Hello! I’m so glad you could join me again!
Today I want to talk about crochet stitches. I know when I was just beginning to learn I thought there were loads of different crochet stitches, and I'd never be able to learn them all. Ok, it's true that there are lots of stitches, but the good thing is that many of them are variations on the three main stitches: double crochet, half treble crochet and treble crochet.
If you've already read about crochet on the net, you might have heard these called slightly different names. That's because the terminology in America is a little different to here in the UK, which can make it a little tricky when you're trying to follow American patterns!
Here's a handy table that you can refer to if you ever get confused:
| U.S. term | U.K. term | Symbol |
| chain stitch | chain stitch |
|
| single crochet | double crochet |
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| half double crochet | half treble crochet |
|
| double crochet | treble crochet |
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| triple/treble crochet | double treble crochet |
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| double treble crochet | triple/treble treble crochet |
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This table is taken from here
As I said, though, the main 3 stitches you’ll come across are double, half treble and treble crochet stitches. Once you’ve mastered them, you can combine them to make all kinds of really pretty, interesting effects.
Sometimes you might come across patterns which have a diagram instead of or as well as written instructions. Each stitch is represented by a symbol, and the best part is that these symbols are the same throughout the world, so once you know what they mean, you'll be able to read charted patterns from any country!
I really hope this has shown you how few stitches you have to learn!
That’s all for now, but next time we’ll get started on doing some crochet!
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