I have taught myself to crochet...which is fine, as long as you don't have any questions that aren't covered in the book... I have completed two of the 20 octagons I'm supposed to make for this afghan (let's not even talk about the squares). I like the colors and I'm having a reasonably good time. I've gotten so that I can follow the pattern and that's nice, but the central cluster is hard. Here's my question: Sometimes, I'm supposed to insert the hook into a space, instead of a stitch. My understanding is that the stitch is the 'V' part, the back of which is just a single piece of yarn. So, what's the space? Anybody?
Crap, I've just looked online to find that I've been picking up too much stitch. I have been picking up the entire V, instead of just one half...well, my octagons look like they're supposed to so...
The central clusters are really the problem. That link is a hexagon but my octagon is the same idea. The thing is, though, that for this hexagon, the person has started with a 6ch, which makes sense. Mine starts with a 5-stitch chain and is supposed to be an octagon. So, I'm having to make clusters in stitches, which is straightforward, but also 'spaces,' which confuses me...
Swipe Wipe
8 months ago
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This is one of the reasons I got sick of crocheting--I could never figure out just where in the blue hell I was supposed to hook stuff. I did a blanket kinda like that (with lots of squares) and I *think* you're right about the V...but it's been so long I can't remember for sure.
And since my afghan started to fall apart shortly after I finished it, I am probably not such a reliable source of information. Heh.
Oh here we go, with pictures:
http://crochet.about.com/library/bl_doll_blanket.htm#space
So, I wonder if I just double crochet into the loop, the big giant loop? This would make things substantially easier than trying to pick up the chain stitches which make up the loop. Maybe I need to go to a knitting store...or maybe a retirement home...
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