Crochet Terminology.

Your performance and excellence in the art of crochet lies on your skills of understanding the crochet terminology and the way you apply the skills using the various patterns and abbreviations used in the guide. You also need to know more about the basic stitches and the terms that get along with them.

Once you know about the grasp or proper holding technique for the hook and the yarn, you then need to learn the basic stitches and proceed to reading crochet patterns to create your own desired clothing.

Here are some of the commonly used terms and abbreviations in your quest to learn and master the art of crochet.

• CH – chain stitch (basic chain-like crochet pattern)
• CL – cluster stitch (sets of stitches that you work across the same stitch patterns)
• DC - Double Crochet (a kind of stitch that is taller than single crochet)
• DEC - Decrease
• DTR - Double Treble (having 3 yarn over before starting a new stitch)
• FPDC - Front Post Double Crochet (also known as front raised double crochet)
• FPSC - Front Post Single Crochet (similar and easier than FPDC)
• FPTC - Front Post Treble Crochet (works by making a treble crochet on the front post)
• HDC - Half Double Crochet (an oddball stitch that works in between the double crochet and single crochet)
• INC - Increase
• P ­­­– Picot (tiny round-shaped stitches that decorating the edges)
• PC – Popcorn (a kind of stitch that is made up of combined multiple stitches)
• SC - Single Crochet (the simplest stitch in making fabric)
• SC2TOG - Single Crochet 2 Stitches Together
• SL ST - Slip Stitch (smallest crochet stitch)
• TR - Treble Crochet (a tall stitch that quickly works up with more fun and ease)
• TRTR - Triple Treble Crochet (makes a looser pattern since it is taller than other stitch types)

These are just some of the names of stitches that you need to be familiar with. You also need to know about loops, back posts, front posts, back loops, chain spaces and any other terms used for places where you need to put stitches. Other things you need to deal with are the brackets and the stars for an excellent crochet performance for both business and art’s sake.