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| Abbreviation | Name | Description | Symbols | Found In |
| " | inches | | | (Scott, 2011) |
| * | | Repeat starting point. (Budd, 2011)
Repeat instructions between * as many times as instructed | | (Good Housekeeping Magazine, 1950), (Newton, 2011), (Roberts, 2004), (Taylor, 1968), (Walker, 1968),
(Taylor, 1968)
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() | Square brackets
Round brackets | Repeat instructions between [ ] as many times as instructed
Repeat instructions between ( ) as many times as instructed.
Alternate measurements and/or instructions. (Budd, 2011)
Work instructions within brackets as many times as directed or for entire row. Work instructions within parentheses in the place directed. (The Green Mountain Spinnery Cooperative, 2009) | | (Griffiths, 2004), (Newton, 2011), (Roberts, 2004), (Walker, 1968), Norbury (1952)
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| 00 | yarn over twice | | | |
| 1 st CNB, k1, k1 (CN) | one stitch cable needle back knit one knit one cable needle | Slip one stitch to cable needle and hold in back, knit one stitch, then knit one stitch from the cable needle. |  (Pence, 1997)
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| 1 st CNB, k2, p1 (CN) | one stitch cable needle back knit one purl one cable needle | Slip one stitch to cable needle and hold in back, knit two stitches, then purl one stitch from cable needle. |  (Pence, 1997)
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| 1 st CNF, k1, k1 (CN) | one stitch cable needle front knit one knit one cable needle | Slip one stitch to cable needle and hold in front, knit one stitch, then knit one stitch from the cable needle. |  (Pence, 1997)
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| 1 st CNF, k2, k1 (CN) | one stitch cable needle front knit two knit one cable needle | Slip two stitches to cable needle and hold in front, knit two, knit one from cable needle. |  (Pence, 1997)
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| 1/1/1LCP | one over one over one left purl cross | slip 1 stitch to cable needle at front, p1, k1, k1 from cable needle |  (Maloney, 2006)
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| 1/1/1RCP | one over one over one right cross purl | slip 2 stitches to cable needle at back, k1, {p1, k1] from cable needle |  (Maloney, 2006)
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| 1/1LC | one over one left cross | slip 1 stitch to cable needle at front, k1, k1 from cable needle | (Maloney, 2006)
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| 1/1LPC | one over one left purl cross | slip 1 stitch to cable needle at front, p1, k1 from cable needle |  (Maloney, 2006)
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| 1/1RC | one over one right cross | slip 1 stitch to cable needle at back, k1, k1 from cable needle | (Maloney, 2006)
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| 1/1RPC | one over one right purl cross | slip 1 stitch to cable needle at back, k1, p1 from cable needle |  (Maloney, 2006)
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| 1/2LC | on over two left cross | slip 1 stitch to cable needle at front, k2, k1 from cable needle | (Maloney, 2006)
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| 1/2RC | one over two right cross | slip 2 stitches to cable needle at back, k1, k2 from cable needle |  (Maloney, 2006)
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| 1BC | 1 back cross | single back cross
Slip 1 stitch to cable needle and hold in back, knit 1 then purl 1 from cable needle.
Similar to BC and RT. | | |
| 1o1-LkC | One over one left knit cross | Slip one stitch to cable needle and hold in front, knit one, then knit one from cable needle. (Walker, 1972) |  (Walker, 1972)
(Laidman, 1963)
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| 1o1-LpC | One over one left purl cross | Slip one stitch to dpn and hold in front, purl one, then knit one from dpn. (Walker, Charted Knitting Designs, 1972) |  (Walker, 1972)
 (Laidman, 1963)
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| 1o1-RkC | One over one right knit cross | Slip one stitch to dpn and hold in back, knit one, then knit one from dpn. (Walker, 1972) | (Walker, 1972)
(Laidman, 1963)
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| 1o1-RpC | One over one right purl cross | Slip one stitch to dpn and hold in back, knit one, then purl one from dpn. (Walker, 1972) |  (Walker, 1972)
 (Laidman, 1963)
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2 Gathered stitches
2 stitches from 2 | two gathered stitches | Knit two together, leave original stitches on left-hand needle, knit onto back loops of these two stitches again.
