ABBREVIATIONS AND TERMS by Roni Knutson (as many as I could find!)
| A, B, C and D | contrast colours | LF | left front |
| 'A' position | non-working position - needles all the way back (lining up with 'A' line on your knitting machine | MB | main bed (machine) |
| atl | alternate | MC | main colour |
| 'B' position | working position (lining up with 'B' line on machine) | mm(s) | millimetre(s) |
| beg | beginning | MT | main tension |
| BO | bind off (cast off) | MT+1 | if MT is 7, knit at 8 |
| CAL | carriage at left | MY | main yarn |
| CAR | carriage at right | N(s) | needle(s) |
| CC | contrast colour | NWP | non-working position |
| ch | chain | 0 | no stitches or rows |
| cm(s) | centimetre(s) | oz. | ounces |
| CO | cast on (or cast off) | P | purl |
| COBH | cast on by hand | patt | pattern |
| cont. | continue | plain | no increase or decrease |
| C position | needle butts line up with C line | RB | ribber |
| dc | double crochet | RC | row counter |
| D position | hold position | rem | remaining |
| dec | decrease | rep | repeat |
| EON | every other needle | R(s) | row(s) |
| EOR | every other row | SS | stitch size |
| EOS | every other stitch | sc | single crochet |
| FB | front bed | st(s) | stitch(s) |
| fig | figure | st st | stocking stitch |
| foll | following | sy | scrap (or waste yarn) |
| FF | fully fashioned | Ten. or T | tension |
| g | grams | Tr | treble crochet |
| HP | holding position (D) | TO | take off |
| hdc | half double crochet | tog | together |
| inc | increase | UWP | upper working position |
| K | knit | WP | working position |
| KL | knitleader | WY | waste or scrap yarn |
| Latch off | cast off using tappet tool | ||