Most crochet stitches appear as abbreviations to save space on the written instructions. My patterns contains AMERICAN crochet terms and it is assumed that you are familiar with definitions of
special abbreviations, given at the beginning of each PDF-pattern.
MOST FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:
- What do the numbers before and after the stitches mean?
Hut’s Crochet is answering: An example from one of my patterns (step 4):
Do 1 hdc into the same stitch as ch 1, 2 hdc into the next two stitches, hdc 10.
When you are following my patterns be careful at the numbers written beside the name of the stitch (sc, hdc, dc, ...). If the number is written before the name of the stitch (for example:
2 hdc) that means, you have to do 2 hdc-s into the same stitch (in our case is this the next stitch). If it’s written after the name of the stitch (for example:
hdc 10) that means, you have to do 1 hdc into each of the next 10 stitches (you will have 10 hdc-s in 10 stitches). Each stitch is also divided with comma
(,).
- What do the *-signs mean? What do I do with stitches?
Hut’s Crochet is answering: An example from one of my patterns (step 4):
Repeat *1 hdc, 2 hdc* 5 times.
If something is written inside the *-signs, you have to repeat the stitches, written between the two *-signs. In our case you make 1 hdc into one stitch, 2 hdc-s into another one
(you have made 3 hdc-s in two stitches) and this you repeat five times.
If you have any kind of question, send me an email and I will add the question and the answer on it in this column.