What does this mean??

[Smartypants69]

My pattern states the following for a fan stitch:

(dc{ch 2, dc-} 3 times)

I’m reading this as:

Dc, ch2, dc, ch2, dc, ch2, dc

Is this right?

 

 

[Granny Square]

Yep.  And all that into 1 stitch.

https://www.craftyarncouncil.com/standards   This is a link to a main page with a menu containing all sorts of useful information (US crochet terms).  If you go to 'crochet patterns-how to read', it will tell you how to interpret instructions in brackets.

[Smartypants69]

Thank you! I’ve been in limbo over this all weekend 😀