What Does approx Mean in Knitting?
approx means approximately.
Approximately · General Terms
Approximately explained
About, roughly. Usually attached to a measurement or yardage that doesn't need to be exact.
How you might see it written
Patterns aren't always consistent. approx may also appear as approximately, or app. The converter recognizes all of these.
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