Get needled: Knit this easy-to-make scarf

“Not Another Teen Knitting Book” glossary

• approx approximately
• beg       beginning
• BO        bind off
• CC        contrasting color yarn
• ch         chain
• CO        cast on
• cont      continue, continuing
• dec       decrease, decreasing
• dpn(s)   double-pointed needle(s)
• inc        increase, increasing
• k          knit
• k2tog    knit two stitches together
• LH        left-hand
• M1       make one stitch
• MC       main color yarn
• p          purl
• pat       pattern
• pm        place marker
• PSSO    Pass slipped stitch over
• rem      remaining
• rep       repeat
• rep from *      repeat all the instructions following the asterisk as many times as indicated, in addition to the first time
• RH        right-hand
• rib        ribbing
• rnd       round
• RS        right side
• sc         single crochet
• sl          slip
• SKPO     Slip 1 st, knit 1 st, pass  slipped st over knit st
• S2KP     Slip 2 sts together,
• knit 1     st, pass 2 slipped sts over                    
• knit st ssk      slip, slip, knit (slip 2 stitches, then knit them       together through the back loop)
• St st      stockinette stitch (alternate between knit and purl rows)
• st(s)      stitch(es)
• tbl         through the back loop   work even work in pattern without increasing or decreasing any stitches
• WS       wrong side
• yo         yarn over
• 2yo       double yarn over

Excerpted from “Not Another Teen Knitting Book,” by Vickie Howell. Copyright 2006 by Vickie Howell. Published with permision from Sterling Publishing. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.

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