What is Fpdc and BPDC?

If you've ever seen FPDC or BPDC in a pattern, or wondered what it. meant… here it is! It stands for Front Post Double Crochet & Back Post Double Crochet. When finished, it looks similar to knit & purl ribbing in knitting.

What is FP double crochet?

The Front Post Double Crochet is a method for making texture on the right side of your fabric. It is made by working into the row below, and pulls the fabric up and out on the right side, forming a bump in the fabric. It's a technique used in cables, ribbing, simulated stitches, and basketweaves.

What is FPdc in crochet UK?

FPdc - front post double crochet. FPtr - front post treble crochet. Notes: The stitch is made around the post of the stitch below so that the stitch being made sits at the front of the work. Often combined with Back Post Crochet to create thick ridged fabric or ribbing patterns.

What is FDC in crochet?

The Foundation Double Crochet stitch technique (abbreviated Fdc) is an alternative to the instructions at the beginning of a crochet pattern that tell you to chain a certain number of stitches.

What does BPCD mean in crochet?

Yarn over and draw the yarn through the 2 loops on the hook, twice. You've made one complete back post double crochet (BP dc).

How to FPDC

What is FPTC in crochet?

fptc = front post triple crochet

Make a treble (triple) crochet around the front of the post. YO twice, insert hook from front to back around post of sc two. rows below next sc, YO and pull up a loop, [YO and draw through 2 loops on hook] 3 times (FPtr made), skip sc behind FPtr.

Whats a foundation chain?

Almost all crochet begins with a foundation chain, which is a series of chain stitches beginning with a slip knot. You then work the first row of other stitches into the chain to start making crochet fabric. The foundation chain is also called a base chain or starting chain.

What does FPSC mean in crocheting?

The Front Post Single Crochet is a post stitch. This means the stitch is worked into the row below, around the post of the lower stitch. This creates a subtly textured fabric.

What does dism mean in crochet?

Here is the Spanish list of stitches feom the pattern and the first few directions and how I would translate them: ABREVIATURAS: pb: punto bajo -- single crochet. aum: aumento -- sc increase (2 sc in one stitch) dism: disminución -- sc decrease.

What does Aum mean in crochet?

p.a. means ponto alto or double crochet. / p.b. means ponto baixo, or single crochet./ aum. means aumento or increase.

What does SPS mean in crochet?

It is sometimes shown as sp(s), which means spaces. You also may see ch-sp, which means chain space. Sp or sp(s) means you will crochet into the space between stitches. Ch-sp means, when crocheting a chain, you will skip a stitch and work into the next.