Comments on: 7 Tips to Establish Consistency in Crochet

By: briony

briony — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 19:49:52 +0000

Thx soo much for helping me out x

By: Victoria

Victoria — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 18:47:08 +0000

These are great tips! Consistency in row length is one of my challenges and I find that my problem is at the ends of the rows. Sometimes I find it difficult to know where my last stitch is (without counting). One thing that has been helping me is to (a) always chain before turning and (b) always turn the same direction (e.g., clockwise).

By: Suzie

Suzie — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 13:43:10 +0000

Maggi,
I just taught myself crochet after almost 10 years of knitting. This is the way I naturally picked up the hook and yarn too! It just makes so much more sense to me to do it this way. You’re not alone in your unorthodox methods. Just thought I’d let you know.

By: Jean

Jean — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:23:16 +0000

I use safety pins as markers to mark my first stitch at the beginning of my row and my last stitch at the end of each row so I do not have to count so much…. this is really helpful if you are crocheting something with over 100 stitches in each row, which I am currently working on,
( a rather large afghan). So I know it also helps with smaller projects. I use the safety pins as a marker for crocheting in the round to keep track of my last row done. works for me anyways

By: Jodi

Jodi — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 04:40:06 +0000

I’m with you on your reply Leandra, I’m a beginner even tho I’ve been crocheting since my Aunt taught me when I was around 12. I would never stick to a project because of that problem and just recently realized that was what I was doing (not picking up that last stitch in the previous row). So I now really count and use markers to help me with end of row. I just recently found this site and thank you Rachel for such easy to follow directions!

By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:12:55 +0000

Hi Kim, I don’t have much experience with cross stitches so I probably won’t be too helpful in this area, sorry. I have seen some cross stitch patterns for afghans, maybe you can do a search online for some so you don’t have to worry about converting?

By: kim

kim — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:52:59 +0000

i love to crochet and have only made afghans at this point will be trying some bags and purses soon. What i would really like is to cross stitch on my afghans but am not sure how to measure and convert a cross stitch to afghan size any suggestions??

By: Leandra

Leandra — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 07:21:58 +0000

I’d also like to say that absolutely counting stitches is a must. Most of my problems have come from not recognizing the “first” stitch in a row AND the “last” which then causes me to mistakenly decrease my stitches. Had to learn this the hard way since 40 yrs. ago there were no online helpers. I love your site Rachel! There are so many helpful hints that come out of the questions posted. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

By: Leandra

Leandra — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 07:16:24 +0000

This has been an interesting thread for me…no pun intended…because I just can’t imagine why the 2 fingerless mittens came out different sizes. If you use the same pattern for each one, it seems that they should automatically be the same unless your tension gets impossibly tight or you change yarn wts. I’d like to hear from others who’ve had this experience since I’ve not tried these mittens. One thing I do hate is when my yarn actually changes thickness in the skein. I’ll be moving along really well and then suddenly my loops look bigger and I notice that the yarn has thinned out. I hate to waste it so I keep going if it is a project for myself. And KNOTS…oh I’d like to choke the people that knot yarn together to continue filling up a skein. They always show up at the worst places in my projects. Shouldn’t there be a control standard for these kinds of things. I realize that companies don’t like to waste yarn either but keeping stringy yarn or knotting lengths together to get an full skein is just not right!

By: Sadie

Sadie — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 02:01:54 +0000

Thanks so much for your help!