Standard Abbreviations

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Standard Abbreviations
beg	beginning
CC	contrast color
ch	chain
cm	centimeter(s)
cn	cable needle
dec(s)	decrease/decreases/decreasing
dpn(s)	double pointed needle(s)
g	gram(s)
inc(s)	increase/increases/increasing
k	knit
k2tog	knit 2 stitches together
kfb	knit in front and back
kwise	knitwise
LH	left hand
m	meter(s)
MC	main color
mm	millimeter(s)
oz	ounce(s)
p	purl
p2tog	Purl 2 stitches together
pat(s)	pattern
pm	place marker
psso	pass slipped stitch over
pwise	purlwise
rem	remain/remains/remaining
rep(s)	repeat(s)
RH	right hand
rnd(s)	round(s)
RS	right side
skp	slip 1 knitwise, knit 1, pass slipped stitch over - a left-leaning decrease
sk2p	slip 1 knitwise, knit 2 together, pass slipped stitch over the stitch from the knit-2-together decrease--a left-leaning double decrease
sl	slip
sl 1 kwise	slip 1 knitwise
sl 2 pwise	slip 1 purlwise
sl st(s)	slip stitch(es)
sm	slip marker from LH to RH needle
ssk	slip 2 stitches, 1 at a time, knitwise; knit these stitches together through the back loops-- a left-leaning decrease
st(s)	stitch(es)
St st	stockinette stitch
tbl	through the back loop
tog	together
WS	wrong side(s)
wyib	with yarn in back
wyif	with yarn in front
yd(s)	yard(s)
yfwd	yarn forward
yo (yo's)	yarn over(s)
"	inch(es)
•	repeat instructions following asterisk(s) as directed
[]	work instructions within brackets as many times as directed
()	work instructions within parentheses in the place directed