Glossary / Slip stitch
sl stSlip stitch
The shortest crochet stitch, used to join and to move across.
CrochetBasic stitch
How to work it
Insert your hook into the next stitch, yarn over, and pull the yarn through both the stitch and the loop on your hook in one motion. Slip stitches join rounds, travel across a row without adding height, and make tidy edges. Written ss in UK patterns.
US and UK
This stitch is also called ss. Always check which term set a pattern uses before you start, since the same name can mean a different stitch across the two.
Guides that use this stitch
Related stitches
Keep your place while you work this stitch. Worsted counts your rows and rounds and remembers your spot in the pattern, for crochet and knitting.
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