Free Crochet Stitch Guide
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Here’s how it works.
Need a little help with a crochet stitch? Select the stitch from the list below and tap the title to access the stitch multiple, easy written instructions and photo and video tutorials.
Some of the most common stitches include chain (ch), slip stitch (sl st), single crochet (sc), half double crochet (hdc), and double crochet (dc).
New stitch patterns emerge by combining these basic stitches. For example, the Suzette stitch (also known as the Thicket Stitch) is made by alternating single crochet (sc) and double crochet (dc) in a repeating pattern. This is a beginner-friendly stitch, and you can try it with my Suzette Crochet Hat Pattern here.
By working a combination of these basic crochet stitches and chains you can create openwork (lacy fabrics) and mesh designs. You can create texture with crochet post stitches, popcorns, puff stitches and crochet cables. You can also create interest by using stitches like spike stitches and dropped double crochet stitches.
Explore the photo and video tutorials available at Oombawka Design Crochet, or check out my crochet stitches and symbols cheat sheet. If you are looking for my crochet translation project you can find it here.
I’ll keep updating this Crochet Stitch Dictionary as I publish new patterns and tutorials.
Crochet Stitches and Techniques
- 4 Pointed Star Stitch (Marguerite Stitch)
- 4 Ways to Change Your Yarn Mid-Project
- 5 Pointed Star Stitch
- A Crochet Tip You Need to Know!
- Alpine Stitch Tutorial (Video Tutorial)
- Baby Bean Stitch (Video)
- Back Bump of the Starting Chain (Video Tutorial)
- Back Crossed Half Double Crochet Stitch (Video)
- Back Loop Only (Video Tutorial)
- Back Loop Single Crochet Stitch
- Back Post Double Crochet Stitch (BPdc) (Video Tutorial)
- Back Post Half Double Crochet Stitch (BPhdc)
- Back Post Single Crochet
- Basketweave Stitch Tutorial
- Block Stitch Tutorial
- Bobble Stitch Tutorial
- Bumpy Stitch Tutorial
- Catherine Wheel Stitch
- Chain
- Chinese Puzzle Stitch
- Christmas Tree Stitch
- Close Scallops Stitch
- Corner to Corner Stitch (C2C) Right Handed (Left Handed)
- Crab Stitch
- Crocodile Stitch
- Crossed Double Crochet Stitch
- Crossed Single Crochet Stitch
- Cupcake Stitch (aka Sultan Stitch)
- Double Magic Ring (DMR) (Video)
- Double Crochet Stitch (dc) (Video)
- Double Crochet 2 Together (dc2tog) (Video)
- Double Crochet 3 Together (dc3tog) (Video)
- Double Crochet Join (Video)
- Double Treble Crochet Stitch (Video)
- Double Wave Stitch
- Extended Single Crochet Stitch
- Fan and V Stitch
- Front Loop vs Back Loop (how to recognize)
- Front Loop (fl) / Front Loop Only (flo)
- Front Loop Single Crochet
- Front Post Double Crochet (FPdc) (Video)
- Front Post Double Crochet 3 Together (FPdc3tog)
- Front Post Double Treble Crochet (FPdtr)
- Front Post Half Double Crochet (FPhdc) (Quick Video)
- Front Post Half Double Crochet Join
- Front Post Single Crochet (FPsc) (Quick Video)
- Front Post Treble Crochet (FPtr)
- Front Post Triple Treble Crochet (FPtrtr)
- Foundation Double Crochet Stitch (fdc)
- Foundation Half Double Crochet Stitch (fhdc)
- Foundation Single Crochet (fsc)
- Globe Stitch
- Granny Square
- Granny Triangle Square
- Granule Stitch Tutorial (Video)
- Griddle Stitch Tutorial (Video)
- Half Double Crochet (hdc) (Video)
- Half Double Crochet Join (Video)
- Herringbone Double Crochet Stitch (Video) (Super Quick Video)
- Herringbone Half Double Crochet Stitch (Video)
- Houndstooth Stitch Tutorial
- How to Add a Rolled Up Brim to a Top Down Hat Tutorial
- How to Add Grommets to Crocheted Fabric
- How to Add More Double Crochet Stitches to Your Foundation Chain (video)
- How to Add More Half Double Crochet Stitches to Your Foundation Chain (video)
- How to Add More Single Crochet Stitches to Your Foundation Chain (video)
- How to Close the Top of a Hat or Pair of Mittens the Easy Way
- How to Tell WHICH Post to work into for post stitches
- How to Weave in a Very Short Yarn End
- Invisible Decrease Tutorial (great for Amigurumi projects!) (Video)
- Invisible Join Technique
- Iris Stitch Tutorial
- Larksfoot Stitch Tutorial
- Magic Ring (MR) / Magic Circle (MC) (Video)
- Magic Ring Alternative #1 – Slip Knot Ring
- Magic Ring Alternative # 2 – Chain Ring
- Magic Ring Alternative # 3 – Chain Stitch Method
- Magic Ring Alternative # 4 – Magic Row Method
- Mini Bobbles
- Mitered Granny Square
- Nubbins Crochet Stitch
- Picket Fences Crochet Stitch Tutorial
- Pretty Pebbles Stitch
- Puff Stitch
- Quadruple Treble Crochet Stitch Tutorial
- Reversible Crochet Stitch
- Reverse Single Crochet Stitch (aka Crab Stitch) (Video)
- Rib Stitch Tutorial
