A Quick Guide to US vs UK Crochet Terms

[@helgafox777]

Holly I could never get the hang of crochet until I watched US videos on KZbin using US instructions which I found so much easier to follow! They make so much more sense to me! I'm from England by the way 😊

[@diane__mommiocrochet9842]

LOL I did the exact same thing and made a giant stuffed rabbit!! Couldn't figure out what happened until my ah ha moment!! I never forget to check now! 💜

[@redgingerbreadpam]

Very helpful Holly. I agree it can be very confusing. Thanks for sharing it. I definitely did a screen shot & I'll share it in the FB group.

[@normaa9860]

Thanks Holly, without a chart like this one it would be so confusing for us.🤔

[@tinamorgan9347]

Great information on reading and knowing the difference in US & UK Crochet terms. Thanks

[@jessicaschoof440]

Just for the record you linked the January giveaway at the top of your video, not the February one. Not that I'm complaining cos the less people that see it gives me a better chance 😉 I find the uk terms so confusing, and I've had to frog and start again more than once because of that mixup. Thanks for the video!

[@crochetcrazylady9905]

Great information Holly.

[@ellafaith8760]

Thank you for clarifying all that! As a beginner crocheter it can get somewhat confusing. :) btw I love, love your chunky scarf color coordinated with your outfit. You look so cute! I am so crazy about that type of yarn every time I see it while yarn shopping. I used to see them used as hair ribbons when I was growing up but I would really enjoy seeing some suggestions on how else to incorporate it into crochet. Would you happen to maybe consider a tutorial on that at some point in the future? :)

[@beverleysimmons8080]

Love your design of your room cozy

[@julibeswick-valentine3690]

I only learnt to crochet 3 years ago and of course I started using patterns on-line. You would never believe the shannigans I went through. It didnt take long for it to become second nature to skim the instructions to find out whether it is a U.K. or American pattern and thus saves me from a huge amount of frogging : )

[@gerijohnson5379]

This is so helpful especially since I have taught a friend how to crochet and want to share some crochet videos with her - and I know the UK terminology would really confuse her. I definitely screen shot it and will be sharing that with her.

[@bethwilson9703]

Great information. I had to look online a few months ago for one. I live in the UK and I learned to crochet mainly by US terminology, so when it came to following a UK pattern it turned out a lot bigger than it should have been

[@normasimpkins65]

Good morning Holly. Love your scarf. Did you make it and if so did you do a tutorial on it. Thanks

[@tammystaggs4484]

Thanks a bunch Holly

[@nordonna]

I was wondering if you might do a tutorial on the Neverending Wildflower flower crochet pattern. I know there are lots of flowers and several similar to this flower but the written pattern confuses me. Hope you consider it. Thank you. I really enjoy your videos too!

[@bettyw1018]

Thank you for making this video it will def help. I saved this video for easy access.

[@amandatippets8835]

Thank you for the terms. Helped much

[@sandratanner8138]

Thank you so much. This is so helpful.

[@brendaohaver3339]

Omg thank you, I have done a beanie before that would not make since to me! This is why!

[@carolinestewart532]

Hi holly I would love to make Oleg meerkat amigurumi for my mum but can't find any. I'v made a pug via a kit and a groot but want to move up a level in ammagarumi thanks

[@mariab.1997]

This was a great video. Sometimes the more experienced forget to mention these things. It is wonderful to see generations continuing to learn and teach these...crafts/arts (which were once vital necessity) It helps to know why the UK uses their stitch nomenclature, which happens to make some sense. The UK calls our sc a double because there are two loops on the hook that have to be worked off the hook before beginning the next stitch. With our US double there are 3 loops on the hook that have to be worked off the hook before starting the next stitch so the UK calls this a treble. You can see their nomenclature has reasoning behind it. But when you read through a pattern and something doesn't feel quite right, the source country should be checked first. Has anyone found that the UK also uses hook sizes we don't typically use? (Maybe a dumb thing for me to ask as I just turned my house upside down and cannot believe there is not an "H" hook to be found!) One good thing I have noticed is that with the introduction of e mail and internet pattern sharing and tutorials, many more projects are clearly marked as UK or US.

[@nativewind1174]

The proper pineapple, Thank you very much for that information. That's important to know. 🤓💕

[@grayone46]

Thank you for sharing this info! 💛🍍💛

[@ladonnamcghee1269]

Thanks so much for your help

[@michelleperry4945]

Thank you Holly

[@1tbaccus]

The funnest thing i made a pair of slippers once. UK pattern OMG!! LOL... oh i wish someone had told me the difference. But i can still laugh every time i think about them now.

[@wendycollier1414]

This happened to me with a written pattern I got nowhere did it say on pattern but when turned out strangely large I went to website and noticed my mistake. Worked again and turned out good. Happens to everyone. 😊

[@debrahughey3559]

I just love you background it's so pretty

[@sandran9173]

thank you for the information

[@terrytidwell1337]

thank you so much I really needed to no this one

[@venanciadsouza5277]

Thanks so much for the help...the whole uk and us terms were driving me crazy ...

[@Stephanie0419]

I learned to crochet in english and US terminology, so it's a little bit confusing to me follow a pattern in UK terminology or even in spanish, and I'm spanish believe it or not 🤣

[@theastewart6721]

Very helpful!

[@janiceteisar345]

i can't follow a pattern , but I know both terms, the wool is harder I think our double wool is your four ply your worsted is our aran.

[@evelyntorres5049]

O my so great thank you

[@thelittleknitter4411]

I follow the U.S mostly because that's how i first began to do crochet, and i even get mixed up ( i am in the U.K) But i have to check it out first to make sure...Kim☺

[@sarahbarton4977]

I'm in the UK but I've learnt all my stitches from the US .

[@michelletodd9962]

Sarah Barton Same here it’s so confusing sometimes lol x

[@ginaembry2931]

Thank you

[@dorothywallace2452]

Thank you so much

[@princessladybugjenn]

Yes, I too learned this by trial and error.. LOL

[@megansnellgrove2114]

Wow UK would throw me off bad I don't know if I could follow a UK pattern just cuz of how set I am learning these stitches thank u pineapple! O I found a pineapple stitch... It's a shawl u should search it!

[@kiwipomegranate]

Wait but what’s a UK single crochet if they call US Sc a Dc? Is it just a chain? Slip Stitch?

[@ms.fujikato2519]

I like the Us Terms

[@crocheting-around-the-planet]

I do prefer the US terms. 👍🏼🤗

[@mapleberry8308]

Yes very helpful :)

[@joegriego4466]

I have these terms saved, just in case.......

[@paulinemcduffus6311]

I’m from the uk and I always use us terminology because us makes sense uk doesn’t I just don’t get uk terminology guess my first crochet must have been us terminology so yes I’m English but I prefer us terminology lol