How to crochet straight edges | Straight Edges in Crochet
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- Опубліковано 12 жов 2018
- Do your edges come out crazy?
Maybe you tend to get a zig zag look when making a blanket or scarf.
In today’s tutorial I show you a few tips to make sure you crochet straight edges every single time! - Навчання та стиль
At last!! Someone who explains CLEARLY Thanx!!
Glad you liked it!
I love the way she talks to you like you're an idiot. This is the video I needed. Because I'm an idiot.
You explained the mechanics of the process better than any other tutorials I have seen! THANK YOU!
OMG! This has been driving me crazy - I’m trying so hard as a newbie to get it right!!! Just gonna’ put my roast potatoes on and give this a crack. Thank you for the nice clear directions.
This helped me so much. I was always having that trouble and constantly ripping out rows and rows of stitches - NO more!! Thank you for a very clear presentation
This really did help, loved the clear instructions and her going over it a few times. Much appreciated Lexie.
Thanks so much for giving me this information . This is the solution to a long standing problem .
Thank you for the slower and closer demonstration. 🎉 very great
Oh my goodness! I've been crocheting for decades and doing it wrong! Thank you so much!! My work is going to be so much better now!
Lynette T I’m so glad to hear that I was able to help you!!! That makes me so happy 😁💕💕
What a game changer! My clutch bags I’m making for Charity now look super special. Thank you!!
Been doing that for years and almost gave up crocheting. Thank you! I started knitting because of this problem but now I think I'm gonna give it another go. Yay!
Perfect! Thank you. You answered my delima of a question!
Maybe it's because I'm a beginner, but I just can't tell what I'm looking at with this thick yarn. Luckily I'm doing fine so far, just watched to see if you do something different & I just honestly can't even tell. Looks like it helped a lot people, as I see in the comments, so good job.
I have crocheted all my life and I was having trouble seeing what she was doing with the dark bulky yarn and the dark wood background. it was not just you.
thank you ! Thank you! I cannot tell you how many projects I have started and ending pulling out because of crooked rows/ends. This was spot on and makes total sense now with the way you explained!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thank you so much .
Now I’m super happy
A straight edge at last
🙏🏻🙏🏻
So well explained!! I really appreciate your information!! Thank you!!
Thank you so much for a very clear explanation and tutorial...I am still learning so much about this hobby...I have been working on an ‘easy’ pattern for a month now and my sides were every which way but straight...I am trying again following your directions and I am finally having success...bless you for sharing❤️
Thank you so much for your very clear instructions. Learning to turn the work over to check for the right stitch to crochet into was a wonderful, new-for-me, tip !!!
I've needed this information for 45 years. Thank you . 🐶
Anne Apolis yay!!!
Best video!
Thanks !!! I’ve been crocheting for MANY years and always had this problem:(( This technique WORKS beautifully 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
OMGosh your video has soooo helped BIG TIME! Perfect instructions 👏 Thank You 🤩
yes I did this? and it looks so much better THANK YOU hugs!!
Thank you my edges were driving me CRAZY!!!! I get it now, straight edges all the way now
Ma’am thanks for your teaching you explained so well love from Australia
Best. Lesson ever. Brilliant. Thank you.
Clear and simple instructions. Thanks.
Karen Semones I’m so glad you liked it!!!
Thanks so much now I’m sure i will be more vigilant n able to get my edges straight
Thanks for this tip! 👍🏾
Clear, concise, very helpful info. So well explained. Thank you.❤
At last! A tutorial that actually shows ABD explains how the first and last stitches work. Thank you, thank you :)
Jude my pleasure!! ☺️💕💕
Thank you for this tip , I have just tried this out and it works perfectly. I’m new to crochet and I was at the point of giving up. So thanks again
Thank you so much for this easy to understand explanation! I have been so frustrated!
Thanks sooooo much! Your video is very concise and easy to pick up. Keep it up for beginners like me!
Very nice clear directions thank you
TY for taking the time to demonstrate and explain how to make the straight edge. Thank you also your hand and hook placement. Other fvideos did not consider these.
Interesting, bc this goes against several of my crochet books, BUT, your lesson works! Thanks!
I have trouble with this for sure, so thank you!!
You explained it so good
Thank you for doing this three times. I got it!
Cindy Whitsett my pleasure!
I really needed a good explanation thank you nice and clear. 😃👍🏼
I think this is really important..thank you so much
Thank you for the concise instructions! 👍👍
My pleasure!
Very clear! Awesome!
Glad it was helpful!
very helpful tutorial thank you!
Thank you so much for this video! I just watched a different one that told me to do the opposite of this and it left me confused because thats what i was doing! I’ve been teaching myself how to crochet exclusively from youtube and this is a golden tip i will NEVER forget 💕
Me, too - I am crocheting a scarf and her instructions was to go into the very first loop and iat works. So oconfusig -
I LIKED and SUBSCRIBED BECAUSE OF THIS VIDEO. THANKYOU ❤️
Oh thank you so very much, this was clear and so helpful!!! I watched another video and it was different, worked I guess, but this way makes sense to me...thank you. I subscribed to you also....no more ripped out work!!!
So clear instructions. Found my problem with my growing pattern
Thank you, thank you! So helpful!
You're so welcome!
Thanks for this video! This is what I struggle with as a newbie! 🙃 Love that you say “wonkiness”! I use that word too 😂
Great tips. Thanks!
You bet!
Omg! Thank you so much! Now I get it!
Glad it helped!
