ABBREVIATIONS AND EXPLANATIONS IN KNITTING PATTERNS.

• sm = together
• m = mask
• r = right
• vr = purl
• m = mask
• p = stick
• omg = round
• ggr = times
• piece = the work
• rs = right side
• vrs = wrong side
• km = edge stitch
• klm = clipping mask
• k = throw
• g = grams
• x = no mask, ignore
• mm = stitch marker (placed on the needle between the stitches)
• mrk = marker stitch (mark with mm)
• lo = loose over, as if it were to be knitted or purled
• twisted = one stitch knitted in the back loop (twisted knit or twisted purl)

Edge mask
Edge sts / km. Edge stitches are often knitted like this: The stitch at the end of each row is knitted. At the beginning of each row, the stitch is slipped off the needle with the yarn in front of the stitch.

Short rows (shortened rows / turning stitches)

• gsr = German Short Rows
• dblm = double stitch created by turning with gsr

German Short Rows
Turning technique to get a fin on the neckline, back and pants. With this technique, you stop in the middle of a row (when stated in the pattern), turn, and knit back. When you stop to turn and knit back, slip the stitch onto the opposite row and pull the thread behind, so that the stitch has "two feet". This prevents holes in the work, and creates an invisible turning technique.
When you knit past the turning point next time, knit these 2 "feet" together.

Decrease stitches on the right and left:
Decrease right: Knit 2 stitches together.
Left decrease: Take 2 stitches off the needle as if to knit, 1 and 1. Place them back on the left needle, and knit the stitches together twisted.

Fellinger

• 2 years together = knit 2 together
• 2 sts tog = 2 stitches together
• 2 m left right
• 2vrrsm = knit 2 twisted together
• 2vrsm = purl 2 together
• 2vrvrsm = 2 twisted purls together
• 3rsm (variant 1) = Slip the first stitch over as if to knit, knit 2psts, pull the slipped stitch over
• 3rsm (variant 2) = Slip the first two stitches as if to knit them together, knit 1, pull the slipped stitches over

Increases
Inc-v = increase left: take the left needle under the thread from the front and knit the thread twisted
Inc-h = increase right: Bring the left needle under the thread from the back and knit the thread.

More increases

• increase 1mh = right-leaning increase: Lift the yarn between the stitches from the back, knit
• increase 1mv = left-leaning increase: Lift the yarn between the stitches from the front, knit twisted
• increase 1muv = First knit in the stitch on the needle, then in the underlying stitch (easiest behind the needle)
• increase 1muh = First knit in the underlying stitch (behind the needle), then in the stitch on the needle
• 2mi1 = Knit in both front and back loops of the same stitch
• 3mi1 = Knit 1k, 1p, 1k in the same stitch or K1, k1, k1 in the same stitch
• 5mi1 = Knit 1k, 1p, 1k, 1p, 1k in the same stitch or 1r, 1k, 1r, 1k, 1r

Braids / Twists

• Twist right / right braid 1×1 / mini braid = Knit in back loop of 2nd stitch, then front loop of 1st stitch, slip both off the needle together
• Twist left / left braid 1×1 / mini braid = Knit in front loop of 2nd stitch, then front loop of 1st stitch, slip together
• Right braid 2×2 = Place 2 stitches on a slip needle behind the work, knit 2, knit the stitches from the slip needle
• Left braid 2×2 = Place 2 stitches on a slip stitch in front of the piece, knit 2, knit the stitches from the slip stitch

ENGLISH WORDS AND ABBREVIATIONS IN KNITTING – GLOSSARY

• ssk = slip, slip, knit: Slip the next two stitches loosely over each other as if they were to be knitted, place them back on the left needle and knit them twisted together
• sssk = as above, but with three stitches
• ssp = slip, slip, purl: Like ssk, but knit twisted purl together
• ssss = as above, but with three stitches

See list of abbreviations and translations below.