Comments on: Free Crochet Pattern: Crochet Hook Case

By: Yvonne

Yvonne — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 01:03:41 +0000

Thank you Rachel:)

By: Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:45:52 +0000

Yvonne, yes you are correct! You will add 2 more chains to the 90 chains. They are written separately, just in case someone wants to adjust the width of the case before starting the first row.

By: Yvonne

Yvonne — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:00:01 +0000

I am a beginner at this so bare with me but i was wonder at the beginning you say to chain 90 then in row one it says chain 2 does that mean you at 2 to the 90 or how does that work….

By: Varsha suraiya

Varsha suraiya — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 08:37:09 +0000

great idea must try it!

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 22:05:14 +0000

@Rachel,

Thanks so much for clarifying. I completely misread it, haha. I’m so used to seeing it labeled as increase when multiple stitches go into one that I guess I missed the “in next ch” part!

That’s great, now I can start!

By: Rachel

Rachel — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 19:58:28 +0000

Mikw, the repeat is “skip 2, 5 dc in next ch, skip 2, sc in next ch”, so…

skip 2 = 2 chains used
5 dc in next ch = 1 chain used (all 5 dc go into one chain)
skip 2 = 2 chains used
sc in next ch = 1 chain used

so the total chains for each repeat is 2 + 1 + 2 + 1 = 6 chains. Let me know if you need more help!

By: Mikw

Mikw — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 19:38:00 +0000

I wanted to make mine 120 wide instead of 90 because I have very many hooks. But the instructions confuse me. You say each shell is 6 stitches, but I count more: 2skip, 1sc, 5dc = 8? I’m not sure I am understanding this correctly. Forgive me, this is the first thing I’ve done that wasn’t in a round so maybe I just don’t know how to read this pattern.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 00:30:05 +0000

Hi Charlie, you don’t have to carry the yarn, you can cut the yarn each time if it’s easier for you. I don’t know of more than one way to carry the yarn, but if you’re yarn is showing through when carrying it try to give the yarn you’re carrying a little tug so that it’s not bunched up and sticking out.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 21:35:03 +0000

Hi Rachel,
Thanks for the pattern!
I’m having some trouble with carrying the yarn when I change colors.
Because there are two skips in between the stitches in this pattern, the other color yarn sticks out at the skips. Is there another better way to carry the yarn?

Thanks

By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 01:37:54 +0000

Hi Marissa, I just weave a piece of yarn in and out of both layers. I try to make sure that I’m using the primarily color that is going vertically along the spot I want to sew together. If you don’t want one color over showing over the other color, try only sewing into the stitches where primary color is. Let me know if you need more help.