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Symbols & Terms
Here, you'll find a guide to understanding the basic symbols and terms used in our crochet stitch patterns. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced crocheter, this resource will help you decode our charts and instructions with ease.
UK / US key
In all our charts and instructions, we use both UK and US crochet terminology. Please refer to the UK / US key for decoding. For example, tr / dc represents the same stitch, which means treble crochet in UK terminology and double crochet in US terminology.
Basic stitches
Below, we provide symbols, abbreviations, and techniques for basic stitches that are used throughout the charts for our patterns. For details and step-by-step techniques for special stitches, please refer to the pattern instructions 📏
Chain = ch
Chain = ch
Cadeneta
- 1 Make a slip knot on your hook.
- 2 Yarn over (wrap the yarn over your hook from back to front).
- 3 Pull the yarn through the loop on the hook.
Slip stitch = sl.st
Slip stitch = sl.st
Punto enano
- 1 Insert the hook into the given stitch.
- 2 Yarn over (wrap the yarn over your hook from back to front).
- 3 Pull the yarn through both the stitch and the loop on the hook.
Double crochet = dc
Single crochet = sc
Punto bajo
- 1 Insert the hook into the given stitch.
- 2 Yarn over (wrap the yarn over your hook from back to front).
- 3 Pull the yarn through the stitch (you now have two loops on your hook).
- 4 Yarn over again.
- 5 Pull the yarn through both loops on the hook.
Half treble crochet = h.tr
Half double crochet = h.dc
Media Vareta = mv
- 1 Yarn over (wrap the yarn over your hook from back to front).
- 2 Insert the hook into the given stitch.
- 3 Yarn over again.
- 4 Pull the yarn through the stitch (you now have three loops on your hook).
- 5 Yarn over once more.
- 6 Pull the yarn through all three loops on the hook.
Treble crochet = tr
Double crochet = dc
Punto alto = pa
- 1 Yarn over (wrap the yarn over your hook from back to front).
- 2 Insert the hook into the given stitch.
- 3 Yarn over again.
- 4 Pull the yarn through the stitch (you now have three loops on your hook).
- 5 Yarn over once more.
- 6 Pull the yarn through the first two loops on the hook (you now have two loops on your hook).
- 7 Yarn over again.
- 8 Pull the yarn through the remaining two loops on the hook.
Double treble crochet = d.tr
Treble crochet = tr
Punto alto doble
- 1 Yarn over twice (wrap the yarn over your hook from back to front twice).
- 2 Insert the hook into the given stitch.
- 3 Yarn over again.
- 4 Pull the yarn through the stitch (you now have four loops on your hook).
- 5 Yarn over once more.
- 6 Pull the yarn through the first two loops on the hook (you now have three loops on your hook).
- 7 Yarn over again.
- 8 Pull the yarn through the next two loops on the hook (you now have two loops on your hook).
- 9 Yarn over once more.
- 10 Pull the yarn through the remaining two loops on the hook.
Triple treble crochet = tr.tr
Double treble crochet = d.tr
Punto triple alto
- 1 Yarn over three times (wrap the yarn over your hook from back to front three times).
- 2 Insert the hook into the given stitch.
- 3 Yarn over again.
- 4 Pull the yarn through the stitch (you now have five loops on your hook).
- 5 Yarn over once more.
- 6 Pull the yarn through the first two loops on the hook (you now have four loops on your hook).
- 7 Yarn over again.
- 8 Pull the yarn through the next two loops on the hook (you now have three loops on your hook).
- 9 Yarn over once more.
- 10 Pull the yarn through the next two loops on the hook (you now have two loops on your hook).
- 11 Yarn over once more.
- 12 Pull the yarn through the remaining two loops on the hook.
Picot from 3 chains
Picot from 3 chains
Piquito de 3 cadenas
- 1 Chain 3 stitches (ch 3).
- 2 Insert the hook into the front loop of the previous stitch.
- 3 Yarn over and pull through the stitch and the loop on your hook (creating a slip stitch to close the picot).
Picot from 5 chains
Picot from 5 chains
Piquito de 5 cadenas
- 1 Chain 5 stitches (ch 5).
- 2 Insert the hook into the front loop of the previous stitch.
- 3 Yarn over and pull through the stitch and the loop on your hook (creating a slip stitch to close the picot).
V-stitch
V-stitch
Punto V
- UK / US
- 1 Yarn over and insert the hook into the given stitch.
- 2 Complete a treble crochet (tr) / double crochet (dc).
- 3 Chain two.
- 4 Yarn over and insert the hook into the same stitch.
- 5 Yarn over once more.
- 6 Complete another treble crochet (tr) / double crochet (dc)
Shell stitch
Shell stitch
Punto concha
- UK / US
- 1 Yarn over and insert the hook into the given stitch.
- 2 Complete a treble crochet (tr) / double crochet (dc).
- 3 Repeat step 2 four more times in the same stitch.
Puff stitch = pff
Puff stitch = pff
Punto puff
- UK / US
- 1 Yarn over and insert the hook into the given stitch.
- 2 Yarn over again and pull through the stitch (you now have three loops on your hook).
- 3 Repeat Step 1 and Step 2 two more times, inserting the hook into the same stitch each time (you should have seven loops on your hook by the end of Step 3).
- 4 Yarn over and pull through all seven loops on your hook.
Cluster stitch = cl
Cluster stitch = cl
Punto racimo
- UK / US
- 1 Yarn over and insert the hook into the given stitch.
- 2 Yarn over again and pull through the stitch (you now have three loops on your hook).
- 3 Yarn over and pull through the first two loops on your hook (you now have an incomplete treble crochet (tr) / double crochet (dc) and two loops on your hook).
- 4 Repeat Steps 1-3 two more times, inserting the hook into the same stitch each time (you should have three incomplete treble crochets (tr) / double crochets (dc) and four loops on your hook).
- 5 Yarn over and pull through all four loops on your hook.
Popcorn stitch
Popcorn stitch
Punto popcorn
- UK / US
- 1 Yarn over and insert the hook into the given stitch.
- 2 Complete a treble crochet (tr) / double crochet (dc).
- 3 Repeat Step 2 four more times in the same stitch (you should have five treble crochets (tr) / double crochets (dc) in the same stitch).
- 4 Remove the hook from the last loop and insert it into the top of the first treble crochet (tr) / double crochet (dc) of the group.
- 5 Grab the dropped loop with the hook and pull it through the stitch to close the popcorn.
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Symbols & terms guide
Here, we provide a PDF version of the Symbols & Terms, which also includes a short printable version 🌸
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