Comments on: How to Read Crochet Patterns

By: Rachel

Rachel — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 05:41:20 +0000

Hi Teresa, read this post and the comments on it: Finish Off and Weave in Ends in Crochet

By: Teresa

Teresa — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 05:32:49 +0000

How do you finish off a pattern? I finished making a round coaster/doily. The pattern doesn’t say how to finish it off. Is there a way not to have the yarn showing without coming out?

By: Ninka

Ninka — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:56:53 +0000

Thanks for answering so quickly!

Since I really need to increase the size in order for it to fit the hand I doubt I can skip 1 ch. On the other hand, the pattern says I should do the “ch 1, sc in next sc” round five times – and I doubt anyone has hands that size!

I think I’m better of using your pattern – thank you for the link!

By: Rachel

Rachel — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:27:06 +0000

Ninka, your interpretation is correct. If it doesn't look right, perhaps there is an error in the pattern? Maybe there should be a "skip 1 ch" after the ch 1. You should contact the designer and ask or you can try my crochet mitten pattern.

By: Ninka

Ninka — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:58:01 +0000

Hi!

I’m fairly new at crocheting, and wanted to make myself a pair of mittens to wear in the winder’s cold. It’s just that I get problems early in the pattern. While crocheting the palm the pattern says:

“Rnd 4: Ch 1, sc in first sc, ch 1, [sc in next sc, ch 1] rep around, join in beg sc, turn.”

I just can’t get my heat around what the “sc in next sc, ch 1″ means. I interpret it as “make one chain and in the sc directly after where you are – make a sc” and repeat. Which would mean to double the stitches, no? It sounds weird, and looks awful when I try. What do they really mean?

Could you please help me? Thank you!

Ninka

By: Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 04:49:17 +0000

Teresa, the first “twice” means to repeat the instructions within the parenthesis ( ). The second “twice” is telling your to repeat the instructions within the square brackets [ ].

By: Teresa

Teresa — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 04:06:12 +0000

I am trying to make a bag from the website bernat.com. (pattern #494). I got the first four rows okay (just sc’s). But I am having trouble with the rest of it. I got stuck trying to figure out what this means: *Ch 5. [(Yoh) twice. Draw up a loop in next st. (Yoh and draw through 2 loops on hook) twice] twice. Yoh and draw through all 3 loops on hook – tr2tog made. Now what I don’t understand is why they have the word “twice” on there one after the other. If you can tell me what that means, I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks,
Teresa

By: Rick Martin

Rick Martin — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 03:20:33 +0000

I found the answer to my question – you slide the first four live knit stitches onto the crochet hook then loop the yarn pulling the yarn through the four stitches, then single crochet seven stitches. Then repeat this through the next three stitches, and so on.

Rick

By: Rachel

Rachel — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 02:26:30 +0000

Llianyk, Row 1 is correct, you should have 68 spaces. The first space is created when you dc in the 8th ch from your hook. Then there are 201 chains left and the repeat uses 3 stitches each. So 201 / 3 = 67 more spaces. 67 + 1 = 68. For row 2, if you have 68 spaces and there are 3 double crochet into each space, but 4 double crochet in the last space, that is (67 * 3) + (1 * 4) = 205 dc, not 206. However, sometimes the “ch 3″ at the beginning of the row is counted as a dc, so that may be why it says 206. For row 3, the repeat uses 3 double crochets and creates one space each time it is repeated. Since 2 dc are used before and after the repeat, 205 dc – 4 dc = 201 dc used in the repeat. So there are 201 / 3 = 67 space created during the repeat. But don’t forget to add the one space created before the repeat, so the total spaces is 67 + 1 = 68 spaces. Overall the numbers are correct except for row 2, where it should say 205 dc. The pattern is symetrical so if it is starting to slant it is probably due to something you are doing.

By: Llianyk

Llianyk — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 01:06:25 +0000

I am not sure it matters, but you start with 209 ch to begin with. Sorry that I forgot that in the previous post.