What Does k Mean in Knitting?
k means knit.
Knit · General Terms
Knit explained
The most basic knitting stitch. You insert the right needle front-to-back through the stitch on the left needle, wrap the yarn around, and pull a new loop through. When you see a number after it, like 'k3', that means knit that many stitches.
How you might see it written
Patterns aren't always consistent. k may also appear as K. The converter recognizes all of these.
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