School of Crochet
The BASIC STITCHES
How to get started crocheting: the basic stitches
Links/Liens:
IT - Uncinetto: come fare le maglie di base: Tutorial in italianoEL - Βελονάκι/Τσιγκελάκι:Οι βασικές βελονιές: Tutorial στα ελληνικά
Dear crocheters welcome back!!! In this post and the tutorial and the video below you can learn crocheting the basic stitches.
At the bottom of this page you can also find a list of the basic stitches and their abbreviations.
Crochet stitches' abbreviations ( in English)
Slip Knot and foundation chain ( sl knot & ch)
slip stitch ( sl st )
Single Crochet ( sc )
Extended Single crochet (Esc)
Half Double Crochet ( HDC )
Double Crochet ( DC)
Double Treble Crochet ( Dtr)
V Stitch (V-st) (Dc, ch 1, dc) all in the same st.)
Lace shell/V Shell Stitch (Sh st) Variation of the V st ( work 4 dc in the same st)
Shell Stitch ( sh st)
Puff stitch (Ps or puff)
Back Post Double crochet (BP dc)
Front Post Double Treble crochet (FP dtr)
Front Post Double Crochet (FP dc)
Back Loop Single crochet (BL sc)
Cluster (CL)
Single crochet 2 stitches together (sc2tog)
International standards of stitches and abbreviations you can find on Craft Yarn Council's web site