mollyawesome
11-30-2007, 09:00 PM
Hey everyone,
I've got a quick question. I've been crocheting for about a month now, mostly self-taught from the Internet. I am exactly half way through an afghan for a family member when I started to notice something. It didn't quite make sense to me that double crochets went through an entire stitch, while single crochets only went through the front loops,...
Of course, that's when I did a bit of sleuthing and realized I'd been doing my single crochets wrong. The instructions I had read for "how to single crochet" only pertained to doing the stitch in the initial chain, and not in other stitches. I haven't notice a huge difference in how the stitches look, but my biggest concern is on the edges of the afghan. I kept thinking to myself, "Boy, it would not take very much to break this yarn here if it were stretched too much..."
My question is, do you think it makes a difference? There's no way I could bring myself to start the whole thing over, but I would feel better continuing it if I knew that I didn't have much to worry about. Have a made a huge mistake by doing front loop stitches (are the stitches weaker, etc.) or should I be fine?
I trust all of your input, this forum has been quite invaluable. Thanks!
I've got a quick question. I've been crocheting for about a month now, mostly self-taught from the Internet. I am exactly half way through an afghan for a family member when I started to notice something. It didn't quite make sense to me that double crochets went through an entire stitch, while single crochets only went through the front loops,...
Of course, that's when I did a bit of sleuthing and realized I'd been doing my single crochets wrong. The instructions I had read for "how to single crochet" only pertained to doing the stitch in the initial chain, and not in other stitches. I haven't notice a huge difference in how the stitches look, but my biggest concern is on the edges of the afghan. I kept thinking to myself, "Boy, it would not take very much to break this yarn here if it were stretched too much..."
My question is, do you think it makes a difference? There's no way I could bring myself to start the whole thing over, but I would feel better continuing it if I knew that I didn't have much to worry about. Have a made a huge mistake by doing front loop stitches (are the stitches weaker, etc.) or should I be fine?
I trust all of your input, this forum has been quite invaluable. Thanks!