Yeah, well, FO to you, too, buddy!

[half_double]

Yesterday, as has become my wont on New Year's Day, I started a new crochet project, in this case, an adorable little round box. My friendly "stitches used" guide told me I would be needing to "sc [single crochet], dc [double crochet], and blo [back loop only]." I'm not going to bother with an explanation here; those of you who don't crochet don't

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[fayde]

And here I thought that I was the only one who couldn't read them. I remember that there was one set of instructions that I read that had "Ch" and "ch", one for a croshet and one for a chain - but they didn't have a key in the begining to tell you the difference. Which is sad since this set of insructions was in the "beginner's book" that I bough.

Stupid. You know, we would make a lot of money by formulating a dictionary and standardizing terms and abreviations. And then having a list of alternative abreviations as well.

[half_double]

had "Ch" and "ch", one for a croshet and one for a chain

What?!? Oh, wow, that's absurd. "Ch" should be chain. Always! Now matter how it's capitalized. And what did they think they meant by "crochet"? That's like an NHL playbook telling you to "hockey the puck" down the ice! Harrumph. Ludicrous.

[discoflamingo]

All of these problems go away if you add the Cyrillic|Hebrew|Greek alphabet. Just sayin'.

[half_double]

True enough. Because then nobody can read the patterns in the first place. Clever.

[eal]

Apparently, proofreading is the first thing abandoned in these "tough economic times." [insert eye-rolling here]

[half_double]

You know, you or I would never even let any creation of ours out the door without triple- or quadruple-checking it for errors. And, yeah, I know, sometimes another set of eyes does better at catching my mistakes than I am, but c'mawn. They're exact opposite things! If you were writing a pattern that called for someone to knit, wouldn't you notice if you'd told them to purl instead?

[eal]

I'd like to think that I would, yes.

But we're good at this kind of thing. Unlike, apparently, your pattern designer :).

[perpet]

Was there no master list stitch guide? The few patterns I've written I've always written out the stitch and then given the abbreviation next to it:

single crochet (sc)
back loop only (blo)

And FO to me means "finished object" or "finish off". I'd never think of it being "front loop only" because there's no "l".

Half-assed pattern writing makes me crazy, especially when it's a pattern I want to use.

[half_double]

There is, indeed, a master stitch guide. It's just not written terribly well. Nor is the pattern, when you come right down to it.