Stitch Abbreviations

This post contains all the stitch abbreviations I use in my patterns (The more patterns I post the more abbreviations there will be), it dose not always describe the stitches.

Stitch: st

Front Loop*: fl

Back Loop*: bl
*See PlanetJune's post describing the Front and Back loops:



Chain: ch

Skip First Stitch: sk1st

Skip First two Stitches: sk2st


Single Crochet: sc

Increase: inc (crochet 2 stitches in one stitch)

Decrease: dec (Note: when working in rounds, I find that the invisible decrease* looks best)
*Invisible decreases are made by working in the front loops only.

Increase appointed number of stitches in one stitch: Inc(n)in1st
(This is a little complicated looking but I'll you a real number to try and explain. What I'm saying is single crochet 5 {or whatever number I say that is bigger than 2} in one stitch)

Appointed Number of Stitches Decrease: (n)stdec
(This is yet another complicated looking stitch, but it's really not that hard. All your doing is making an decrease with more than two stitches. Example 5stdec)



Half Double Crochet: hdc

Half Double Crochet Increase: hdcinc
(This is a normal increase made with the half double crochet stitch>)

Half Double Crochet Decrease: hdcdec (Note: when working in rounds, I find that the invisible decrease* looks best)
*In half double crochet stitches invisible decreases are made by working in the two front loops only.

Half Double Crochet Increase appointed number of stitches in one stitch: hdcinc(n)in1st
(This is a little complicated looking but I'll you a real number to try and explain. What I'm saying is half double crochet 5 {or whatever number I say that is bigger than 2} in one stitch)

Appointed Number of Stitches Half Double Crochet Decrease: (n)sthdcdec
(This is yet another complicated looking stitch, but it's really not that hard. All your doing is making an decrease with more than two stitches. Example 5sthdcdec)



Double Crochet: dc