I’ve recently learnt to crochet and I LOVE IT! For me, it’s about only having to have one stitch on your hook at anytime and the creative freedom.
The biggest hurdle I had to get my head around was the fact that us Brits and our hooky friends in the US use different names for the same stitch. Each time I thought I had ‘mastered’ a stitch, I would pick up a book or pattern and find it was written in the opposite terms and then couldn’t work out which stitch to use!
So, incase any of you have also experienced this problem, 
I thought I would put together a few crochet stitch guides to make this hooky world a little clearer. I hope you find them useful too.
Quick and Easy Chain Stitch Bracelet
Quick and Easy First Crochet Makes
The UK Double, US Single Stitch
The UK Half Treble, US Half Double Stitch
The UK Treble, US Double Stitch
The UK Double Treble, US Treble Stitch
The UK Triple Treble, US Double Treble Stitch
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Just found your site. I was given a variety of crochet things for my birthday in December. December have the hang of the single/double crochet but found the booklets confusing to follow. I am going to give your methods a try as they appear much easier to follow
So pleased to be of help. Good luck with all the loops, my crochet summary chart might help as a little reminder too. X
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Oh yes indeedy! The UK/US terminology got me confused at first too (still does on occasion). I can see why a US double is called a double, but I can also see why us Brits would call it a treble too. The trick I use is to see how the pattern spells “colour” to tell me which language it’s in
That’s a great tip “colour” tip. x
ooooh, clever! I keep an eye out for “single crochet” (only in US patterns) but now I’m gonna use your method!
Sorry, I feel like I’m interrupting when I respond to someone’s comment like this!
I get a little over-excited when crochet’s involved…
You’re welcome, really pleased you like it. X
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