Does anyone crochet

I crochet years ago what a mess i made of mine started off great and when i was finished i ended up with a great big dip in the middle dont know what i did wrong, the only thing i can think of like knitting it was very slack. :D :D

 

skotkat you are doing a great job of yours good luck enjoy

 

Got your mail thanks again two heads better than one sometimes.

 

Rosa not real got stuck with the reading of the pattern.

 

Sorry Scotkat - can't make out what they mean in round 9 , with the "ch-1 sp & st" - I assumed it meant "chain 1 space and stitch, but it doesn't make sense to me. I've tried all sorts of things to make it work, but it doesn't seem to work. It's probably blindingly obvious, but I don't see it - hope someone else can help out!

 

Me too am trying the othe rpattern no wand ready to start round 9 see if its ok.

I even tryed to e-mail the person on yarncat but was directed to a crochet site.

Thanks anyway Francisas you say maybe someone else can help.

I shall keep trying.So its not just me,got to be the pattern.

 

As you can now see this is the other pattern
Francis it kinda looks like a hat but that is all 13 rounds now done and it does not fit too small and short and I dont have a big head.

I dont want to give up,want to master these patterns.

 

Scotkat and Dendrobiuim - Have you managed to find the information you need about crocheting?

I used to do a lot but have gone over to embroidery and cross stitch more these days. If you still want info, perhaps you would let me know what exactly you want explained (its easy to do but the "Code" for it is quite puzzling compared to knitting) - until you know what it means and then you can fly! Look forward to hearing from you!

 

Good morning Eleagnus I am trying to do the flapper hat kathleen pattern from yarncat.com

Did the 6 rounds for the crown and then here is start of round 7 Ch2,dc in each st around.Join (60dc).
Round 8 ch2,dc innext 2sts,ch1,skip next st,(dc in next 3 sts,ch1
1,sk next st)around Join (45dc).

Round9 ch 4(counts as dc,ch1),sknext st,(dc in next st,ch-1sp&st.,ch1sknext st around .dc in last st & ch-1sp.Join with 3rd ch o fbeg ch-4.

I am now lost cant get this pattern to look right .

The 2nd phot I have tried again it is the flapper imogen at least think have managed to understand but only 13rounds to pattern and hat too short.

You can see this patterns on yarncat.com flapper hats thankyou eleagnus.

 

Dendy have struggled with this 8th round think I will give up for now go back to it another time.

Just cant get the rnd to work out.I wont give up just take a wee break .

 

Just got mail from a crochet gardening buddy in America.

This is how she says I should do the pattern where I am stuck so away to try once again unless anyone else here can help.

(dc in next 3st,ch11,sk next stitch) that should be chain 1, not 11. The chain 1 space is in the last row you crocheted and this time you do a dc in it on the way back.
I really hope you can figure this out, would like to see the finished product.

 

Keep going Scotcat, it's like learning a new language, I always read each row at least 4 times and unpick it again just as many. Can't really help at the moment I need to have the wool and hook in my hand, I think that makes me a kinesthetic learner when it comes to crocheting.

 

Celia I am now frustrated at this crochet was going so well and now its like the waves on the ocean. the more I read or unpick.

Who said this was easy.Mty eyes are now gettign sore.

 

Hi Scotcat,
I have never crocheted a hat before, but I can imagine what I would do if I was in your situation...

Put it on, undo the hat until where it doesn't feel tight.
Check where you are on the pattern and go from there, sticking to the instruction, but at the same time adding some extra stitches - Of course you have to think of a way to put in the stitches that does not diminish the effect of the pattern and does not make it too difficult to connect the present row to the following row.
Try the hat on every now and then, because you don't want to go too tight or too large, unless it is a shape that gathers at the bottom so it doesn't matter if you go a bit large.
I hope I haven't confused you even further!

 

Here's the summer tops I crocheted last summer spraed out on a bedspread I crocheted and folded in the top left-hand corner is an aghan I've made. The tops are all in cotton whereas the bedspread and afghan are in acrylic yarn. This was the first time I've used cotton and it wasn't too bad actually!



Sorry the light is not very good ... it's a rainy afternoon and we don't have overhead lights over the bed, just a fan ... for those hot, sultry days! :rolleyes:

I shall put this up in LoL's Leisure also as a record of what I get up to over here! :D