Here below there is the most important list of crochet abbreviations used in patterns and instructions, a very interesting tool for crochet lovers to read and understand written crochet tutorials.
Most crochet stitches have shorted names or abbreviations. For example, instead of saying double crochet stitch throughout a pattern, the instructions abbreviate dc.
A
- alt – alternate
- approx – approximately
B
- beg – begin/beginning
- bet – between
- BL – back loop(s)
- bo – bobble
- BP – back post
- BPdc – back post double crochet
- BPsc – back post single crochet
- BPtr – back post treble crochet
C
- CA – color A
- CB – color B
- CC – contrasting color
- ch – chain stitch
- ch- – efers to chain or space previously made: e.g., ch-1 space
- ch-sp – chain spac
- CL – cluster
- cm – centimeter(s)
- cont – continue
D
- dc – double crochet
- dc2tog – double crochet 2 stitches together
- dec – decrease/decreases/decreasing
- dtr – double treble
F
- FL – front loops
- foll – follow/follows/following
- FP – front post
- FPdc – front post double crochet
- FPsc – front post single crochet
- FPtr – front post treble crochet
G
- g – gram
H
- hdc – half double crochet
I
- inc – increase/increases/increasing
L
- lp(s) – loops
M
- m – meter(s)
- MC – main color
- mm – millimeter(s)
N
O
- oz – ounce(s)
P
- p – picot
- patt – patterns
- pc – popcorn
- pm – place marker
- prev – previous
R
- rem – remain/remaining
- rep – repeat(s)
- rnd(s) – round(s)
- RS – right side
S
- sc – single crochet
- sc2tog – single crochet 2 stitches together
- sk – skip
- Sl st – slip sitich
- sp(s) – space(s)
- st (s) – stitch(es)
T
- tch – turning chain
- tbl – through back loop
- tog – together
- tr – treble crochet
- trtr – triple treble crochet
W
- WS – wrong side
Y
- yd(s) – yard(s)
- yo – yarn over
- yoh – yarn over hook
Symbols
[ ] – work instructions within brackets as many times as directed;
( ) – work instructions within parentheses as many times as directed;
* – repeat the instructions following the single asterisk as directed;
* * – repeat instructions between asterisks as many times as directed or repeat from a given set of instructions;
” – inch(es)