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How do I crochet when I reach the end of my blanket!? It is getting bigger and bigger?
I haven't done it for years, and I thought you are supposed to get to the last hole, finish it, and then do two more loops. And then turn the blanket around (as you are starting the next line and going up, then side to side) and stick the needle into the second loop. help! This is the third time I had to take it all out because I messed up twice!!
If your blanket is getting bigger then you are adding stitches somewhere. There are actually several places that could be happening:
- the beginning or end of the row, if you crochet into a stitch when you should be skipping it
- anywhere else in the row, if you make two stitches into the same place (that's actually a standard way to increase!)
- anywhere in the row, if you accidentally put a chain between two stitches (by pulling up another loop after you've finished the stitch). Then when you're doing the next row, if you don't notice that chain and crochet into it, you've added a stitch there.
So how do you deal with this? Well, if you don't have extra stitches in the middle of the row then the problem is probably with the way you're ending - and beginning - your rows. And really, that's usually the trickiest part! Here are the basic rules:
- You always have to make some kind of "turning chain" at the end of the row, so that after you turn your work your hook will be above the row you just finished. If you are doing single crochet that turning chain is usually only one chain; if it's double or treble it will be more than one.
- If your turning chain is only one, then you *don't* count it as a stitch, so you *do* crochet into the first stitch on the next row.
- If your turning chain is more than one then you *do* count it as a stitch, so you need to *skip* the first stitch on the next row.
- Then when you get to the end of the row - If the turning chain is just one you skip it; if it's more than one then you crochet into it.
There is a good picture here:
http://crochet.about.com/od/squaresbysize/ss/sblockpics_3.htm
that shows what happens when you get to the end of the row. The piece is done in double crochet so the turning chain is pretty tall, and in the picture it hasn't been worked yet; there is an arrow pointing to it. (There is one other thing in this picture - on the right side there is a shell stitch, which is 3 stitches worked into the same space. If you are accidentally adding stitches that way, that's what it might look like).
It might help, when you finish a row, to count the stitches in it to see if you have the right number *before* you do the next row. If you don't, then something needs to be fixed, and it will be a lot easier to fix it then than if you wait until you've done several rows and realize the blanket is getting bigger. Counting stitches after each row may sound time-consuming, but it probably won't take as much time as ripping out several rows trying to find the first row that wasn't right. Plus, you probably won't have to do it for whole rest of the blanket; once you get the hang of things you'll be more consistent and you won't have to worry so much about messing up.
That's a lot of detail, but I hope it helps.
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