What does k2b mean? The glossary says k1b is “knit into back of stated number of stitches individually” so I’m assuming k2b would mean to knit into back of 2 stitches individually, but what does that mean? The glossary also has “kb” as "knit into the back of the stitch. I am so confused! Grateful for any help!!
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K1b can also mean knit one below so it’s possible that k2b is knit into the stitch 2 rows below. Your pattern may have a list of abbreviations at the beginning or end of the pattern.
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Hi Salmonmac, thanks so much for your response!
I’m doing the “Lionel Lamb Knitting Kit” by Wool Couture. I Googled k2b and saw that it commonly means “knit 2 below”, but I don’t think that’s how it’s being used in the instruction I have. I mentioned in my post that the list of abbreviations defines “k1b” as ”knit into back of stated number of stitches individually”, so I think that means “k2b” would be “knit into back if 2 stitches individually”. Is that how to interpret it and if so, what does that mean? As in, how do I do that? I added a photo of the abbreviations and hope that helps 
Thank you so much in advance! 
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Ah, thank you. It’s k1b (knit into the back of the stitch) in each of the next 2 sts. So k1b, k1b. This will twist the stitch.
There’s also a k4b so that would be k1b,k1b,k1b,k1b. Same idea for the k7b later on.
The lamb looks adorable!
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Ah thank you SO much! Just to make sure I understand, the abbreviations say kb means “knit into the back of the stitch”, so is k2b essentially the same as kb, just 2 times? And k4b would be 4 times, k7b is 7 times, etc? I wonder why they didn’t just say “kb 4 stitches” — that would be less confusing! Haha
I agree, it’s a confusing way to introduce a new abbreviation. Good luck with it and please post a photo when you finish.
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Thanks again! Really appreciate the help!! 
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