In this article, you will find a large chart that contains Russian crochet symbols in English. Learn, substitute symbols, and crochet with us.
How to read Russian crochet symbols
In crocheting, the same rules and laws apply to master crocheters from all over the world. Therefore, you can hardly find the differences between English and Russian crocheting.
All charts, diagrams, patterns, symbols, and abbreviations in Russian and English mean the same things.
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Russian to English Crochet Symbols
In the table below I suggest you familiarize yourself with the Russian crochet symbols translated to English. For ease of use, the table is divided into color blocks.
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Russian Crochet Abbreviations in English
When we talk about symbols, then abbreviations are necessarily paired with them. We have prepared an explanation of how to translate Russian crochet terms to English just for you.
| English US | Russian |
| alt – alternate | попеременно |
| beg – beginning | начать, указывает на начало ряда |
| bet – between | между |
| BLO – back loop only | за заднюю стенку петли |
| BP – back post | изнаночная сторона |
| CA – color A | цвет А |
| CC – contrast color | контрастный цвет |
| cl – cluster | пучок |
| cont – continue | продолжать |
| dec – decrease | убавка |
| dnt – do not turn | не поворачивать вязание |
| ea – each | каждый |
| fo – finish off | закончить вязание |
| foll – following | следующий |
| FP – front post | лицевая сторона |
| gr – group | группа |
| hk – hook | крючок |
| inc – increase | прибавка |
| incl – including | включить |
| inst – instructions | инструкция |
| lp – loop | петля |
| MC – main color | основной цвет |
| p – picot | пико |
| pat – pattern | узор |
| pc st – popcorn stitch | розочка |
| pm – place market | разместить маркер |
| prev – previous | предыдущий |
| rem – remaining | оставшиеся |
| rep – repeate | повторить |
| rnd – round | вязание по кругу |
| rs – right site | правая сторона |
| sk – skip | пропустить |
| sp – space | пробелы, интервалы |
| sleeve | рукав |
| tch – turning chain | Table |
| tog – together | провязать вместе |
| ws – wrong side | изнаночная сторона |
| yo – yarn over | накид |
| yoh – yarn over hook | накид на крючок |
Russian Crochet Terms
In Russian crocheting, not many terms that are used. But, even in spite of this, we have made a small chart for you; here, you can see how we translate Russian crochet abbreviations to English.
| English US | Russian |
| * – repeat the instructions following the single asterisk as directed | инструкия после * повторяющаяся |
| ** – repeat instructions between asterisk as many times as directed or repeat at the specified location | рапорт узора, между звездочками повторять указанное количество раз |
| {} – work instructions within brackets as many times as directed | выполнять узор, указаный в скобках, то количество раз которое указано после скобок |
| [] – work instructions within brackets as many times as directed | выполнять узор, указаный в скобках, то количество раз которое указано после скобок |
| () – work instructions within parentheses as many times as directed or work a group of stitches all in the same stitch or space | выполнять узор, указаный в скобках, то количество раз которое указано после скобок |
Russian Crochet Common Measurements
Inches, ounces, and yards are rarely used in descriptions of crocheting terms in Russian magazines. There are other units of measurement here and it is important for us that you do not get lost in the translation from one language to the other, so we created two charts – one contains the translation, the second one, the conversions.
| English US | Russian |
| ” or in – inch | дюйм |
| cm – centimeter | см – сантиметр |
| g – gram | г – грамм |
| m – meter | м – метр |
| mm – milimeter | мм – милиметр |
| oz – ounce | унция |
| yd – yard | ярд |
Russian Crochet Symbols and Abbreviations in PDF
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