| AH |
arm hole  |
| alt |
alternate(ly) |
| altog |
all together |
| ANR |
all needle rib |
| approx |
approximate(ly) |
| At the same
time |
two techniques
performed at the same time (i.e. shaping the neck and shoulders) |
| BB |
back bed
|
| beg |
begin(ning)(s) |
| BH |
button hole |
| BLg |
back length |
| BNO |
back neck opening |
| BO |
bind off |
| BOLT |
bind off with
latch tool |
| CAL |
carriage at left
|
| CAR |
carriage at right
|
| carr |
carriage (cam
box) (lock-Passap) |
| CB |
cam box (carriage/lock) |
| CC |
clearing cams
(generic term for part/slip/empty buttonscontrasting color |
| CC |
contrasting color |
| CCO |
closed cast on |
| CH |
chain cast on
(latch tool/crochet cast on) |
| circ |
circular |
| CLCO |
closed cast on |
| cm |
centimeter(s)
(1cm =2.54 inches) |
| CO |
cast on |
| COC |
cast on comb |
| COBH |
cast on by hand
|
| col |
color |
| COL |
carriage on left
|
| con |
contrast |
| cont |
continu(e)(ed)(es)(ing) |
| COR |
carriage on right |
| CR |
carriage release |
| CY |
contrast yarn |
| DB |
double bed |
| dc |
double crochet |
| dec |
decrease(s)(ing) |
| DK |
double knit |
| DR |
double rib |
| E |
every |
| ea |
each |
| E/N or EN |
every needle |
| ENR |
every needle rib |
| EON |
every other needle |
| EOR |
every other row |
| EOS |
every other stitch |
| E/R or ER |
every row |
| ev |
every |
| FB |
front bed (this
is the ribber for Japanese machines and the main bed for Passap) |
| FF |
full(y) fashion(ed) |
| FF dec |
fully fashioned
decrease (using the 2 or 3 prong transfer tool, move the two or three
edge stitches inwards by 1 needle) |
| FF inc |
fully fashioned
increase (using the 2 or 3 prong transfer tool, move the two or three
edge stitches outwards by 1needle. Pick up the top of a stitch or purl
bar from the row below and hang on the empty needle) |
| FI |
fairisle fig |
| fig |
figure |
| FL |
fine lace |
| FLg |
front length |
| FNO |
front neck opening |
| FNP |
first needle position |
| FNR |
full needle rib |
| foll |
following |
| ft |
foot (feet) |
| g |
gram (454g = 1LB) |
| G-bar or GB |
garter bar |
| G-carr or GC |
garter carriage |
| GS |
garter stitch
|
| H |
holding position |
| HP |
holding position
(D or E depending on brand of machine. Needles are in the most forward
position and the carriage is set to hold or partial knit) |
| H/P |
half-pitch |
| I |
working position
(Passap) |
| IC |
intarsia carrriage |
| in |
inch(es) |
| inc |
increas(e)(es)(ed)
(ing)
|
| K |
knit(ting) |
| KCI |
dial position
on Brother machines |
| KCII |
dial position
on Brother machines |
| K/K |
knit/knit |
| KP |
knit position
or WP |
| K#R |
knit (number of)
row(s) |
| KWK |
knit across, wrap,
knit back |
| L
|
lace |
| L |
left |
| lb |
pound(s) |
| LC |
lace carriage |
| LH |
left hand side |
| LOL |
lock on left (Passap) |
| LOR |
lock on right
(Passap) |
| MB |
main bed |
| MC |
main carriage |
| MC |
main color |
| MC |
multi-color (Brother) |
| mm |
millimeter(s)
|
| MT |
main tension |
| MT -1,-2,-3 |
main tension less
1, 2, 3 whole numbers |
| MT +1,+2, +3 |
main tension plus
1, 2, 3 whole numbers |
| MY |
main yarn |
| n(s) |
needle(s) |
| ndl(s) |
needle(s) |
| NB |
note (take note) |
| No |
number |
| NRB |
needle return
buttons |
| NSB |
needle selection
buttons |
| NWP |
non-working position |
| 0 |
central position
on needle bed |
| O |
neutral position
(Passap) |
| O/0 |
no stitches or
rows worked |
| OCO |
open cast on |
| opp |
opposite |
| OS |
out of service
or NWP |
| OWP |
out of work |
| oz |
ounce(s) |
| p |
purl |
| PAT |
pusher aligning
tool (Passap) |
| pat(s) |
pattern(s) |
| patt(s) |
pattern(s) |
| Pb |
push button |
| PC |
punch card |
| PK |
partial knitting
(short rowing) |
| PU |
pick up |
| r |
row(s) |
| R |
right |
| RB |
ribber bed |
| RC |
return cams (holding
position levers) |
| RC |
row count(er) |
| R.C. |
ravel cord |
| rem |
remain(ing) |
| rep |
repeat |
| rev |
reverse |
| RH |
right hand |
| RHS |
right hand side |
| rnd(s) |
round(s) |
| RP |
rest postion or
HP (Passap) |
| rsc |
reverse single
crochet |
| RT |
rib tension |
| SB
|
single bed |
| sc |
single crochet |
| SD |
selector dial
(Passap) |
| SL |
slip 1 |
| SH |
shoulder |
| sl |
slip(ped)(ping) |
| SHR |
short row |
| sp(s) |
space(s) |
| SR |
short row |
| SS |
stitch size (the
number on the tension or stitch dial) |
| S/S |
stockinette stitch |
| std |
standard |
| strd |
strand |
| st(s) |
stitch(es) |
| StS |
stitch size |
| st st |
stockinette stitch |
| SY |
scrap yarn |
| T |
tension |
| T.# |
tension plus number
of dots |
| T's |
# of times |
| TC |
transfer carriage |
| TD |
tension dial |
| Ten |
tension |
| TO |
take off |
| tog |
together |
| trams |
transfer |
| U/A |
under arm
|
| UWP |
upper working
position |
| W |
waist |
| WE |
work even |
| WK |
waste knit (knit
a few rows and remove from machine using WY) |
| WOCO |
wind on cast on
(e-wrap cast on) |
| WP |
working position |
| WY |
waste yarn |
| yd |
yard(s)
|
| YO |
yarn over |
| YM |
yarn marker (visual
marker created by placing a short length of CC yarn on edge stitch needle
or over specified needles before knitting next row) |
| # |
tension number |
| x |
times (number
of times something is done) |
| # sts #x |
number of stitches
for number of times |
| ( ) |
alternate instructions
/ alternate sizes |
