The Crafter’s Way 223 - Crochet Around The World

 

When my Grandmother taught me to crochet Australia was still very much immersed in our English heritage. Today we live in a different world; we are influenced by many cultures and as such often have different understandings of the same things. Craft is not immune from the differences. While recently being laid up with a broken foot I decided to do some crocheting. I googled some patterns and then came to an abrupt halt. The patterns had been written by an American and the pattern used the same words to explain different stitches. I decided to back track and make some granny squares using their patterns to immerse myself in the new language. I chose the granny square because I knew what that was supposed to look like. Funny enough after about half an hour I was confidently following the pattern.

Abbreviation	US	Abbreviation	English
ch	chain	ch	chain
slip st	slip stitch	sl st	slip stitch
sc	single crochet	dc	double crochet
hdc	half double crochet	htr	half treble
dc	double crochet	tr	treble
tr trc	treble triple crochet	dtr	double treble
dtr dtrc	double treble double triple crochet	triptr	triple treble
trip tr tr trc	triple treble triple triple crochet	quadtr	quadruple treble

Cut out and keep this ready reckoner with your crochet patterns. Crochet Hook sizes can also vary. If you have a penchant for vintage patterns you will need to check if the hook sizes stated are imperial, that is pre-metric. For some sizes there is no comparison

Metric: mm	US	UK Imperial
1.00	10 Steel	_
1.25	8 Steel	_
1.50	7 Steel	_
1.75	5 Steel	_
2.00	B-1	14
2.25	B-1	13
2.75	C-2	12
3.25	D-3	10
3.50	E-4	9
3.75	F-5	9
4.00	G-6	8
4.50	7	7
5.00	H-8	6
5.50	I-9	5
6.00	J-10	4
6.50	10 1/4	3
7.00	K-10 1/2	2
8.00	_	0
9.00	_	00
10.00	_	000

Next week I’ll share the crochet pattern to make the bangles in the image.