the art of crochet

[leckert]

yep - the UK refers to the number of loops on the hoop I think for memory. The US is one step down in the name of the stitch ie US single is the UK double. I just decided that I need to work out if there were double (UK) or single (US) or if they weren't used to see if it was double (US) or treble (UK) stitches in most patterns to work out if it was using US or UK terms and just got used to both lots of terms.

There are websites out there that do give the conversions (ie term conversions) but I've just gotten used to knowing which is which after a while. It's been a while since I looked for conversions as I tend to stick to the same pattens. I could go look for them if you like (I think I've still got them saved in my bookmarks along with some that actually give a video demo of the stitch - although I don't promise that the video ones still work)

By the way most crochet mags we tend to get in Aust. are US ones. European (& Japanese pattern) crochet mags often have charts with different symbols for the stitches just to make it more confusing (along side the UK terms)

ETA Here is a Aust conversion site with all things crochet linked in (hooks, yarns, stitches etc)- and it's still active; the ones I had in my bookmarks had all died - told you it was a while ago that I looked at them