Wednesday 7 November 2012

Crochet - UK vs US terms

So, I am based in the UK, but I learnt to crochet from my mum without knowing the names of the stitches I was doing.

Having picked it up again recently, a lot of my first projects were with the help of youtube tutorials - fabulous for beginners by the way and well worth checking out if you get stuck on a stitch or pattern.

Well, this in itself caused an issue, as I'm sure other crocheters out there have discovered.  Online access to patterns is fantastic, but some will be using UK terms and others US.

I came across this handy little table to convert to what you know, and thought it was worth sharing :


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