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DAPHNE'S

Crochet Tutorial Page

devoted to Crochet Stitches and Techniques Illustrated with diagrams for easy comprehension! . . CROCHET ABBREVIATIONS CROCHET SYMBOLS CROCHET STITCHES CROCHET ' KNOW HOW' . .

CROCHET ABBREVIATIONS

ch(s)	chain stitch(es)	lp(s)	loop(s)
sl st	slip stitch	inc	increase
sc	single crochet	dec	decrease
dc	double crochet	rnd(s)	round(s)
hdc	half double crochet	sk	skip
tr	treble crochet	st(s)	stitch(es)
dtr	double treble crochet	sp(s)	space(s)
tr tr	triple treble crochet	beg	beginning
FPdc	front post double crochet	rep	repeat
BPdc	back post double crochet	tog	together
reverse sc	reverse single crochet	rs	right side
lp st	loop stitch	ws	wrong side
BLO	Back Loop Only	yo	yarn over
FLO	Front Loop Only	CC	contrasting colour
		MC	main colour

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CROCHET SYMBOLS (Technique illustrated with diagram) click on symbol for illustration 

Crochet stitch	Stitch abbreviation	Stitch symbol
chain stitch	ch
slip stitch	sl st
single crochet	sc
reverse single crochet	reverse sc	
rib stitch	-
half double crochet	hdc
double crochet	dc
treble crochet	tr
double treble crochet	dtr
triple treble crochet	tr tr
front post double crochet	FPdc	
back post double crochet	BPdc
X-Stitch	X-Stitch
3-chain picot	3-ch picot
2-single crochet cluster/decrease	2-sc dec
3-single crochet cluster/decrease	3-sc dec
2-single crochet increase	2-sc inc
3-single crochet increase	3-sc inc
3-double crochet cluster/decrease	3-dc dec
3-double crochet increase	3-dc inc
3-double crochet puff	3-dc puff
5-double crochet popcorn	5-dc pop
loop stitch	-