The Knitty Standard Book of British Birds [the key to our abbreviations & techniques]

alt

alternate

approx approximately beg begin[ning] Information about blocking can be found here and here.

blocking BO cab CC cn CO cont dec dpn foll g i-cord

bind off [cast off] cable contrasting color cable needle cast on continue[ing] decrease[ing] double pointed needles[s] follow[s][ing] grams

Using a double-point needle, CO required number of sts. Next Row: Instead of turning work around to work back on the WS, slide all sts to other end of needle, switch needle back to your left hand, bring yarn around back of work, and start knitting the sts again. I-Cord is worked with the RS facing at all times. Repeat this row to form I-cord. After a few rows, work will begin to form a tube.

inc incl

increase[ing] including

inst k k tbl

instructions knit knit through back of loop

k2tog knit two together kfb m MB MC knit into front and back of stitch meter[s] make bobble main color

m1 Make 1 stitch: Insert left needle, from front to back, under strand of yarn which runs between last stitch on left needle and first stitch on right needle; knit this stitch through back loop. 1 stitch increased. mm mult opp oz p millimeters multiple opposite ounces purl

p2tog purl two together patt[s] pattern[s] pfb pm psso rem rep purl into front and back of stitch place marker pass slipped stitch[es] over remaining repeat reverse stockinette stitch

rev St st RS

right side[s]

rnd[s] round[s] sc single crochet

SK2P SSK SSP sl slp sl st st[s] St st tbl

slip 1 stitch, knit two together, pass slipped stitch over slip 2 stitches as if to knit, then knit those 2 stitches together slip 2 stitches as if to purl, then purl those 2 stitches together slip slip one as if to purl slip stitch stitch[es] stockinette stitch through back of loop[s]

three-needle bind off Hold both halves of knitted piece together, so that needles are parallel. Insert needle into first st on front needle and first st on back needle, and knit them together. *Repeat this for the next st on the front and back needles. Draw the first st worked over the second st.* Repeat from * to * until all sts have been bound off. Break yarn and draw through remaining st. tog WS together wrong side[s]

w&t Wrap and turn. Bring yarn to front of work between needles, slip next st to right-hand needle, bring yarn around this st to back of work, slip st back to left-hand needle, turn work to begin working back in the other direction. YO ** yarn over repeat directions between ** as many times as indicated