Common Knitting Abbreviations

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Beg	Beginning
BO	Bind off
CC	Contrasting Color
CO	Cast on
Cont	Continue
Dec	Decrease
Dpn	Double-pointed needles
Inc	Increase
K	Knit
K1b	Knit one through back loop
LH	Left hand
M1	Make 1 stitch
MC	Main Color
Meas	Measure
P	Purl
Patt	Pattern
Pu	Pick up
P1	Purl one through back loop
Rem	Remaining
Rep	Repeat
Skp	slip 1 stitch, knit 1 stitch, pass the slipped stitch over the knit stitch
St	Stitch
Tbl	Through back loop
Tog	Together
Yo	Yarn over
WS	Wrong side

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