Crochet Abbreviations Explained
Crochet abbreviations available in a neat table of crochet terms and abbreviations to refer to.
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If you are fairly new to crochet or planning to start a crochet business, you might need to refer to this often, because when you start out, crochet terms and abbreviations can be difficult to both understand and remember.
Common Crochet Terms and Abbreviations
| alt: alternate | dnt: do not turn |
| approx: approximately | dtr: double treble crochet |
| bl/bk lp: back loop | ea: each |
| blo: back loop only | fl: front loop |
| bpdc: back post double crochet | flo: front loop only |
| beg: begin, beginning | fp: front post |
| bet: between | fpdc: front post double crochet |
| bp: back post | fpsc: front post single crochet |
| bpdc: back post double crochet | fptr: front post treble crochet |
| bpsc: back post single crochet | fo: finish off, fasten off |
| bptr: back post treble crochet | foll: following |
| CA: color A | grp: group |
| CB: color B | hdc: ha lf double crochet |
| cc: contrasting color | hk: hook |
| ch: chain | HOTH: hot off the hook (just finished project) |
| chsp: chain space | htr: half triple crochet |
| cl: cluster | inc: increase |
| cont: continue | ldc: linked double crochet |
| dc: double crochet | lp(s): loop(s) |
| dc2tog: double crochet 2 stitches together | mc: main color or magic circle |
| dec: decrease | nxt: next |
| opp: opposite | sl st: slip stitch |
| p or pc: picot | sp: space |
| pat / patt: pattern | st(s): stitch(es) |
| pm: place marker or stitch marker | tch or tch: turning chain |
| prev: previous | tbl: through back loop |
| rem: remaining | tog: together |
| rep: repeat | tr: triple or treble crochet |
| rib: ribbing | trtr: t riple treble crochet |
| rnd: round | WIP: work in progress |
| rs: right side | Work even: Work in pattern already established without increasing or decreasing stitches |
| rsc: reverse single crochet (crab stitch) | ws: wrong side |
| sc: single crochet | UFO: unfinished object |
| sc2tog: single crochet 2 stitches together | vst: Vstitch |
| sh: shell | x: times. For example 2x means two times |
| sk: skip | yo or yoh: yarn over or yarn over hook |
| sl knot: slip knot | |
| [ ] = Repeat instructions within brackets | |
| ( ) = Repeat instructions within parenthesis | |
| * = Repeat instructions within asterisks |
In the download, you’ll find all the usual and common crochet terms that a beginner would need to know, along with a few more advanced stitches so that you’ll never need to look up something in future when your crochet skills grow.
There are also a few blank spaces left where you can include any terms you see that aren’t familiar to you, or that are unique to a pattern you are working on.
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