Friday, February 11, 2022

Popular Crochet Abbreviations

Have you ever been reading a crochet article, blog, or pattern and wondered what WIP, SC, or DC meant?  There are a lot of abbreviations and acronyms in the world of crochet.  It can be a little confusing until you get used to the lingo.  Here are is a list I have created over the years to help keep them all straight, until I started to get a little more fluent in the language of crochet.

What are some abbreviations or acronyms you use or have seen?  What is your favorite of the list?  Mine is "frog"  That one had me stumped for quite some time.  "Frog", the action of ripping a portion (or a whole project) apart...."rip it, rip it" (ribbit, ribbit).  Get it?  Ha!  It's still funny to me!

Common Crochet Abbreviations   

r=round or row, depending on the type of project

st=stitch 

sl-st=slip stitch 


sp=space 

ch=chain 

sc=single crochet 

hdc=half double crochet 

dc=double crochet 

tr=treble crochet 

dbl tr=double treble

v-st=v stitch

sk= skip

fo=fasten off 

wip=works in progress

frog=take a project apart (rip it...ribbit)

inc=increase, multiple crochet stitches in a single stitch or chain

dec=decrease, crocheting across multiple stitches or chains to reduce the number of stitches in a row or round

beg=beginning

bl=back loop

fl=front loop

flo=front loop only

blo=back loop only

bp=back post

fp=front post

tog=together

rs=right side

ws=wrong side

yo=yarn over

sc2tog-single crochet 2 together

tog=together

 

 

 


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