Crochet vocabulary

Crochet Tips and Tricks source: Unravelknit A few people have been PM-ing me lately asking how to read a pattern. I hope this helps, or at least serves as a good refresher!

Keep these Cheat Sheets for the Crocheter on hand to find easy tips, short cuts, and ideas for the one who loves to crochet or the one who wants to learn!

Crochet Beginners chart :)

When you start knitting or crocheting, you discover a new vocabulary around yarn. Here is a visual summary of the different types of yarn windings. HANK: Loop of yarn, fastened into a continuous circle with ties. FOLDED HANK: Hank folded in two with a label around it. TWISTED HANK: Hank twisted into a braid and folded

Learn the similarities & differences between American & British Crochet Terms. Free US to UK Stitch Conversion Chart from Crafting Happiness

Before you can start crocheting, you need to make sure you know the basics, particularly abbreviations for crochet. You might know how to complete basic stitches (or not), but you need to learn what the crochet abbreviations are before you make any progress on a crochet pattern... and crochet has a lot of abbreviations. Some abbreviations are quite simple to figure out without a guide, but some might take a bit to remember. If you look at a crochet pattern, you will see a lot of shorthand…

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This post includes German Crochet Terms which have been translated to English Crochet Terms (American Terms). We have more German Crochet Terms available too!