Abbreviation Chart This is some of the more common abbreviations that you come across in the writte n instructions

for crochet patterns. Learning to read and write crochet patterns is the same as learning a different foreign language. There are many ways. Crochet is full of shorthand abbreviatio ns. Each author is going to have a different way of expressing their written in structions. Countries and individual people around the world have different ways of expressing crochet written instructions. Just like an author expresses a s tory in a book. It takes time to learn how to interpret written instructions, the same as it tak e times to learn crochet stitches. Keep practicing and it will start to make se nse. A: alt = alternate approx = approximately M: MC = main color M = meters MM = millimeters B: BEG = begining BET = between BL/bk lp = back loop BLO = back loop only BO = bobble BP = back post BPDC = back post double crochet BPDC INC = back post double crochet increase BPDC DEC = back post double crochet decrease BPSC = back post single crochet BPTR = back post triple crochet O: OZ = ounce C: CA = color A CB = color B CC = contrasting color CH = chain CH- = refers to chain previously made/worked CH_SP = chain space CL =cluster CM = centimeter CONT = continue P: PAT = pattern PC = popcorn P = picot PREV = previous D: DC = double crochet DC2TOG = double crochet 2 stitches together DEC = decrease DTR/DTRC = double triple crochet DC INC = Double Crochet Increase DC DEC = Double Crochet Decrease R: REM = remain REP = repeat

REV SC/reverse sc = reverse single crochet RND = round RS = right side E: EA = each S: SC = single crochet sc2tog = single crochet 2 stitches together SK = skip SL ST = slip stitch SP = space ST = stitch SM - Stitch Marker F: FLO = front loop only FP = front post FPDC = front post double crochet FPDC INC = front post double crochet increase FPDC DEC= front post double crochet decrease FPSC = front post single crochet FPTR/FPTRC = front post triple FL - front loop FLO = front loop only T: TBL=through back loop TCH = turning chain TOG = together TC/TRC = triple crochet G: G = gram GRP = groups GS = Galaxy Stitch W: WS = wrong side H: HDC = half double crochet HK = hook HDC INC = Half Double Crochet Increase HDC IDEC = Half Double Crochet Decrease X: X-st = cross-stitch I: INC = increase INC ST = Increase Stitch Y: YD = yard YO = yarn over YOH = yarn over hook YM - Yarn Marker L: LP's = loop LP ST = loop stitch

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