The Craft Yarn Council (CYC) represents the leading yarn companies, accessory manufacturers, magazine, book publishers, and consultants in the yarn industry.| www.craftyarncouncil.com
The publishers, fiber, needle and hook manufacturers, and yarn members of the Craft Yarn Council have worked together to set up a series of guidelines and symbols to bring uniformity to yarn, needle and hook labeling, and to patterns, whether they appear in books, magazines, leaflets or on yarn labels. Our goal is to make it easier for industry manufacturers, publishers and designers to prepare consumer-friendly products and for consumers to select the right materials for a project and comple...| www.craftyarncouncil.com
The Craft Yarn Council (CYC) represents the leading yarn companies, accessory manufacturers, magazine, book publishers, and consultants in the yarn industry.| www.craftyarncouncil.com
Following is a list of crochet abbreviations used in patterns by yarn industry designers and publishers. In addition, designers and publishers may use special abbreviations in a pattern, which you might not find on this list. Generally, a definition of special abbreviations is given at the beginning of a book or pattern. These definitions reflect U.S. crochet terminology.| www.craftyarncouncil.com
Many crochet and knit projects will include symbols to assist people in determining the techniques that might be included in pattern instructions. Following is the general explanation for Basic, Easy, Intermediate or Complex project levels.| www.craftyarncouncil.com
Yarn Weight Symbol| www.craftyarncouncil.com