Sometimes, I can't get a straight edge this way. Sometimes I can't get it the other way. Everyone's tension and little crochet quirks alters their work so if you're having trouble one way with wonky edges, try the other way 🤷 Do a small swatch one way and a small swatch the other way and see what works for you, what makes you proud of your work.
ahhh finally i can see it thank you for showing this
yay!!! so glad you found it to be helpful!
Very good, thank you! 😀
I have had to trash so many sweaters and I couldn’t for the life of me understand why it kept going wide. the other videos I’ve watched did not explain properly. I understood I was adding a stitch at the end of the row but from the way others explained I thought I was adding into the cast itself not that the cast was the stitch. Thank you so much!! Very clear and concise video that explained every aspect of why this occurred and how to prevent it. You saved me one more headache
Very helpful💕
For the first time, after making more than a dozen scarves, I made one with straight sides, both sides, and I am over the moon happy with it. I have 5 more to make for Christmas gifts and as long as the others turn out as good as this one did, I will never change how I make them. I'm using HDCs, I put a stitch at the end, chain one and turn. I then make a HDC in that first stitch that you are saying not to use. So either I'm misunderstanding you or it depends on the stitch you're using. (SC, HDC, or DC)
Wow,thank you so much!
You're welcome!
Thank you. Can you demonstrate sc, then dc? For better edges?
Thank you so much I really appreciate it be safe;
Thank you for this video!
omg you just saved my life. Thank you so much
Dark Heart woohoo!!! My pleasure 😉
THANK YOU!
Thank you so much! I am new and have watched multiple videos and still was having issues. I thought it was just me having the problem with the turning stitch. I should have watched this a lot sooner!
Thank you!😊
Thank you so much, very easy to understand and see, mine definitely was not straight.
I love how you eliminate the hole in the beginning of a row. I’m excited to try it with my next hat
The foundation row is also great!
This has been a great help, what I’m having trouble with is my sides with a pattern that has a hdc ch 1 row ch 3 turn, sc row . Sc to end and go into turning chain of hdc row , ch1 turn repeat , I don’t know if I’m going into the wrong turn chain in order to keep my count right Should it be the second chain or the third . Help ☺️
Thank you so much! I’ve been doing it wrong my whole life
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Thank you very much
I like the coarseness of this yarn. Is it a #6? What brand is it?
Thank you so much
Thank you!
You're welcome!
This was so helpful, I've only just started crocheting and my work was turning into a triangular shape. I'm still not 100% sure about which is the last stitch in the row.
Very good video!
Thank you very much!
Thank you
Thank you so much for your advice for years I had this issue now I wont thank you thank
Thaank you. Great teacher ;) What yarn were you using? It's so soft and beautiful!
Thank you! It’s just an acrylic yarn from hobby lobby! One of their in-house brands!
So tell me does this apply with the hdc and double crochet as well?
Thank you , this helped a lot , I just started crocheting and my mini blanket edges came out wonky 😭😭
Great tutorial, been fighting that battle of wonky rows. I’m curious, you started with 10 stitches across, when you stopped was there still ten? I was not able count them. Lol!
Look forward to hearing from you.
At last a miracle lady has helped me with straight edges, explained slowly, could you help me I have all different coloured wool , can I crochet a blanket thankyou from many miles away in 🇬🇧 uk.
Yvonne Whiskin you can totally make a blanket! I’m so glad this tutorial was helpful! ☺️🙌🏻💕💕
How does double crochet work? Do you go over to second chain
Do you do the same for half double and double?
Thank U😚😚
Do we do the same with double crochet?
does this work on granny square
Thanks so much dear🙏 That thing was giving me headache
Thank you! I’ve been ripping out row after row because I get bumps and too many stitches and so uneven. Now I can get it right!
This is a great idea if it would work for me. However, when I do this, my stitches in the row are decreased by one each time I turn. What am I doing wrong? Appreciate guidance.
Some patterns call for a stitch in the CH 1 (2, 3 etc) at the beginning of the rows. But other times the CHs at the beginning count as stitches.
That being said, you are likely taking a stitch away at the beginning of each row or you’re forgetting to crochet in the CH 1 of the previous row assuming that is an actual stitch on the pattern you’re following.
nice explanation. plz give such tips so we can also do better work. **SWATI**
Where have youi been all my life?????????
Thanks this was very helpful
So glad!
I understand what you’re saying and the concept but having trouble distinguishing the V because of the super textured chunky yarn you’re using. Following pattern, designer says nothing about chain 1 counting as a stitch - just stitch count throughout. (Ch 61!p, then sc second ch from hook = 60. Always thought turning chain does NOT count as stitch. However, I like the no gap doing it your way so I guess I should count it as one of my 60 sc. Plain light color yarn always best for videos. In the meantime, am testing it out on a swatch so I can see the Vs..... thanks for video. Much appreciated.
Some designers count the initial CH as a stitch and others do not. I usually leave it up to the maker. If you like the look then use it as a stitch and if not do the CH called for in the pattern but then place the stitch you’re meant to do into the CH space. ☺️
You are sooo nice
Im the Master of making new shapes😬🤨😆
Thank you for the clear explanation. I learned to crochet back in the 80's and I STILL get confused.
I tried this on a chunky blanket yarn and a frogged it over and over and over again until finally went into that first - already utilized stitch - and now all the edges are straight. I'm so confused as to why this is the case. I'm rather new to crocheting so I'm trying to follow the rules and have drowned in video after video trying to get it right so I am clueless as to why the "wrong way" is working when it shouldn't.
It could possibly have something to do with tension. Perhaps the strength you use when making your stitches isn’t effecting the stitches as much when you place your first stitch in that space. Just a theory though. If you have found something that gives crisp, straight edges, then keep doing it! 🙌🏻