Knitting abbreviations — these are the most common ones that modern knitters use.  Sure… there are probably thousands more… but for the basics, I have tried to include the everyday knitting abbreviations.

When you first start to knit… It all looks like a foreign language. And still, as an experienced knitter, I am sometimes an unusual term or abbreviation that I find in a knitting pattern or book still STUMPS me.. There are too many to list all abbreviations here. Each knitting culture has its own stitches — so that the stitches you would find for Japanese knitting, would have some different stitches than Aran knitting. But these abbreviations, for the most part, are the most commonly used throughout the knitting world

MOST COMMON KNITTING ABBREVIATIONS

knitting abbreviations
knitting abbreviations
knitting abbreviations

To download a PDF of this chart, click HERE!

Knit Charts: Alternative to Text Instructions Publishers and authors also use stitch charts aside from using words to describe a pattern stitch. Stitch charts illustrate how a lace, color work or pattern will look once it is knitted. This means you can easily identify errors when using stitch charts

Hope you find these knitting abbreviations to be helpful!

Check out more knitting information, tips and techniques on my main KNITTING page. And Pick up your FREE pattern for the CANYON HAT HERE and the RIVER HAT HERE!    here is also a link on how to do the MAGIC LOOP technique that I used for the hat.

“…the number one reason knitters knit is because they are so smart that they need knitting to make boring things interesting. Knitters are so compellingly clever that they simply can’t tolerate boredom. It takes more to engage and entertain this kind of human, and they need an outlet or they get into trouble.”

“Knitters just can’t watch TV without doing something else. Knitters just can’t wait in line, knitters just can’t sit waiting at the doctor’s office. Knitters need knitting to add a layer of interest in other, less constructive ways.”

― Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

 

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