Tips, Tricks and Tutorials Thursday - Crochet Abbreviations
This is the first post for Tips, Tricks and Tutorials Thursday! Every Thursday we are going to be bring you some helpful tips, tricks, and new tutorials to help you on your creative journey. We hope to focus on helpful blog posts, new recipes and teaching new techniques, tips and tricks for our respective arts.
This week I am going to share a list with you of Crochet Abbreviations that may help you learn how to read patterns and may inspire you to try new stitches! As the year goes on I will be making more posts about some of these stitches and how to do them so stay tuned for that. In the mean time I hope you find this list helpful and informative.
I am going to start with the blog I read at Mooglyblog.com and then add to the list as I go.
alt - Alternative/Alternate
beg - Begin/Beginning
bet - Between
blo - Back Loop Only
bp - Back Post
bpdc - Back Post Double Crochet
bpsc - Back Post Single Crochet
bptc - Back Post Treble Crochet
CA - Color A
CC - Contrasting Color
ch - Chain
ch sp(s) - Chain Space(s)
cl - Cluster
cm - Centimeter
cont - Continue
csdc - Chainless Starting Double Crochet
dc - Double Crochet
dec - Decrease
inv dec - Invisible Decrease
dtr - Double Treble
edc - Extended Double Crochet
ehdc - Extended Half Double Crochet
esc - Extended Single Crochet
fdc - Foundation Double Crochet
fhdc - Foundation Half Double Crochet
flo - Front Loop Only
FO - Finish Object or Finish Off
fsc - Foundation Single Crochet
fp - Front Post
fpdc - Front Post Double Crochet
fpsc - Front Post Single Crochet
fptr - Front Post Treble Crochet
hdc - Half Double Crochet
hbdc - Herringbone Double Crochet
HOTH - Hot Off The Hook
inc - Increase
ldc - Linked Double Crochet
lp(s) - Loops
ltr - Linked Treble Crochet
MC - Main Color
MC/ MR - Magic Circle/ Magic Ring
p - Picot
pm - Place Marker
prev - Previous
quadtr - Quadruple Treble
rem - Remaining
rep - Repeat
rnd - Round
RS - Right Side
rsc - Reverse Single crochet (Crab Sitich)
sc - Single Crochet
sk - Skip
sl st(s) - Slip Stitch(es)
sp(s) - Space(s)
st(s) - Stitch(es)
tbl - Through Back Loop
tch - Turning Chain
tog - Together
tr - Treble
trtr - Triple Treble
UFO - UnFinished Object
WIP - Work In Progress
WS - Wrong Side
yo - Yarn Over
Other Types of Stitches:
V Stitch
Blanket Stitch
Moss Stitch
Broomstick Stitch
Puff Stitch
Popcorn Stitch
Bobble Stitch
Waffle Stitch
C2C - Corner to Corner
TSS - Tunisian Simple Stitch
