Common Terms and Abbreviations
There are differences in the UK terms and the US terms.
Beginning |beg |
Back loop |bl |
Back Post |bp |
Chain |ch |
Cluster |cl |
Double crochet |dc |
Decrease |dec |
Double treble crochet |dtr |
Front loop |fl |
Front post |fp |
Half double crochet |hdc |
Increase |inc |
Include |incl |
Place marker |pm |
Repeat |rep |
Reverse |rev |
Rounds |rnds |
Right side |rs |
Single crochet |sc |
Slip |sl |
Slip stitch |ss |
Space |sp |
Stitch |st |
Together |tog |
Treble stitch |tr |
Triple treble |tr tr|
Wrong side |ws |
Yarn over |yo |
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