Crochet terminology

Before you can start crocheting, you need to make sure you know the basics, particularly abbreviations for crochet. You might know how to complete basic stitches (or not), but you need to learn what the crochet abbreviations are before you make any progress on a crochet pattern... and crochet has a lot of abbreviations. Some abbreviations are quite simple to figure out without a guide, but some might take a bit to remember. If you look at a crochet pattern, you will see a lot of shorthand…

At present all of our crochet patterns have been written using American Standard crochet terms. Much to our delight we have recently noticed an increase in sales in countries that use UK crochet terms, so we have been busy researching the difference between American and British terms. We are currently looking into translating some of our patterns to UK crochet terms, but in the meantime we have developed some crochet tables charting the difference between the two. kim & tara.

Learn all about crochet terms and use my cheat sheet to help you remember as you learn to read crochet patterns and get the hang of crocheting!

Crochet conversion charts to help you to work out the right crochet hook sizes, yarn weight and terminology. Making understanding crochet patterns easy.

A complete guide to US to UK crochet terms (or convert UK to US crochet terms) with a useful conversion crochet terms chart and all terminology explained.

Crochet Tips and Tricks source: Unravelknit A few people have been PM-ing me lately asking how to read a pattern. I hope this helps, or at least serves as a good refresher!

How to convert US crochet terms to UK (or convert UK to US crochet terms) with this useful conversion crochet terms chart. Simply refer to the chart, find the US or UK equivalent and easily translate the crochet pattern into US or UK terminology. Check out jototheworld.com (and follow me!) for more useful crochet resources, gift ideas and free patterns.

Crochet cheat sheet

How to crochet basic stitches guide, for beginners, simple crochet diagram, symbol and abbreviation that is easy to follow, Chain stitch, ch, Slip stitch, sl st, Single crochet, sc, Half double crochet, hdc, Double crochet, dc, Triple crochet, treble crochet, tr, Back post double crochet, Front post double crochet,