Things You'll Need:
- knowledge of crochet stitches
- crochet pattern
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Step 1
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
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Step 2
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
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Step 3
Then there is the symbol that looks like a cross. † This symbol tell to work all the stitches until you get to the cross then repeat those stitch again a number of time. You will usually see this in more complicated patterns. Between the cross you may see stitches in ( ) .When you get to the end and have completed all the required stitch the instructions that come after the last cross are tell you how to end the row or rnd.
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Step 4
Patterns that need to be repeated from a certain point in the pattern there is usually an * symbol to show where to begin repeating the pattern.
Remember that reading a crochet pattern is easier when you break it down taking one step at a time, one stitch at time on set of ( ) at a time. Good luck and happy crocheting.
