Yarn Alternatives

Perhaps it's just me but I'm honestly bored with crocheting with yarn. I've often thought about all the different types of things I could crochet with so I've decided to compile a list on here.

• Jewelry Hemp
• Fishing Twine
• Rafia
• Plastic bags/garbage bags cut into strips
• Fabric/Old clothes cut into strips
• Craft Ribbon
• Embroidery Floss
• Plastic Easter Grass
• Jewelry Wire
• Thin Rope
• Hay Bale Twine
• Thread
• Curling Ribbon
• Shoe Lace
• Cut up leather strips or thin leather jewelry rope

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Common Crochet Abbreviations

(Pattern for Pictured Afghan)

Here is a handy little guide to help you when you run across a crochet abbreviation that you're not familiar with.

alt			alternate
approx			approximately
beg			beginning/begin
bet			between
BL			back loops
bo			booble
BP			back post
BPdc			back post double crochet
BPsc			back post single crochet
BPtr			back post treble crochet
CA			colour A
CB			colour B
CC			contrasting colour
CL			cluster
cont			continue
dc			double crochet
dc2tog			double crochet two stitches together
dec			decrease/decreases/decreasing
dtr			double treble
FL			front loops
foll			follow/follows/following
FP			front post
FPdc			front post double crochet
FPsc			front post single crochet
FPtr			front post treble crochet
hdc			half double crochet
inc			increase/increases/increasing
lp			loops
lps			loops
MC			main colour
p			picot
patt			pattern/patterns
pc			popcorn
pm			place maker
prev			previous
rem			remain/remaining
rep			repeat/repeats
rnd			round/rounds
rnds			rounds
RS			right side
sc			single crochet
sc2tog			single crochet 2 stitches together
sk			skip
Sl st			slip stitch
sp			space
sps			spaces
st			stitch/stitches
sts			stitches
tch			turning chain
t-ch			turning chain
tbl			through back loop
tog			together
tr			treble crochet
trtr			triple treble crochet
WS			wrong side
yo			yarn over
yoh			yarn over hook

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