Essential Knitting Abbreviations and Patterns

Abbreviations

RT - Right Twist (skip 1 stitch and knit the second stitch, leave on needle; then knit the skipped stitch, slip both stitches from the needle together).

LT - Left Twist (skip 1 stitch and knit into the back of the second stitch, leave on needle; then knit the skipped stitch, slip both stitches from the needle together).

Knitting Instructions

Knitted in a multiple of 8 stitches and an 8-row repeat.

Row Instructions

Row 1 and all wrong side rows: purl all stitches.

Row 2: * LT, k2, LT, RT; repeat from * to end.

Row 4: K1, * LT, k2, RT, k2; repeat from * to end.

Row 6: * RT, LT, RT, k2; repeat from * to end.

Row 8: K3, * LT, k2, RT, k2; repeat from * to last 5 stitches, LT, k3.