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Crochet Glossary

ABBREVIATIONS

Crochet Chain (ch)

Make a slipknot on hook. Yarn over hook and draw it through loop
of slipknot. Repeat, drawing yarn through the last loop formed.
Slip Stitch Crochet (sl st)
Insert hook into stitch, yarn over hook and draw loop through
stitch and loop on hook.
Single Crochet (sc)
Insert hook into an edge stitch, yarn over
hook and draw a loop through stitch, yarn
over hook (Figure 1) and draw it through
both loops on hook (Figure 2).

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Figure 2

Reverse Single Crochet (rev sc)

Working from left to right, insert crochet hook into a knit edge stitch, draw up a
loop, bring yarn over hook, and draw this loop through the first one. *Insert hook
into next stitch to right (Figure 1), draw up a loop, bring yarn over hook again (Figure 2), and draw this loop through both loops on hook (Figure 3). Repeat from *.

Half-Double Crochet (hdc)

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begin; begins; beginning

between
chain
centimeter(s)
continue(s); continuing
double crochet
decrease(s); decreasing; decreased
follows; following
gram(s)
half double crochet
increase(s); increasing; increased
main color
marker
millimeter(s)
pattern(s)
place marker
remain(s); remaining
repeat; repeating
round(s)
right side
single crochet
slip
slip(ped) stitch
stitch(es)
together
treble crochet
wrong side
yard
yarnover
repeat starting point
alternate measurements and/or
instructions
[ ] work bracketed instructions a
specified number of times

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crochet

Take yarn over the hook, insert the

hook into a stitch, yarn over the
hook and draw a loop through the
stitch (3 loops on hook), yarn over
the hook (Figure 1) and draw it
through all the loops on the hook
(Figure 2).
Double Crochet (dc)
Yarn over hook, insert hook into a
stitch, yarn over hook and draw a loop
through (three loops on hook), yarn
over hook (Figure 1) and draw it
through two loops, yarn over hook
and draw it through the remaining
two loops (Figure 2).

Figure 1

Figure 2

Treble Crochet (tr)

Wrap yarn around hook two times, insert hook into a stitch, yarn
over hook and draw a loop through (four loops on hook; Figure
1), yarn over hook and draw it through two loops (Figure 2), yarn
over hook and draw it through the next two loops, yarn over hook
and draw it through the remaining two loops (Figure 3).

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bet
ch
cm
cont
dc
dec(s)(d)
foll
g
hdc
inc(s)(d)
MC
m
mm
patt(s)
pm
rem
rep
rnd(s)
RS
sc
sl
sl st
st(s)
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