Polish Crochet Terms and English Translations
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Polish Crochet Terms and English Translations
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| U.S. Terms | Polish Crochet Terms |
| back Loop (BL) | tylna nitka |
| back loop only (blo) | tylko tylna nitka |
| back post (BP) | tylny slupek patentowy (reliefowy) |
| back post single crochet (BPsc) | – |
| back post half double crochet (BPhdc) | – |
| back post double crochet (BPdc) | – |
| back post triple (treble) crochet (BPtr) | – |
| before (bef) | przed |
| beginning (beg) | poczatek / rozpoczac |
| between (bet) | pomiedzy |
| chain (ch) | robic scieg lancuszkowy / liczba oczek lancuszka (o.l.) |
| chain space (ch-sp) | przestrzen z oczek lancuszka |
| cluster (CL) | peczek |
| continue (cont) | kontynuowac |
| crochet | szydelkowac / szydelko |
| decrease (dec) | ujac / odjac / zredukowac |
| double crochet (dc) | slupek (sl.) |
| double triple (treble) crochet (dtr) | podwojny slupek (podwojny sl.) |
| fasten off / bind off (fo / bo) | zakonczyc |
| follow / follows / following (foll) | – |
| front loop (FL) | przednia nitka |
| front loop only (flo) | tylko przednia nitka |
| front post (FP) | przedni slupek patentowy (reliefowy) |
| front post single crochet (FPsc) | – |
| front post half double crochet (FPhdc) | – |
| front post double crochet (FPdc) | – |
| front post triple (treble) crochet (FPtr) | – |
| gauge | rozmiar |
| half double crochet (hdc) | polslupek nawijany (psl. nawijany) |
| increase (inc) | dodac |
| insert hook | wbic szydelko |
| join / join into ring | polaczyc w okrag |
| last | ostatni |
| loop (lp) | petla |
| magic ring (MR) | – |
| next | nastepny |
| pattern (pat / patt) | wzor |
| picot (p) | pikotka |
| place marker (pm) | zaznaczyc markerem |
| remaining (rem) | pozostale |
| repeat (rep) | powtorzyc od do |
| repeat from * to ** | – |
| reverse single crochet (crab stitch) | oczko rakowe (wsteczne) |
| right side (correct side) (RS) | prawa strona |
| right side (opposite of left) | – |
| round (rd) | okrazenie (okr.) |
| row (R) | rzad (rz.) |
| single crochet (sc) | polslupek (psl.) |
| skip (sk) | przeskoczyc / pominac |
| slip stitch (sl st) | oczko scisle (o.s.z.) |
| space (s) (sp (s)) | przestrzen /odleglosc |
| stitch (st) | scieg |
| stitches (st(s) or sts) | – |
| times (x) | oczka (o.) |
| together (tog) | razem |
| triple ( or treble ) crochet (tr) | potrojny slupek (ptr. sl.) |
| turn the work | odwrocic robotke |
| work / make | przerobic / zrobic |
| wrong side (WS) | lewa strona |
| yarn over / yarn over hook (yo / yoh) | narzucic / nawinac nitke na szydelko |
oczka (o.) means ‘times’ for repeats – I’ve never come across the oo before though.
I bought a pattern and there’s no translation for 24oo + 1 oo (24) followed by 6 single crochet (3 single crochet,increase) + 1 oo (30)
Can anyone tell me what the oo is supposed to be.
Thank you so much Anka!
Hi, hope it help!
back post single crochet (BPsc) – polslupek reliefowy tylny
back post half double crochet (BPhdc) – polslupek nawijany reliefowy tylny
back post double crochet (BPdc) – slupek reliefowy tylny
back post triple (treble) crochet (BPtr) – podwojny slupek reliefowy tylny
follow / follows / following (foll) – podazac, kontynuowac
front post single crochet (FPsc) – polslupek reliefowy przedni
front post half double crochet (FPhdc) – polslupek nawijany reliefowy przedni
front post double crochet (FPdc) – slupek reliefowy przedni
front post triple (treble) crochet (FPtr) – podwojny slupek reliefowy przedni
repeat (rep) – powtorzyc
repeat from * to ** – powtorzyc od * do *
right side (opposite of left) – lewa strona
stitches (st(s) or sts) – sciegi
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Hi Cathy,
Thank you for leaving a comment 🙂 The app I use when I want to translate an entire post to English is one I picked up for free from the Google Chrome Store – it works if you use Google Chrome as your browser. It is called Im Translator. I think Im Translator might have an option you can download if you aren’t using Chrome but I’m not sure how it works – except on Chrome. Sometimes it doesn’t translate everything completely – especially if punctuation is close to the words or slang or short forms are used.
For the app I use I just right-click on the post and choose the Im Translator option and select English – then the whole post will translate and you can even share the link in the language of your choice. Not perfect but it works for most of the text 🙂
Hope this helps 🙂 My favourite online reference for the graphs is mypicot – https://web.archive.org/web/20120920012623/http://www.mypicot.com/beta/crochet_symbols_terms.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20120126123448/http://www.mypicot.com/beta/follow_crochet_diagram.html
I’m newer to this too and find the site links above to be very helpful 🙂
Night!
Rhondda
Hi Rhondda! This is a good thing, the translation for the crochet terms!! TY! I would like to ask you if you would know how to translate the patterns posted on Pintrest in a different language other than English?? An app perhaps, I’m just not sure, seems Google has an app but you have to open a new window and then paste in a little box!! Haha I am doing my best to learn the crochet graphs!!! I’m learning slow but sure…TY for any info you may have and I would like to compliment you on your wonderful site, I adore it and you have so many nice groovy things to crochet, TY for your generosity hon!!
Have a great crochet day!!
Cathy