Comments on: How to Crochet on Opposite Side of Chain

By: sandi

sandi — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 08:54:19 +0000

Hi Rachel

Thank you so much for the explaination. I am definitely going to crochet bigger bags.

Really appreciate this site.

Be blessed.

Sandi

By: LaShay McIver

LaShay McIver — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 04:50:07 +0000

Omg, thank you so much for this. I will be definitely be coming back to you if more help is needed.

By: JoAnn Turner

JoAnn Turner — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:01:23 +0000

Instructions are chain 43, sc in each chain, for 42. Then sc around the end and come back for 42, join with slip stitch, chain 1, then sc in the slip stitch place, and then repeat. Total of 7 round for the bottom of the tote. The side that “slip stitch” always looks funny. It angles up & out. I tried the suggestion above of turning the chain toward me for better visualization as I sc back. But that didn’t seem to help either.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:14:09 +0000

Hi JoAnn, make sure you double check the stitches on the beginning round if aren’t already. If there are the right number of stitches, then you’re probably doing it correctly. Maybe you just have to weave in the end of yarn sticking out to make it look right?

By: JoAnn Turner

JoAnn Turner — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 03:43:52 +0000

I have been “attempting” to do this for a market bag. However, when I join to continue the next row, slip stitch, chain 1, then sc in the same stitch. The bottom of the bag, this end seems to go outward, like I added a stitch? What am I doing wrong? This is the “market bag” done with Lily’s Sugar & cream

By: ashley

ashley — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 20:27:55 +0000

thx and i have a quick question would that lead to like a spiral if a pattern says

Round 1:Ch 11 Working in back loops of ch sts, sc in second ch from hook,sc in each of next 6 ch.
Do not join.Work in a spiral.Mark beginning of round, moving marker up as work progress.

By: Lorie

Lorie — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 23:38:44 +0000

Thank you so much for the explaination on how to crochet on the opposite side. I have a Chic Cell Phone Purse pattern I purchased and the pattern calls for working on the opposite side of chain and I didn’t know how to do this. I learned how to crochet from my aunt (she was right handed and I am left). It’s been years since I picked up a crochet hook. Now that my aunt has passed away I was give some of her yarn and crochet hooks and started crochetng again.

Being left handed can sometimes be a challenge and your pictures of how to and being able to move the mouse around so the picture changes to a left handed view is pure genius.

Thank you so much

By: Rachel

Rachel — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 00:08:51 +0000

Hi Nancy, does the pattern say something like “join with sl st in beg ch-2″? If so it is telling you to make a slip stitch in the ch-2 that you made at the beginning of the round. At the beginning of the round there should be a ch 2, or 2 chains that were skipped. You will make a slip stitch in the top chain (second chain) to join the end of the round to the beginning.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 23:20:39 +0000

I’m not getting this very well it may also be the pattern I am working with but it says to join to beg then ch 2… how do I join to beg? Haven’t I already crocheted over the beg?

By: Rachel

Rachel — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:21:40 +0000

Laurel if you are right handed you are always working from right to left using this technique. Once you reach the end of the row, turn your work up side down (180 degrees) to crochet into the remain loops on the chains. When you turn your work, this makes it so you are crocheting right to left.