Terms and Abbreviations
| Term (UK) | Abbreviation (UK) | Description |
| Alternative | alt | Usually used to tell you to do 2 or more different actions in turn |
| Approximately | approx. | An estimated amount |
| Beginning | beg | at the front or start of |
| Chain | ch | One of the main crochet stitches |
| Chain space | chsp | The space left when working one or more chains in a row |
| Continue(d) | cont | carry on or carried on |
| Decrease | dec | Working 2 or more stitches together to make less stitches in the row. |
| Double Crochet | dc | One of the main stitches |
| Double Crochet 2 together | dc2tog | A decreasing stitch |
| Increase | inc | Working 2 or more stitches into the same stitch to increase the number of stitches in a row. |
| Right Side | rs | This is the FRONT of the work. |
| Slip Stitch | ss | One of the main stitches. Used mainly for joining or when not wanting to create fabric. |
| Stitch(es) | st(s) | |
| Together | tog | |
| Turning Chain | tch | This is the chain worked at the beginning of a row, sometimes in place of a stitch, when turning. |
| Yarn Over Hook | yoh | Winding the yarn around the hook when forming stitches |
| Wrong side | ws | This is the back of the work |