- Seed Stitch Tutorial (Video)
- Single Crochet Stitch Tutorial (Video)
- Single Crochet 2 Together (sc2tog) (Video)
- Single Crochet 3 Together (sc3tog) (Video)
- Single Crochet Cluster Stitch
- Single Crochet Join (Video)
- Single Crochet V Stitch
- Slip Knot
- Slip Stitch (Video)
- Slip Stitch Join (Video)
- Staggered Paired Half Double Crochet
- Star Stitch (Marguerite Stitch) (Video)
- Standing Double Crochet
- Standing Half Double Crochet
- Standing Single Crochet Stitch
- Stormy Seas Stitch
- Thermal Half Double Crochet Stitch (thdc)
- Third Dimension Stitch Tutorial
- Tread Stitch Tutorial
- Treble Crochet Stitch (tr) (video)
- Treble Crochet 2 Together Stitch (tr2tog) (Video)
- Treble Crochet 3 Together Stitch (tr3tog) (Video)
- Treble Crochet Join (Standing Treble Crochet Stitch) (Video)
- Trinity Stitch (Video)
- Triple Treble Stitch (trtr) (Video)
- Tulip Stitch Tutorial (Video)
- Up and Down Stitch Tutorial
- V-Stitch
- V-Stitch Variation (Victoria)
- V-Stitch Variation (Lacy V Stitch)
- V-Stitch Variation (Cottage Twists)
- V-Stitch Variation (Simple V Stitch)
- Vintage Spider Stitch Tutorial
- Waffle Stitch Tutorial (Video)
- Waistcoat Stitch Tutorial (Video)
- Wattle Stitch Tutorial
- Wave and Chevron Stitch Tutorial
- Whipstitch Tutorial
- Whip Stitch Seam Tutorial Video
- Zig Zag Lozenge Stitch
Chain Space (ch1sp, ch2sp, ch3sp…) A space created when you chain 1, 2 or 3 chains. When you work into the chain space you work into the space beneath the chain you made before. Your current stitch will enclose the chain worked, unless the instructions specify to work in front of or behind or in the loop of the chain itself.
- Create beautiful borders and crochet edgings for your blankets and afghans with one of these pretty stitch patterns.
- Find different ways to join your square crochet motifs, hexagons and granny squares here.
- If you are searching for popular chevrons and wave stitch patterns you will enjoy this post.
Find a selection of my favorite crochet stitch dictionaries and crochet stitch pattern books here. Along with a vast variety of stitches, you will also find information about stitch charts and stitch diagrams, exploring colour and different shapes and crochet motifs.
Check out my other available size charts and measurements here.
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Hi Bonnie, for the solid linked granny square how are the corners? Are they made using 3 dc? or a ch2sp? Thanks! Rhondda
Hi Rhondda, I’ve been searching for a tutorial which shows how to make a ‘Solid Granny Square’ using the “Linked Double Crochet” stitch. I know how to do the stitch but cannot figure out how to work it into a solid granny square pattern. I’ve only been able to find one you tube video and her website tutorial, but she’s quite difficult for me to follow along. I scanned your stitch directory and found many wonderful tutorials, but did not find this one listed. Did you possibly have this tutorial elsewhere? Thank you for all the great tutorials!
Hi Dawn, I’m not sure – it could be Spanish? but I don’t have those abbreviations for the terms we have been given in Spanish. Usually at the beginning of the pattern they would list the abbreviations and terms in full (not just the short-forms of them) – if we had the full word it might be easier to figure this out.
What does. Sbn. Pr. Cab. And 14rp:27cb. Mean
Hi Barbara, some people slip stitch then ch 3 to make things like petals and they count that ch 3 as a dc and do the opposite at the other end of the petal, so chain 3 then slip stitch. We often use a ch 3 as a double crochet at the beginning of rows. The instructions you shared sound like you need to ch 3 and then dc in between the stitches – so not in the top loops of the stitch but the gap between two stitches around all the loops of the stitch maybe?
Please explain what a ch3 DC bet stitch is and how to do it for a crochet project i am doing. Thank you.
Good morning
Just wanted to ask are these stitches us or uk terms.
Kind regards
Jean
Hi Sharon, Usually when a pattern reads “crochet 8 times” it is a repeat of something in the sentence before the wording. I’m uncertain what the 6 on the end is for though. I would have thought it could be a stitch count but maybe are you increasing or decreasing by 6 stitches on that row/round?
Need to know “crochet 8
Times 6” means
Thanks Verna 🙂 I’ve been meaning to add the post for a while – it will help me too so I can find things. With more than 2000 posts on my site now it is getting hard to remember which words to search for things with!
This is a great reference Rhondda. I want to make a stitch sampler blanket to use up some yarn, and this will be an easy way to determine the stitches to use.