Knitting abbreviation - P-b or P1b
Sep 11, 2025
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Updated: Jan 30
Knitting abbreviation P-b or P1b stands for purl stitch in row below. This creates a fuller-looking stitch and is often used in fisherman's rib. This creates a puffy stitch.
To make this stitch, insert the right-hand needle into a stitch below the working stitch purlwise, wrap the yarn around the right-hand needle and pull through the stitch. Slide the worked stitch off the left-hand needle, leaving the new stitch on the right-hand needle.




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