Here is a not-quite-but-I’m-working-on-it list of common abbreviations I use in my knitting patterns, particularly useful for those who have gotten a little pattern zine that abbreviations were cut from for ease of reading.
ABBREVIATIONS
BN: back needle. The needle that contains stitches for either the bottom of foot OR back of leg, depending where in the pattern you are.
FN: front needle. The needle that contains stitches for either top of foot OR front of leg, depending where in the pattern you are.
gm: gusset marker.
k: knit.
k2tog: knit two stitches together as one. (1 st decreased)
kfbf: knit into the front, back, and front again of one stitch. (2 stitches increased)
ln: left-hand needle.
m1l: make one, left leaning. Bring the tip of the left needle under the strand between stitches, from front to back. Knit through the back of the loop to twist it. (1 stitch increased)
m1r: make one, right leaning. Bring the tip of the left needle under the strand between stitches, from back to front. Knit through the front of this loop to twist it. (1 stitch increased)
p: purl.
pm: place marker.
R(s): Row(s), Round(s).
rep: repeat.
rs: right side.
sl: slip stitch (unless otherwise noted, always slip stitch as if to purl with yarn in back).
sm: slip marker.
ssk: slip/slip/knit. Slip one stitch as if to knit. Slip another stitch as if to knit. Insert left needle into the back of these two stitches and knit them together.
st(s): stitch(es).
tbl: through the back loop.
w&t: wrap and turn.
ws: wrong side.