Turning Chain

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A turning chain is typically worked in between rows of crochet stitches.

Its purpose is to make the transition between one row of crochet and the next row while maintaining the height of each row.

After you’ve worked a row of crochet, you typically turn the piece over and work back across. Making a turning chain helps you to achieve the correct height for your next row of stitches. A turning chain can be either a single chain stitch ​or a group of chain stitches, depending on the type of stitches you are using for the row.

In crochet patterns, the turning chain is abbreviated tch. It may also be called the turn chain.

In Spanish the term is cadena de elevación and in Russian, воздушная петля подъема (в.п. подъема)