How Do You Read A Crochet Pattern?
Reading a crochet pattern can be hard for some. Breaking the pattern down into stitches and symbols can make it easier. Rnds and rows have two different meanings. rnds means you are working in rounds. This refers that you will finish the round where you started. Ending the rnd by connecting into the fist stitch made. Rows indicates that when you reach the end you will have to turn the work and go back the other way with the next set of instructions Instruction in parentheses ( ) will usually indicate that you need to repeat the stitch in the ( ) a number of times. Just be careful that you read this the right way. The instruction may indicate in the next stitch or the next number of stitches. Example (dc,ch,dc) in the next stitch 5 times -meaning do thin in the next stitch 5 times (dc, ch,dc ) in the next 5 stitches -means do this only one time in each of the next 5 stitches Then there is the symbol that looks like a cross. † This symbol tell to work all the stitches until you get to th
