Crochet Greek Alphabet, Part 1

After designing the Moogly Crochet Uppercase Alphabet, Lowercase Alphabet, Numbers, and Punctuation, there was yet another request – the Greek Alphabet! While I don’t plan on covering every language out there, Greek letters are indeed commonly used in English speaking countries – in math, science, and of course fraternities, sororities, etc. So I’ve worked up the complete uppercase Crochet Greek Alphabet – and I’m sharing the first half in this post, and the second is HERE! 

The Crochet Greek Alphabet: Alpha through Mu

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• US – F, 3.75mm hook
• Knit Picks Dishie (100% Cotton; Worsted/10 ply; 190 yds/174 m; 3.53 ounces) – 8-10 yds per letter; colorway: Kenai
• For crochet abbreviation definitions and tutorial videos, please visit the Crochet Abbreviations page.
• For Part 2 of the Greek Alphabet, CLICK HERE!

NOTES:

• These letters are all between 3-4″ tall. If you want a different size letter, use a different yarn weight and hook size!
• Gauge is unimportant – just use a hook smaller than the yarn calls for.
• If you are sewing the letters to something else that is crocheted, leave long tails at the beginning and end to sew them on with.
• To help the letters keep their shape, spray starch on the wrong side of the letter and a hot iron does the trick – just be sure to do this with COTTON ONLY.

ALPHA PATTERN:

Row 1: Ch 34, skip the ch closest to the hook, sc in the next 15 chs, sc2tog over 3 sts (skip the st in the middle), sc in the last 15 chs; turn. (31 sts)

Row 2: Ch 1, sc in the first 14 sts, sc2tog over 3 sts, sc in the last 14 sts; turn. (29 sts)

Row 3: Ch 1, sc in the first 13 sts, sc2tog over 3 sts, sc in the last 13 sts; break yarn and finish off.

Crossbar:
Row 1: Ch 5, skip the ch closest to the hook, sc 4; turn.

Row 2: Ch 2, 2 sc in the first st, sc in the next 2 sts, 2 sc in the last st; break yarn and finish off.

Assembly: Sew crossbar to inside of A to create Alpha symbol.

BETA PATTERN:

Row 1: Ch 16, skip the ch closest to the hook, sc in the remaining 15 chs.; turn. (15 sts)

Row 2 – 3: Ch 1, sc in each st; turn. (15 sts)

Row 4: Ch 2, dc in 1st st, hdc in next st, sc in next st, leaving remaining sts unworked; turn. (3 sts)

Row 5: Ch 1, sc in the 1st st, hdc in the next st, dc in the last st; turn, (3 sts)

Row 6: Ch 2, dc in 1st st, hdc in next st, sc in the last st; turn. (3 sts)

Row 7: Ch 1, sc in the 1st st, hdc in the next st, dc in the last st; turn, (3 sts)

Row 8 – 11: Repeat Rows 6 – 7. ( sts) At the end of Row 11, do not turn.

Row 12: Ch 1, and working into the outside edge, work 2 sl st in the side of the dc from Row 11, and 1 sl st in the dc from Round 10. Ch 1, sc in the side of the dc from Round 10,  hdc and dc in the side of the dc from Round 9; turn. (3 sl st, 1 sc, 1 hdc, 1 dc)

Row 13 – 18: Repeat Rows 6 – 7.

Row 19: Repeat Row 6.

Row 20: Ch 1, sc in each st; break yarn and use tail to sew Row 20 to last 3 sts of Row 3, and center of B to Row 3.

GAMMA PATTERN:

Row 1: Ch 16, skip the ch closest to the hook, sc in the remaining 15 chs; turn. (15 sts)

Row 2 – 3: Ch 1, sc in ea st; turn. (15 sts)

Row 4: Ch 1, sc in the first 3 sts, leave remaining sts unworked; turn. (3 sts)

Row 5 – 12: Ch 1, sc in each st; turn. (3 sts)

Row 13: Ch 1, sc in each st; break yarn and finish off. (3 sts)

DELTA PATTERN:

Row 1: Ch 4, skip the ch closest to the hook, sc in the next st, hdc in the next st, dc in the next st; turn. (3 sts)

Row 2 – 11: Ch 1, sc in each st; turn. (3 sts)

Row 12: Ch 1, sc in each st, FSC 11; turn. (14 sts)

