Good morning beautiful people, I hope you are well and looking forward to a great day ahead. Today I would like to focus on terms and abbreviations used by crocheters around the world.I was motivated to do this article by a friend of mine who prefers crotcheting to knitting. This article will be beneficial to a beginner crocheter who may be having a hard time interpreting patterns written by other people as most crocheters use abbreviations when writing patterns so as to save time. In the coming weeks I will be showing you how these terms and abbreviations apply during crotcheting. So let’s get started.
Crocheting can be defined as the art or process of creating fabric by interlocking loops of yarn, thread or strands of other materials using a crochet hook.
A crochet hook also known as the Shepherd’s hook is a tool consisting of a slender handle with a hook on one or both ends which is used to pull thread or yarn through loops to create crochet stitches.
Commonly used terms and abbreviations include :
() =alternate instructions
[] =repeat a series of instructions given inside the brackets
*=repeat instructions following single asterisks as directed
* *=repeat instructions between asterisks as many times as directed
“=inches
Ch(s) =chain (s)
Cl =cluster
Sc=single crochet
Dc=double crochet
Hdc=half double crochet
Fsc=foundation single crochet
Fdc=foundation double crochet
Sk=skip
Sl st=slip stitch
Yoh=yarn over hook
Yo =yarn over
BL=Back loop
FL=front loop
BP=Back post
FP=Front post
Flp=through front loop only
Bpdc=Back post double crochet
Fpdc=Front post double crochet
Bpsc=Back post single crochet
Fpsc=Front post single crochet
Tr=treble /triple crochet
Tr tr =triple treble crochet
Bptr=Back post treble crochet
Fptr=Front post treble crochet
Sh=Shell
Tss=Tunisian simple stitch
Tks=Tunisian knit stitch
Tps=Tunisian purl stitch
Tdc=Tunisian double crochet
WS=Wrong side
RS=Right side
MC=Main colour
CC =Contrasting colour
P= Picot
Pat= Pattern
Pop= Popcorn
Rnd(s) = round (s)
Dec= Decrease
Inc= Increase
Prev= Previous
PM= Place marker
Cont= Continue
Bet= Between
Alt = Alternate
Rem= Remaining
Rep= Repeat
Rev sc= Reverse single crochet
Esc= Extended single crochet
Eesc= Extra extended single crochet
Esk= Edge Solomon’s knot
Dc cl= Double crochet cluster
Ehdc= Extended half double crochet
Etr=Extended treble crochet
Lsc= Long single crochet
Ldc= Long double crochet
LTR= Linked treble crochet
Qtr = Quadruple treble crochet
Htr= Half treble crochet
Dtr= Double treble crochet
Tr spl= Treble split
Tr dec= Treble decrease
Tr2tog= Treble two together
Tr4tog= Treble four together
Dbl sh= Double shell stitch
DNT dc= Do not turn double crochet
DC DEC= Double crochet decrease
Dc2tog = Double crochet two together
Sc dec= Single crochet decrease
Sc2tog = Single crochet two together
Sc ps= Single crochet puff stitch
Ps= Puff stitch
For those of you who prefer crocheting to knitting I hope this article will be of help to you and for those who prefer knitting to crocheting there is a previous article that I did on knitting terms and abbreviations, you can look it up. I hope you find these articles of help to you and if there is something you think I left out or you would want me to do an article on, you can leave those comments below. Until next time have a meaningful day.
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