Abbreviations Stitch Guide

Provided by The Crochet Crowd

Abbreviations are the short forms of longer puff - puff stitch, usually assigned in pattern
words used in a typical crochet pattern. rem - remaining
rep - repeat
Abbreviations in patterns may have capital letters rnd(s) - round
and usually reflects puntuation of sentence struc- rs - right side
ture. It makes no difference if the abbreviation has rsc - reverse single crochet
a capital letter or is all in lower case. sc - single crochet
shell - usually assigned in a pattern
alt - alternative sk - skip
approx - approximately sl st - slip stitch
bp - back post sp - space
blo - back loop only st(s) - stitch
bpdc - back post double crochet tog - together
beg - beginning tr - treble
bet - between trtr - triple treble
bl - back loop dbl tr - double treble
bo - bobble ttr - triple treble
ch - chain v-st - v stitch, usually assigned in a pattern
ch-sp - chain space ws - wrong side
cl - cluster, usually assigned in pattern yo - yarn over
cont - continue yoh - yarn over hoo
dbl - double [ ] - Do instructions in brackets the suggested
dc - double crochet number of times
dcfp- double crochet front post ( ) - Do instructions in brackets the suggested
dec - decrease number of times
dir - directions * - Repeat instructions from this point.
dnt - do not turn ** - Indicates there are two different repeats
dtr - double treble within the same sentence that overlap.
ea - each
ex sc - extended single crochet Contraction Abbreviations
fl - front loop These abbreviations are meaningless without
flo - front loop only being combined with another abbreviation to
fp - front post tell you which stitch is assigned.
fo - finish off/ fasten off/fasten on
foll - following bp - back post (example: trbp)
gr - group blo - back loop only (example: dcblo)
hdc - half double crochet fl - front loop (example: hdcfl)
hk - hook flo - front loop only (example: scflo)
in - inch tog - together (example: dc4tog)
inc - increase
inst - instructions When reading abbreviations, say it as the full name. For
lp - loop example, ch, do not say c-h, say chain in your mind or
out loud.
mr - magic ring
pat st - pattern stitch They are typical, should there are more but usually the
pm - place marker designer will indicate the abbreviation plus give its mean-
pc st - popcorn stitch ing.
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