrn    yarn forward and round needle
RGN           Ribbing Gauge Needle       yfwk    yarn front of work
RH            Right Hand                 yo      yarn over
rhn           right hand needle          yon     yarn over needle
rib           ribbing                    yo2     a double yarn over
RN            Right Needle               yrh     yarn round hook
rnd(s)        round(s)                   yrn     yarn round needle
rpt           repeat                     ytb     yarn to back
RS            Right Side                 ytf     yarn to front
RT            Right Twist                zip     zipper
sc            single crochet             "       inches
sel           selvage                    * *     repeat all instructions between
sk            skip                                 the asterisks
skn(s)        skein(s)                   ( )     repeat all instructions between
skp           slip, knit, purl                     the parentheses
SKP           slip 1, knit 1, pass       ( )     alternate measurements &
                slip stitch over                   alternate instructions
skpo          slip 1, knit 1, pass       [ ]     alternate measurements between
                slip stitch over                   brackets
sl            slip                       *       repeat stopping point
sl st         slip stitch                          (e.g., repeat to *)
sl lb         slip a stitch onto a
                cable need at back of
                the work
sl lf         slip a stitch onto a
                cable needle at back
                of the work
sm            small
sp            space (open mesh)
sp            single point needle(s)
ssk           slip, slip, knit
st(s)         stitch(es)
st st         stockinette stitch
tbl           through back of loop
tch           turning chain
tfl           through front loop
tog           together
tr            treble crochet
trn           turn
tr tr         double treble
wb            wool back
WE            work even
wf            wool forward
wft           wool front
wl            wool
wl.bk         wool back
wl.fwd        wool forward
wo            wool over or weave over
won           wool over needle
wrh           wool round hook
wrn           wool round needle
WS            wrong side
wu            wool under or weave
                over
wyib          with the lead yarn in
                the back
wyif          with the lead yarn in
                the front
yarn          yarn around needle
yaw           yarn around wool
yb            yarn back
ybk           yarn backward

