Supported stitch types

Note

As you may already have read on our About page, the Cromo Cloud software has been developed by someone who is not a crocheter himself, but learned about all requirements from real crochet artists. That's why this page doesn't go into detail about the practical aspects of making the various stitches. Please refer to 'the www' to gather that info. More specifically we hear that Tinna Thorudottir’s YouTube tutorials deserve recommendation. On this page we just sum up the stitch types which our software supports.

Cromo Cloud supports the stitch types below. Each chart cell uses one of these symbols, and CromoViewer shows you which stitch to make as you work each row.

Symbol	Name	Abbreviation	Description
	Border stitch	BS	A stitch worked at the edge of the piece to keep the border tidy and even. Used in the first and last cells of every row.
	Single crochet	SC	The base mosaic stitch. Worked into the corresponding stitch of the row below, in the current row's color.
	Double crochet	DC	Worked into a stitch two rows below, pulling that color up to the current row. The defining "dropped" stitch of mosaic crochet.
	Slanted double crochet left	SDL	A dropped double crochet that leans to the left — worked into the stitch two rows below and one position to the left of the current cell.
	Slanted double crochet right	SDR	A dropped double crochet that leans to the right — worked into the stitch two rows below and one position to the right of the current cell.
	Double crochet to center left	DC2CL	A combination stitch made of one straight DC and one SDL, joined at the top. Produces a Y-shape leaning slightly left.
	Double crochet to center right	DC2CR	A combination stitch made of one straight DC and one SDR, joined at the top. Produces a Y-shape leaning slightly right.
	Double crochet to left and right	DC2LR	A combination of SDL and SDR, joined at the top. Produces a symmetric V-shape spanning two cells.
	Double crochet to center, left and right	DC2CLR	A three-way combination of DC, SDL, and SDR, all joined at the top. Produces a fan or starburst shape spanning three cells.
	Chain	CH	A simple chain stitch worked in the current row's color, used to span over a cell without anchoring into the row below.
	Chain and skip	CHSK	A chain stitch in the current row's color, worked while skipping the corresponding stitch in the row below. This leaves an opening in the fabric beneath the stitch.

Chain and skip is special

Unlike the other stitches, CHSK creates an actual opening in the finished piece. Use it when you want a hole in the fabric — for pockets, buttonholes, decorative gaps, or threading something through.