Row 13 – 14: Ch 1, sc in each st; turn. (14 sts)

Row 15: Ch 1, moving to end of Rows 12-14, work 2 sc in the end of Row 14, sc in the end of Row 13, sc in the end of Row 12, FSC 7, sc in each st of Row 1 (foundation ch side), sc again in last st; turn. (15 sts)

Row 16 – 17: Ch 1, sc in each st; turn/break yarn and finish off after Row 17. (15 sts)

EPSILON PATTERN:

Row 1: Ch 14, skip the ch closest to the hook, sc in remaining chs; turn. (13 sts)

Row 2 – 3: Ch 1, sc in each st; turn. (13 sts)

Row 4: Ch 1, sc in first 3 sts, leaving remaining sts unworked; turn. (3 sts)

Row 5: Ch 1, sc in each st; turn. (3 sts)

Row 6: Ch 1, sc in each st, ch 9; turn. (3 sc, 9 ch)

Row 7: Skip the ch closest to the hook, sc in the 2nd ch from hook and each remaining ch, sc in each st; turn. (11 sts)

Row 8 – 9: Ch 1, sc in each st; turn. (11 sts)

Row 10: Ch 1, sc in first 3 sts, leaving remaining sts unworked; turn. (3 sts)

Row 11: Ch 1, sc in each st; turn. (3 sts)

Row 12: Ch 1, sc in each st, ch 11; turn. (3 sts, 11 ch)

Row 13: Skip the ch closest to the hook, sc in the 2nd ch from hook and each remaining ch, sc in each st; turn. (13 sts)

Row 14 – 15: Ch 1, sc in each st; turn/break yarn and finish off after Row 15. (13 sts)

ZETA PATTERN:

Row 1: Ch 16, skip the ch closest to the hook, sc in remaining chs; turn. (15 sts)

Row 2 – 3: Ch 1, sc in ea st; turn. (15 sts)

Row 4: Ch 1, skip the 1st st, sl st in the next st. Ch 1, sc in the next st, 2 sc in the next st, leaving remaining sts unworked; turn. (1 sl st, 3 sc)

Row 5: Ch 1, 2 sc in the first st, sc in the next st, sl st in the last st; turn. (3 sc and a sl st)

Row 6: Ch 1, skip the sl st and the first sc, sc in the next st, 2 sc in the last st; turn. (3 sts)

Row 7: Ch 1, 2 sc in the first st, sc in the next st, sl st in the last st; turn. (3 sc and a sl st)

Row 8 – 15: Repeat Rows 6 – 7 four times.

Row 16: Ch 10, sc in 2nd ch from hook and each remaining ch, sc in sl st and each sc, FSC 2; turn. (13 sc, 2 FSC)

Row 17 – 18: Ch 1, sc in each st; turn/break yarn and finish off after Row 18. (15 sts)

ETA PATTERN:

Row 1: Ch 16, skip the ch closest to the hook, sc in remaining chs; turn. (15 sts)

Row 2 – 3: Ch 1, sc in each st; turn. (15 sts)

Row 4: Ch 1, skip the first st, sl st in the next 5 sts; leave remaining sts unworked; do not turn. (5 sl st)

Row 5: Ch 6, sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in remaining 4 ch, sl st in next unworked st of Row 3; turn. (5 sc, 1 sl st)

Row 6: Ch 1, skip the sl st, sc in each st; turn. (5 sts)

Row 7: Ch 1, sc in each st, sl st in next unworked st of Row 3; turn. (5 sc, 1 sl st)

Row 8: Ch 1, skip the sl st, sl st in each of the 5 sts across; do not turn. (5 sl st)

Row 9: Ch 7, sc in the 2nd ch from hook, sc in remaining 5 ch, sc 3 in the sides of Rows 5 – 7 (1 st in the edge of each row), FSC 6; turn. (9 sc, 6 FSC)

Row 10 – 11: Ch1, sc in each st; turn/break yarn and finish off after Row 11. (15 sts)

THETA PATTERN:

Row 1: Ch 4, skip the ch closest to the hook, sc in each remaining ch; turn. (3 sts)

Row 2 – 5: Ch 1, sc in each st; turn. (3 sts)

Row 6: Ch 1, sc in the first st, hdc in the next st, dc in the last st; turn. (3 sts)

Row 7: Ch 2, dc in the first st, hdc in the next st, sc in the last st; turn. (3 sts)

Row 8 – 9: Repeat Rows 6 – 7.

