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I thought it would be handy to have a list of crochet abbreviations and terms available for you on the site. I have created a searchable list below for UK Crochet Terms and I have created a pinnable image for you for the beginner crochet stitches, symbols and abbreviations. Click here for the >> US Beginner Crochet Stitches Cheat Sheet <<. For crochet terms in other languages please visit our Crochet Translation Project and our Basic Crochet Terms Translated Posts.

Beginner Crochet Stitches Glossary

UK Terms

SLIP STITCH

Slip Stitch (sl st): Insert your hook into the specified stitch. Yarn over the hook and pull up a loop and pull the same loop through the loop on your hook.

Double CROCHET STITCH

Double Crochet (dc): Insert your hook under both loops (the front and back loop) of the stitch indicated; yarn over the hook and pull up 1 loop (you now have 2 loops on the hook); yarn over the hook and pull through both loops on the hook.

SOMETIMES YOU WILL SEE THE SINGLE CROCHET LIKE THIS:

occasionally this is used to represent the reverse double crochet (crab stitch)

HALF Treble CROCHET STITCH

Half Treble Crochet (htr): Yarn over the hook, insert your hook into the specified stitch; yarn over the hook and pull up 1 loop. You now have 3 loops on the hook. Yarn over the hook and draw through all three loops on the hook.

TREBLE CROCHET STITCH

Treble Crochet (tr):  Yarn over the hook. Insert your hook into the specified stitch; yarn over the hook and pull up 1 loop. There are three loops on the hook. Yarn over the hook and draw through two of the loops on your hook. Two loops remain on the hook. Yarn over the hook and draw through the remaining two loops.

double treble CROCHET STITCH

Double Treble Crochet (dtr): Yarn over the hook 2 times. Insert your hook into the specified stitch and yarn over the hook. Pull up 1 loop. You now have 4 loops on the hook. Yarn over the hook and pull through 2 of the loops on your hook. You now have 3 loops on your hook.  Yarn over the hook and pull through 2 of the loops on your hook.  You now have 2 loops on your hook.  Yarn over the hook and pull through the remaining 2 loops on your hook to complete the stitch.

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You can watch all the basic stitches listed above in this post: Learn to Crochet Stitch Series

The following video is a quick stitch guide showing you all the stitches in approximately 3 minutes:

For a comparison of the US and UK terms please see this handy chart:

UK Crochet Terms and US Crochet Terms

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