Crochet Terms - UK versus USA
Do you ever look at a crochet pattern and have no idea whether it is using UK or American Terminology. The majority of crochet patterns that you can download from the internet use American terms whilst companies such as Stylecraft, King Cole and Sirdar use the UK terminology.
The easiest way to spot the difference between an American pattern and a UK pattern is the use of the term single crochet.
Single Crochet (sc).
The same stitch in a UK pattern is a
Double Crochet (dc)
|
US |
UK |
|
chain(ch) |
chain(ch) |
|
single crochet(sc) |
double crochet(dc) |
|
half double crochet(hdc) |
half treble(htr) |
|
double crochet |
treble(tr) |
|
triple crochet |
double treble (dtr) |
|
slip stitch (sl st/ ss) |
slip st(sl st/ ss) |