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Needle Sizes and Glossary

NEEDLE SIZES
YARN WEIGHT
US
METRIC
UK
UK
US
0
2mm
14
4ply
Sport
1
2.25mm
13
Double Knitting
Light worsted
-
2.5mm
-
Aran
Fisherman/Worsted
2
2.75mm
12
Chunky
Bulky
-
3mm
11
Super chunky
Extra bulky
3
3.25mm
10
4
3.5mm
-
5
3.75mm
9
6
4mm
8
7
4.5mm
7
8
5mm
6
9
5.5mm
5
10
6mm
4
10½
6.5mm
3
-
7mm
2
-
7.5mm
1
11
8mm
0
13
9mm
00
15
10mm
000
17
12mm
-
19
15mm
-
36
20mm
-
50
25mm
-

KNITTING ABBREVIATIONS
alt
 alternate
approx
 approximately
beg
 beginning
CB
 cable back
CC
 contrast colour
CF
 cable forward
circ
 circular
corresp
 corresponding
cm
 centimetre(s)
cn
 cable needle
cont
 continue
dec
 decrease (work two stitches together)
DK
 double knitting
DPN(s)
 double pointed needle(s)
est
 established
foll
 following
folls
 follows
g
 gram
g st
 garter stitch
inc
 increase
in/ins
 inch/inches
K
 knit
KFB
 knit into front and back of stitch
kwise
 by knitting the stitch
K2tog
 knit two together
lp(s)
 loop(s)
LH/lh
 left hand
LT
 left twist
meas
 measures
m
 metre(s)
mm
 millimetere(s)
M1
 make one
M1L
 make one twisted to the left
M1R
 make one twisted to the right
M1p
 make one purlwise
MB
 make bobble
MC
 main colour
MS
 main shade
m-st
 moss stitch
No
number
oz
 ounces
P
 purl
patt(s)
 pattern(s)
patt rep(s)
 pattern repeat(s)
patt 2 tog
 pattern next 2 sts together, keeping continuity of patt
PB
 place bead
PFB
 purl into front and back of stitch
PM
 place marker
P2tog
 purl 2 together (1 stitch decreased)
P3tog
 purl 3 together (2 stitches decreased)
prev
 previous
psso
 pass slipped stitch over
p2sso
 pass two slipped stitches over
pwise
 by purling the stitch
rem
 remain/remaining
rep(s)
 repeat(s)
rev
 reverse, reversing
rev st st
 reverse stocking stitch
RH
 right hand
rnd(s)
 round(s)
RS
 right side
skpo
 slip one stitch, knit one stitch, pass slipped stitch over
s2kpo
 slip 2 stitches as if to work k2tog, k1, pass both slipped stitches over the knitted stitch
SH(s)
 stitch holder(s)
Sl slip
sl st slip stitch
slm slip marker
SSK slip 2 stitches to RH needle one at a time, knit 2 slipped stitches together tbl
SSP slip 2 stitches to RH needle one at a time, purl 2 slipped stitches together tbl
st(s) stitches
st st stocking stitch
tbl through back of loop
tfl
 through front of loop
tog together
w&t wrap and turn
WS wrong side
wyib with yarn in back
wyif with yarn in front
yb take yarn to back (no inc)
yf bring yarn to front (no inc)
yfwd yarn forward
yo yarn over
yon
 yarn over needle
yrn yarn round needle
y2rn
 yarn wrapped twice around needle
0 no stitches or number of times

Semi-solid - semi-solid shades/colours are a single colour but as they have been hand-dyed they have subtle shade variations within the skein, this is why they are also referred to as limited edition - the exact variations and hues cannot be repeated from lot to lot!

Virgn Wool - wool that has been spun for the first time.