When I am referring to a sc dec, I usually designate it as “dec”. (Actually, I use the invisible decrease and explain the stitch at the beginning of the pattern)
In a pattern I’m making, I want to use both Half Double Crochet Decrease stitches and Single Crochet Decrease stitches.
I thought I’d designate hdc dec stitches as “hdc-dec” so people don’t think we need to do a hdc stitch then a dec stitch.
Here is how I explain the invisible decreases at the beginning of my pattern:
The decrease stitches for sc (dec) and hdc (hdc-dec) used in this pattern are invisible decrease stitches.
dec:
*Insert the hook into the FL of the next two sts, yarn under and pull up a loop. YO and pull through the two loops on the hook.
hdc-dec:
*First YO, then insert the hook into the FL of the next two sts, yarn under and pull up a loop. YO and pull through the three loops on the hook.
My concern: what about my European testers? I don’t think Ribblr the program will change my half Double decrease (hdc-dec) to whatever the European equivalent is automatically. Suggestions?
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You could add a note that says that is the American terminology and then say what the European equivalent to hdc dec is! (You could try to search it up)
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You can do hdc2tog works?
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Or you can specify that the decreases in the pattern are hdc in pattern notes!
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Maybe add in the notes that this is for American crochet words?
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Well, I use both hdc decreases and sc decreases for different elements of the pattern.
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I see… so like Dania said, you’d probably use hdc2tog and you’d likely have to specify what terminology the pattern is in. Perhaps at the pattern notes in the beginning of the pattern!
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Ok. I think I might use this and specify at the beginning I’m using inv Dec for both sc and hdc
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Before I mark this as solved, anyone know the European equivalent of hdc2tog?
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This is what I got when I googled it
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And I just added it to the pattern, and Ribblr changes hdc2tog to htr2tog when you change from American to European, so I’m going to use that and explain that I use the invisible versions of those stitches in the beginning instructions of the pattern. Thanks!
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