KNITTING RESOURCES

Abbreviations

List of Abbreviations

Matters of Gauge

Gauge Does Matter The Importance of Checking Errata and the Power of Gauge

Some Basics & Specifics on Felting

Basic Blocking and Felting Blocking & Felting Tube Baguettes Finishing Tube Baguettes Felting the Lattice Bag and Other Fair Isle Bags

Purses with Frames

Framing Lipstick and Change (As Well as Other Tiny Bags) Sewing Purses into a Frame Using Beads as Anchors

Decorating Bags

Hand-Beading on Bags Cabochons as Ornaments on Bags

Closures

Zippers 101: Cutting Down a Zipper to Fit Zippers 102: Putting Zippers in Bag and Pillow Openings Turnlocks 101: Applying Turnlocks to Bag Flaps

Attending to the Bottom of the Bag

Bag Feet and Stiffener

Lining Advice

Handles 101 Pockets 102 Lining a Rectangular Bag Lining a Triangular Bag

Abbreviations Commonly Used in
Noni Patterns

bo	Bind off
CC	Contrast color
co	Cast on
K	Knit
K1	Knit one stitch
K2tog	Knit two stitches together
Kf&b	Knit through the front and back of the stitch
Kn	Knit number specified by n
lhn	Left hand needle
M1	Increase using a make one
MC	Main color
P	Purl
P1	Purl one stitch
pm	Place marker
Pn	Purl number specified by n
rhn	Right hand needle
RS	Right side (in most cases the knit side, although sometimes used to refer to the side the pattern writer wants to show to the world)
sm	Slip marker
SSK	Slip, slip, knit. A type of decrease that slants the opposite direction from K2tog
St st	Stockinette stitch: knit one row, purl the next and so on.
WS	Wrong side (in most cases the purl side, though as with the “right side” it refers to the side the pattern writer wants to show on the outside).

Abbreviations Used for Denoting
Bag Sizes

C	Circumference
CB	Circumference of the bottom of the bag
CNP	Circumference at the narrowest point
D	Depth
L	Length
W	Width