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Finnish Crochet Terms and English Translations

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Do you have a Finnish Crochet Pattern and need to know the terms in English? Here are some of the common Finnish Crochet Terms with their English Translations.

Finnish Crochet Terms and English Translations

Finnish Crochet Terms

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Thank you to: Lisa Natterer and Sari Åström!

Please remember this is a work-in-progress and if you have any suggestions, corrections or terms to add – please send me a message or leave a comment so I can update the chart!

U.S. Terms (Abbreviations)Finnish Terms (Abbreviations)
Back loop (BL)Silmukan takareuna (TR)
Back loop only (blo)Silmukan takareuna (TR)
Back post (BP)Kohovirkkaus takaa (KT)
Back post single crochet (BPsc)Kohovirkkaus takaa – kiinteä silmukka (KTks)
Back post half double crochet (BPhdc)Kohovirkkaus takaa – puolipylväs (KTpuolip)
Back post double crochet (BPdc)Kohovirkkaus takaa – pylväs (KTp)
Back post half triple crochet (BPtr)Kohovirkkaus takaa – pitkä pylväs (KTpp)
Before (bef)Ennen
Beginning (beg)Aloitus / alussa
Between (bet)välissä
Chain (ch)ketjusilmukka (kjs)
Chain space (ch-sp)Ketjusilmukkakaari (kjs-kaari)
Cluster (CL)Klusteri (KL)
Continue (cont)Jatka
CrochetVirkkaus / virkata
Decrease (dec)Vähennä / kavenna
Double crochet (dc)Pylväs (p), Yksinkertainen pylvas
Double (triple) treble crochet (dtr)Kolmoispylvas
Fasten off / bind off (fo / bo)Päättele
Follow / follows / Following (foll)Seuraa / seuraava (seur.)
Front loop (fL)Silmukan etureuna (ER)
Front loop only (flo)Silmukan etureuna (ER)
Front post (FP)Kohovirkkaus edestä (KE)
Front post single crochet (FPsc)Kohovirkkaus edestä – kiinteä silmukka (KEks)
Front post half double crochet (FPhdc)Kohovirkkaus edestä – puolipylväs (KEpuolip)
Front post double crochet (FPdc)Kohovirkkaus edestä – pylväs (KEp)
Front post triple crochet (FPtr)Kohovirkkaus edestä – pitkä pylväs (KEpp)
GaugeTiheys
Half double crochet (hdc)Puolipylvas
Increase (Inc)Lisää
Insert hookLaita koukku (esim. silmukan/kaaren läpi)
Join / join into ringLiitä
LastViimeinen
Loop (Lp)Lankalenkki
Magic ring / magic circle–
NextSeuraava
Pikot (P)Nirkko (n)
Place marker (Pm)Aseta silmukkamerkki
Remaining (Rem)Jäljellä / jäljellä olevat
Repeat (Rep)Toista
Repeat from * to *Toista *-* (*-*0)
Reverse single crochetRapuvirkkaus
Right side (correct side) (RS)Oikea puoli (OP)
Right side (opposite of left)Oikea puoli (ei vasen)
Round (Rd)Kerros (krs)
Row (R)Rivi
Single crochet (Sc)Kiinteä silmukka (ks)
Skip (Sk)Hyppää yli (hy)
Slip stitch (sl st)Piilosilmukka (ps)
Space (s)–
Stitch (St)Silmukka (s)
Stitches (sts)Silmukoita (s)
Times (x)Kertaa (x)
Triple (or treble) crochet (tr / trc)Pitkä pylväs (pp), Kaksoispylvas
Turn the workKäännä työ
Work / makeTee
Wrong side (WS)Nurja puoli (NP)
Yarn over (Yo / yoh)Langankierto (lk)

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2 Comments | Date: 10/06/2014  | By: Rhondda

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  1. J says

    11/10/2018 at 3:44 PM

    Thank you for doing this! I really appreciate your effort in making this list available.

  2. Sari says

    01/02/2016 at 5:31 AM

    I updated the Finnish list, how I can get it to you?

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