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Inc is short for increase in a knitting pattern. To increase the number of stitches, a knitter may work into both the front and back of a stitch, make loops between stitches, or cast on stitches at ...
Dec is the abbreviation for decrease in knitting. Decreases are worked by knitting or purling more than one stitch at a time and/or passing stitches over another stitch and off the needles (as in a ...
Co stands for "cast on" which means to put the initial loops on the needle in preparation for knitting the first row or round. Unless the instructions specify one cast on method, the ...
Cc indicates contrasting color. If a knitting pattern uses only 2 colors, they will be called main color (mc) and contrasting color (cc.) If there are many colors, the pattern will generally ...
Bo is the abbreviation for bind off. To take knitting off the needles and secure it so stitches don't unravel, knitting ends with a bind off row or round in which 2 stitches are worked, the ...
Beginning is abbreviated "beg" in patterns for knitting. An example of use of this term is: beg chart 1. This means to refer to a chart provided in the pattern and work it.
By: kschimmel