Results in no net change in the number of stitches. | 
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| 2 sts CNB, k1, ssk (CN) | two stitches cable needle back knit one slip slip knit cable needle | Slip two stitches to cable needle and hold in back, knit one, then ssk the two stitches from the cable needle |  (Pence, 1997)
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| 2 sts CNB, k2, k2 (CN) | two stitches cable needle back knit two knit two cable needle | Slip one stitch to cable needle and hold in back, knit two stitch, then knit two stitch from the cable needle. |  (Pence, 1997)
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| 2 sts CNF, k1, k2 (CN) | one stitch cable needle front knit one knit two cable needle | Slip two stitch to cable needle and hold in back, knit two, knit two from cable needle. | (Pence, 1997)
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| 2 sts CNF, k1, k2 (CN) | two stitches cable needle front knit one knit two cable needle | Slip two stitches to cable needle and hold in front, knit one stitch, then knit two stitches from cable needle. |  (Pence, 1997)
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| 2 sts CNF, k2, k2 (CN) | two stitches cable needle front knit two knit two cable needle | Slip one stitch to cable needle and hold in front, knit two stitch, then knit two stitch from the cable needle. |  (Pence, 1997)
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| 2 sts CNF, k2tog, k1 (CN) | two stitches cable needle front knit two together knit one cable needle | Slip two stitches to cable needle and hold in front, knit two stitches together, then knit one stitch from the cable needle |  (Pence, 1997)
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| 2 sts CNF, p1, k2 (CN) | two stitches cable needle front purl one knit two cable needle | Slip two stitches to cable needle and hold in front, purl one stitch, then knit two stitches from cable needle. |  (Pence, 1997)
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| 2/1/2LCP | two over one over two left cross purl | slip 3 stitches to cable needle at front, k2, slip purl stitch to left-hand needle and p1, k2 from cable needle |  (Maloney, 2006)
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| 2/1/2RCP | two over one over two right cross purl | slip 3 stitches to cable needle at back, k2, slip purl stitch from cable needle to left-hand needle and p1, k2 from cable needle |  (Maloney, 2006)
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| 2/1LC | two over one left cross | slip 2 stitches to cable needle at front, k1, k2 from cable needle | (Maloney, 2006)
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| 2/1LPC | two over one left purl cross | slip 2 stitches to cble needle at front, p1, k2 from cable needle |  (Maloney, 2006)
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| 2/1RC | two over one right cross | slip 1 stitch to cable needle at back, k2, k1 from cable needle | (Maloney, 2006)
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| 2/1RPC | two over one right purl cross | slip 1 stitch to cable needle at back, k2, p1 from cable needle |  (Maloney, 2006)
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| 2/2/2KC | two over two over two knit cross | slip 4 stitches to cable needle at front, k2, yarn forward, slip 2 purl stitches from cable needle to left-hand needle, pass cable needle to back, p2 from left-hand needle, yarn back, k2 from cable needle |  (Maloney, 2006)
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| 2/2LC | two over two left cross | slip 2 stitches to cable needle at front, k2, k2 from cable needle | (Maloney, 2006)
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| 2/2LCU | two over two left cross purled | slip 2 stitches to cable needle at front, k2, p2 from cable needle |  (Maloney, 2006)
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| 2/2LPC | two over two left purl cross | slip 2 to cable needle at front, p2, k2 from cable needle |  (Maloney, 2006)
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| 2/2RC | two over two right cross | slip two stitches to cable needle at back, k2, k2 from cable needle | (Maloney, 2006)
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| 2/2RCU | two over two right cross purled | slip 2 stitches to cable needle at back, p2, k2 from cable needle |  (Maloney, 2006)
| (Maloney, 2004) |
| 2/2RPC | two over two right purl cross | slip 2 stitches to cable needle at back, k2, p2 from cable needle |  (Maloney, 2006)
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| 2/3LC | two over three left cross | slip 2 stitches to cable needle at front, k3, k2 from cable needle |  (Maloney, 2006)
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| 2/3RC | two over three right cross | slip 3 to cable needle at back, k2, k3 from cable needle |  (Maloney, 2006)
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| 2BC | two back cross | double back cross
Slip 1 stitch to cable needle and hold in back, knit 2 then purl 1 from the cable needle. | | |
| 2FC | | double front cross
Slip 2 stitches to cable needle and hold in front, purl 1, then knit 2 from cable needle. | | |
| 2o1-LkP | Two over one left knit cross | Slip two stitch to dpn and hold in front, knit one, then knit two from dpn. (Walker, 1972) |  (Walker, 1972)
 (Laidman, 1963)
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| 2o1-LpC | Two over one left purl cross | Slip two stitch to dpn and hold in front, purl one, then knit two from dpn. (Walker, 1972) |  (Walker, 1972)
 (Laidman, 1963)
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| 2o1-RkC | Two over one right knit cross | Slip one stitch to dpn and hold in back, knit two, then knit one from dpn. (Walker, 1972) |  (Walker, 1972)
 (Laidman, 1963)
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| 2o1-RpC | Two over one right purl cross | Slip one stitch to dpn and hold in back, knit two, then purl one from dpn. (Walker, 1972) |  (Walker, 1972)
 (Laidman, 1963)
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