How Do You Understand 7 Common Knitting Abbreviations?
As a novice knitter, not everyone knows how to read patterns, particularly those little abbreviations. Many people learn the craft because they are taught by doing. Here are some steps to help you to understand 7 common knitting abbreviations that a novice to intermediate knitter might come across in a pattern. TBL stands for knitting Through the Back Loop(s). It is a design technique in Knitting. You can also see this denoted as KTBL (Knit through the Back Loop). PSSO means that you need to Pass the Slip Stitch(es) Over. Completing this will give you a left-slanted decrease. You will commonly do this when making socks. For example, you may have slipped a stitch, knit the next stitch and then pass the slipped stitch over the stitch just knitted. SKP represents Slip, Knit and Pass the stitch (slipped) over. This is another form of decreasing that will give you a left-slant. You may also see SK2P. Don’t confuse the two. This abbreviation indicates that you should Slip 1, Knit 2 stitches
