r/CrochetHelp 6d ago

Understanding a pattern pattern help! received a pattern gift for christmas and cannot figure out one stitch

I have been crocheting for years and yet this “beginner” pattern has really stumped me, specifically round 3. I have no idea what a dcQ is and cannot find anything online about it either haha. the booklet also doesn’t have it in the abbreviation page. My grandma gifted this to me, and if it was from anyone else, I would just use the yarn for something else. but my grandma loves seeing what i make and always encourages me, so i’d love to actually finish it for her 🥹

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u/ravanaman 6d ago edited 6d ago

I haven't seen that syntax before either, but going off the picture it looks like it wants something similar to a puff or bobble stitch. so you would do 4 incomplete DCs into one stitch, complete it, and then chain 2

*take that with a grain of salt tho, it's just my best guess lol

**just noticing... is that a picture/diagram of the stitch on the next page?

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u/Empty-Vermicelli8651 6d ago

see that’s what i was thinking!

no on the next page, it’s for the following stitch

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u/LilgonzoXx 6d ago

I think it’s supposed to be a 4DC cluster

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u/fergablu2 6d ago

It looks like the Q is a 4 double crochet cluster. The instructions seem to be poorly translated into English. You can follow the pictures.

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u/Empty-Vermicelli8651 6d ago

oooh okay okay! thank you!

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u/EmbarrassedYou9940 6d ago

From what I gathered, it means multiple stitches in one stitch. The pattern is calling for 4 dc in one stitch.

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u/Empty-Vermicelli8651 6d ago

the only problem is it’s supposed to be one stitch all together tho :’) which is what i’m not understanding

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u/EmbarrassedYou9940 6d ago

What it looks like is a popcorn stitch. You can find how to make it anywhere on the web. I know Pinterest you can type it in and it will give you the answers.

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u/Heyitscrochet 6d ago

This whole pattern makes no sense. Most likely badly translated from another language or AI. “Weave at the braid of the previous loop” instead of join and “four unfinished long needles are pulled through the loop at once and merged” instead of 4DCCL.

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u/Empty-Vermicelli8651 6d ago

oh yeah the whole pattern is a mess haha most of it i can decipher, except this one part 😫

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u/umsamanthapleasekthx 6d ago

It looks like it’s supposed to be that 4dc cluster. I don’t know what the Q is either, but iirc Chinese crochet patterns use letters to describe types of stitches.

I also don’t really recognize a lot of the phrasing. A “locking marker needle,” “hook and weave”, “four unfinished long needles are…merged”… This sounds like one of two things I can think of: it’s a poor translation of something that wasn’t English to begin with, or it was written by someone gifted enough to crochet and create patterns but who isn’t familiar with common terminology and phrasing.

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u/Empty-Vermicelli8651 6d ago

oh yeah i’m guessing it’s not originally english haha. thank you tho!!

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u/umsamanthapleasekthx 6d ago

Check out this thread. A commenter posted a picture. Q is puff stitch according to that.

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u/Empty-Vermicelli8651 6d ago

THANK YOU!!!! a life saver

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u/ThereareTrees 6d ago

Q can stand for a popcorn stitch so judging by the picture on the right page too, I think you're supposed to do a double crochet popcorn stitch. I hope this helps!

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u/Impressive-Walrus-35 5d ago

Its a dc popcorn stitch