Comments on: Crochet Finish Technique: “Crochet Evenly Around”

By: Helen

Helen — Mon, 20 May 2013 22:02:51 +0000

This is a great techniques for making an ‘eternal’ blanket.
I came across it almost by mistake and I am using it with my young beginners (my own two sons and two girls to whom I teach English)
We start with a chain and then rows to form a square.
We then crochet around the edge exactly as described above – with 3 single stitches in each corner stitch.
We then continue doing this ‘for ever!’ … with colour changes of course …
My example piece is now more than ‘cushion size’ but the children’s ambitions of producing a blanket for their beds are some way off!
If your ambition is a bedcover it is worth starting with an oblong in the middle before going around it, therefore producing an oblong blanket in the end.

By: Beth

Beth — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 22:14:36 +0000

AMAZING!!!! Thank you!! I’m not so intimidated in doing my next afghan

By: Kim in Michigan

Kim in Michigan — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 18:30:50 +0000

Thanks for the pictures on finishing the edges! Awesome!

By: Corinne Munger

Corinne Munger — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 13:59:11 +0000

Ok, I understand now…. If the person’s leg is 12″ around, I probably wouldn’t go any larger as yarn always stretches. If anything, I would consider making it a little smaller so that it stays put. Since it’s a boot cuff (I’m assuming for the top of the boot), it won’t make a big difference since it can’t really move with the boot on. A 12″ crocheted band will stretch considerably (unless it’s made of a non-stretchy yarn) so I’m sure that size will be fine.

By: martha

martha — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 12:30:42 +0000

Sorry, I didn’t word that correctly. I’m making boot cuffs and the person’s leg measures 12″ circumference. Do I make the cuff 12″ also, or a little larger so I can go on more easily?

By: Corinne Munger

Corinne Munger — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 02:55:07 +0000

I’m not completely sure what you’re asking, but if you want to know what the diameter is, it would be about 3.82″ (12″ divided by pi 3.142). The diameter is the measurement across the piece and the circumference goes all the way around. Hope that helps!

By: martha

martha — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 02:07:17 +0000

When the circumference is 12″ how big should the finished piece be?

By: Jade

Jade — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 22:44:31 +0000

can anyone tell me please what a pattern means when it says (now crochet only over the outermost 18 sc/tr at right side)? I am making a dress and I have finished the front and back torso, and that is my next instruction and I have no idea what Im supposed to do. Thanks

By: martha

martha — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 14:20:08 +0000

Thanks, Collette. I’m going to try that technique on my next project.

By: Collette

Collette — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 13:13:09 +0000

May I make a suggestion for beginning a piece? When I make a beginning chain, and do not use the foundation sc or dc stitch, I make each stitch on row one in the “hump” of each chain. This looks like a finished stitch and makes an easy edge to put a border on. I hope I have explained it well enough! LOL