#34 - Tips for Crocheting a Spiral
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- Learn 2 ways to successfully keep track of the beginning and end of each round when you crochet a spiral. I also share an easy beginner project that you can make with the free pattern from my website.
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I like the yarn method as it makes it easier to count the rows too.
Yes it does! Thanks for watching. I hope you're learning something new from some of my crochet videos.
Hi Susan. Can you explain what 3+1 means? Or rather when they say "count by 3's...then at the end add one"...what does that exactly mean and what's the purpose of such a count? The Crochet Crowd guy crocheted a sample to his viewers and said the following as crocheted: "1,2,3...and then 1, 2, 3...and 1, 2, 3" ..and then he said to keep going until 159?.(or ended on some odd number like a 9) ..then he said "then we add one". Well, as far as I can tell...it would be ending in an odd number. (So why count in 3's?) And if you "add that last extra one at the very end"...aren't we essentially ending it on an EVEN number???? (This is boggling my mind. 🤔 I JUST don't get this counting system and what is it really used for and what is it all about? Is it so if the door bell rings, or dog barks we don't lose count? We just end it on a 3 and then get up and answer the phone or whatever? I've watched countless videos and they don't really explain this voodoo. lol 🤪😂
Sylvia,
I'd be happy to help you understand multiples. If you can share a link to the video that Mikey from The Crochet Crowd is saying to count by 3+1, I can give you an accurate answer. If it's always ending in an odd number, then perhaps it should be a multiple of 6+1 instead of 3+1.
Chain multiples allow you to make your project any width you want so the stitch pattern will begin and end correctly. For instance, if a stitch pattern is "(sc in next st, dc in next st) across", then you'd want to work chains in a multiple of 2+1 (the "+1" is the turning chain before the first sc is worked). When you add the "+1", then you'd want to work a multiple of 2 chains and add 1 more chain at the end, so you'd end up with any odd number of chains.
There are so many different stitch patterns and each one needs a specific number of starting chains to get the stitch multiple to begin and end correctly across the row. The chain multiple and stitch multiple are typically slightly different because of needing to add the turning chain at the beginning of Row 1.
I hope this helps. Please reply with the specific video that you're referring to and I'll watch it to see if it's correct. I'll also explain what Mikey means in that video.
Happy crocheting,
Susan
This was something that gave me trouble in the past. :)
I hope my video helped you.
Thank you for such a clear explanation!
You're very welcome! I'm glad you like it!