Introduction to Crochet: UK vs. US Crochet Terms

One of the joys of crocheting and knitting is the international online community of blogs, festivals, and publications that are available from all over the world.  I love checking out stitching blogs from the US, the UK, Holland, South America, and all sorts of places.  This also means that there are all sorts of carrying types of crochet terminology, and sometimes we will have to translate patterns in order to share them around the globe.  In this post, I've put together a chart for comparing the terms used in the UK and US for crochet.  If you're not sure if a pattern is written in American or British terminology, one sign is that if there is no mention of single crochet stitches, it's probably a British pattern (unless, of course, there just aren't any single crochet stitches in the pattern!).  I hope this is helpful!

US	UK	Abbreviation
Chain	Chain	ch
Slip Stitch	Slip Stitch	ss
Single Crochet	Double Crochet	sc/dc
Half-Double Crochet	Half-Treble Crochet	hdc/htc
Double Crochet	Treble Crochet	dc/tc
Treble Crochet	Double Treble Crochet	tc/dtc

Have fun and happy crocheting!

Lots of love,

~Mersydotes