Row 10 – 14: Repeat Row 2.

Row 15: Repeat Row 7.

Row 16: Repeat Row 6.

Row 17 – 18: Repeat Rows 15 – 16.

Row 19 – 23: Repeat Row 2.

Row 24 – 27: Repeat Rows 6 – 7.

Row 28 – 32: Repeat Row 2.

Row 33 – 36: Repeat Rows 15 – 18; break yarn and finish off, use tail to sew O together.

The Center “Bowtie”:
Row 1: Ch 4, skip the ch closest to the hook, sc in each remaining ch; turn. (3 sts)

Row 2: Ch 1, sc3tog; turn. (1 st)

Row 3 – 4: Ch 1, sc; turn. (1 st)

Row 5: Ch 1, 3 sc; turn. (3 sts)

Row 6: Ch 1, sc in each st; break yarn and finish off. (3 sts)

IOTA PATTERN:

Row 1: Ch 16, skip the ch closest to the hook, sc in remaining chs; turn. (15 sts)

Row 2 – 3: Ch 1, sc in each st; turn/break yarn and finish off after Row 3. (15 sts)

KAPPA PATTERN:

Row 1: Ch 16, skip the ch closest to the hook, sc in remaining chs; turn. (15 sts)

Row 2 – 3: Ch 1, sc in ea st; turn/break yarn and finish off after Row 3. (15 sts)

Row 4: Join to st #8 of Row 3, ch 2, dc in same st, hdc in the next st, sc in the next st; turn. (3 sts)

Row 5 – 9: Ch 1, sc in each st; turn. (3 sts)

Row 10: Ch 2, dc in the first st, hdc in the next st, sc in the last st; turn. (3 sts)

Row 11: Ch 1, sc in the first st, hdc in the next st, dc in the last st; break yarn and finish off. (3 sts)

Row 12: (Starting the bottom “leg” of the K) Join to the bottom side of Row 4, ch 1, sc, hdc, dc along Rows 5-6; turn. (3 sts)

Row 13 – 18: Ch 1, sc in each st; turn. (3 sts)

Row 19: Repeat Row 10.

Row 20: Ch 1, sc in each st; break yarn and finish off. (3 sts)

LAMBDA PATTERN:

Row 1: Ch 34, skip the ch closest to the hook, sc in the next 15 chs, sc2tog over 3 sts (skip the st in the middle), sc in the last 15 chs; turn. (31 sts)

Row 2: Ch 1, sc in the first 14 sts, sc2tog over 3 sts, sc in the last 14 sts; turn. (29 sts)

Row 3: Ch 1, sc in the first 13 sts, sc2tog over 3 sts, sc in the last 13 sts; break yarn and finish off.

MU PATTERN:

Row 1: Ch 16, skip the ch closest to the hook, sc in remaining chs; turn. (15 sts)

Row 2 – 3: Ch 1, sc in ea st; turn. (15 sts)

Row 4: Ch 1, skip the first st, sc in the next st, 2 sc in the next st; turn. (3 sts)

Row 5: Ch 1, 2 sc in the first st, sc in the next st, sl st in the last st; turn. (3 sc and a sl st)

Row 6: Ch 1, skip the sl st and the first sc, sc in the next st, 2 sc in the last st; turn. (3 sts)

Row 7: Repeat Row 5.

Row 8: Repeat Row 6.

Row 9: Repeat Row 5.

Row 10: Ch 1, skip the sl st, 2 sc in the next st, sc in the next st, sl st in the last st; turn. (3 sc, 1 sl st)

Row 11 – 14: Repeat Rows 6 – 7.

Row 15: Repeat Row 6.

Row 16: Ch 1, sl st loosely each st, ch 13; turn. (3 sl st, 13 ch)

Row 17:  Sc into the 2nd ch from hook, sc in remaining 11 ch, sc in each sl st; turn. (15 sts)

Row 18: Ch 1, sc in each st; turn. (15 sts)

Row 19: Ch 1, sc in each st; break yarn and finish off. (15 sts).

I hope you enjoyed the first half of the Greek Alphabet – for the second half, CLICK HERE!

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