What Does cont Mean in Knitting?
cont means continue.
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Continue explained
Keep working as you have been. Often written 'cont in patt', meaning carry on in the established stitch pattern without changing anything.
How you might see it written
Patterns aren't always consistent. cont may also appear as con, or continue. The converter recognizes all of these.
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