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

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M1 means "make one" stitch and is used to create an almost invisible increase. The knitter makes a loop with his/her fingers and places it on the right needle as if a stitch was made. On ...

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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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P is the abbreviation for purl, which means to create a stitch by inserting the right needle from right to left in the stitch on left needle while holding yarn in front of work. A loop is pulled ...

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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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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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Rs means "right side" of the knitting. While some knitting patterns are reversible, many have a right and wrong side. Knitters often mark the right side of the work with a pin or marker ...

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Sl is the abbreviation for slip, as in slip 1, knit 1 (sl1, k1.)Stitches may be slipped as if to knit (knitwise) by inserting needle from left to right with yarn in back or purlwise by inserting ...

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