Abbreviations
List of AbbreviationsMatters of Gauge
Gauge Does Matter The Importance of Checking Errata and the Power of GaugeSome Basics & Specifics on Felting
Basic Blocking and Felting Blocking & Felting Tube Baguettes Finishing Tube Baguettes Felting the Lattice Bag and Other Fair Isle BagsPurses with Frames
Framing Lipstick and Change (As Well as Other Tiny Bags) Sewing Purses into a Frame Using Beads as AnchorsDecorating Bags
Hand-Beading on Bags Cabochons as Ornaments on BagsClosures
Zippers 101: Cutting Down a Zipper to Fit Zippers 102: Putting Zippers in Bag and Pillow Openings Turnlocks 101: Applying Turnlocks to Bag FlapsAttending to the Bottom of the Bag
Bag Feet and StiffenerLining Advice
Handles 101 Pockets 102 Lining a Rectangular Bag Lining a Triangular BagAbbreviations 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 |