Abbreviations 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 |
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