Term and Abbreviations

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These are the term and abbreviations which I use in my patterns.

They are mostly the same for all UK based patterns but it is important to read the notes at the beginning of each pattern you use as there may be special stitches used only in that pattern.

Abbreviation (UK)	Term (UK)	Description
alt	Alternative	Usually used to tell you to do 2 or more different actions in turn
approx.	Approximately	An estimated amount
beg	Beginning	at the front or start of
ch	Chain	One of the main crochet stitches.
chsp	Chain space	The space left when working one or more chains in a row
cont	Continue or Continued	Carry on or carried on
dec	Decrease	Working 2 or more stitches together to make less stitches in the row.
dc	Double Crochet	One of the main crochet stitches
dc2tog	Double Crochet two together	A decreasing stitch
dtr	Double Treble Crochet	One of the main crochet stitches.
htr	Half Treble	One of the main crochet stitches.
inc	Increase	Working 2 or more stitches into the same stitch to increase the number of stitches in a row.
lpst	Loop Stitch	Used to create a loop as you are working a stitch.
miss		Miss stated number of stitches.  Used when creating patterns or shaping
p	Picot	chain 2 and work a double crochet in the first ch.
rtrb	Raised Treble Back	This is a treble worked around the stem of the stitch in the previous row by inserting the hook from the back of the work.
rtrf	Raised Treble Front	This is a treble worked around the stem of the stitch in the previous row by inserting the hook from the front of the work.
rs	Right Side	This is the front of the work.
ss	Slip Stitch	One of the main stitches.  Used mainly for joining or when not wanting to create fabric.
st(s)	Stitch(es)
tog	Together
tch	Turning Chain	This is the chain worked at the beginning of a row, sometimes in place of a stitch, when turning.
tr	Treble Crochet	One of the main crochet stitches.
yoh	Yarn Over Hook	Winding the yarn around the hook when forming stitches.  Also called "Yarn Over" (yo).
ws	Wrong side	This is the back of the work