r/CrochetHelp

Found this yarn in the op shop, got tempted by unusual colouring and texture (it’s very silky to touch), but now can’t figure out what to do with it.

My only idea so far is a purse or a bag.

My boyfriend is absolutely OBSESSED with my hand towels. Im not exactly sure why this is the one pattern he's gravitated towards most but for some reason it scratches the itch just right.

His birthday is in September and id love to make him a blanket mimicking this style. I was thinking maybe moss stitch but im not sure if thats the right call here.

Any suggestions welcome!!! (Also massive bonus for faster stitches, single crochet blanket hell would be doable but rough)

The pattern requires an odd number of chains to start off with. I’m starting out with a narrow scarf chaining 29 using 5-ply cotton yarn. The pattern instructs you to do a single crochet in the second chain from the hook. Then alternate between sc and dc throughout. Seems simple enough but I end up with a scarf that is becoming more and more narrow as I move forward, despite using stitch markers. HELP NEEDED. I really like crocheting. It relaxes my mind if I don’t care about the end result, which is why I’ve stuck with it for so long. However, I’m starting to want something to show for all the time I spend. Besides, with the time I’ve spent studying and practicing, I should be able to pull off a simple scarf already and it’s getting too frustrating. Again, HELP NEEDED.

Thanks to everyone who offered advice last time! I just wanted to share an update of the finished blanket!!

I have the Stitch & Story Classic Miffy Amigurumi Beginner Crochet Kit and I am stuck on row 11 of Miffy’s dress. I am a bit confused about the sleeves as the image on the instructions shows to skip a stitch before attaching the chain, therefore skipping two stitches because there are two straps in that row. The issue is that there are only 28 stitches, from the previous row, to crochet into and the row I am having trouble with is asking for 28 stitches to be crocheted in plus two stitches skipped therefore there would need to be 30 stitches. I have attached images of the instructions as well as the kit I have. Please let me know if I have misread the instructions. Thank you.

My mom has had these forever. She asked me to make her some new ones. She likes them because they are flat and dense. Is this just a single crochet in a disc?

i want to freehand but honestly dont know where to start , mostly curious on how i would attach the granny square sleeves ..

So I made a shoulder bag with loops and thread cotton yarn and I’ve use it shortly twice and it’s already pilling. Is that normal? Is there yarn that won’t pill? I want to try hobbii cotton yarn. Has anyone had any luck with that?

I wanted to make a tote but I probably won’t if it pills so easily.

So I’m working in a blanket for my son when I noticed the edges are going at a slant instead of going straight. Both sides are like this. Is there a way I can save this? Or do I have to start over 😭

Hello! I just made my first granny square blanket, I haven’t blocked it yet but after I do I want to sew a back on and secure the back by sewing buttons at the crossroads of the squares. Would it be better to sew the backing on and then tie off with the buttons or tie off with the buttons first and then sew my backing on? I used to quilt a lot and I remember doing that but I don’t remember what order to do it in and Google was not helpful. TIA ❤️

I’m planning on making a C2C blanket of the Bobs Burgers characters using stitchfiddle. The chart I’m planning on using has softer colors to soften the edges (outlining the edges gives it a jagged look that I didn’t like) and I’m wondering if these extra colors will be super noticeable when the blanket is complete. If my gauge swatch is correct the blanket should be a king sized blanket so it should be a pretty big blanket. I would really appreciate any insight as to how the outline might affect the blanket

Do I just slip stitch to the first sc and then chain 1? I'd appreciate some help, as I'm not quite sure what to think of this.

cant wait to start double stitch!

am i doing something wrong ? i still have the same number of stitches so i dont think im missing one. is there a way to make the edge look cleaner ? it’s not super even and straight looking. this is just double crochet. i am doing chain 1 to turn bc thats the video im following even though i thought double crochet would usually use a chain 2 to turn ?

I’m supposed to give it to her in the next 2 weeks, but I think I messed up on the tension. The bottom row is longer than the top. This is only the second blanket I’ve made but the first one I’ve done using this type of yarn and normal crochet pattern. And it’s the first project I’ve actually sold.

The situation though, she gave me $50 to start with, the yarn was $10 a skein and I ended up buying 5 skeins, so the yarn alone cost what she already gave me. I had assumed that was just for the yarn alone anyway, but then my dad is always saying she has trouble with money and she’s broke. Well she called the other day and said she got some clothes for my son that someone was selling on Facebook and they’re name brand, so I’m like thanks, you didn’t have to do that. And she says she wanted to do something for me since I made her a blanket. It’s also quite a bit bigger than a typical baby blanket. But I didn’t ask for clothes, to be honest they don’t really need any. Plus I’m planning on getting them new clothes for school anyway.

My question is, should I just leave it alone since she’s probably not going to pay me anymore for it? Or should I go ahead and try to fix it with a border, just in case she does?

I would really love to make a neutral tone six day star blanket from Caron yarn, however, whenever I find colors that look good together, their weights are different. I really love the color boundless (Caron macchiato) and oyster (Caron cinnamon swirl), but one is bulky and the other is medium weight. Could I just alternate crochet hooks when I change the yarn? Is this not recommended or would it just result in different textures? Any other recommendations for a color scheme like this from the brand? Thanks!

For starters, I'm an amigurumi girly so blanket patterns are super new to me and this one has been challenging me so far, but I've managed to make sense of it. I'm now stuck on the last round of the edging and I can't figure out for the life of me what I'm doing wrong.
Pattern (has 90 sts from previous round and mine match that count)

Rnd 3: Ch 4, dc in same st, skip next 2 sc, [(dc, ch 1, dc) in next sc, skip next 2 sts] 7 times, † dc in next st, (ch 1, dc in same st) 3 times, skip next 2 sc, [(dc, ch 1, dc) in next sc, skip next 2 sc] 5 times, dc in next st, (ch 1, dc in same st) 3 times, skip next 2 sts †, [(dc, ch 1, dc) in next sc, skip next 2 sc] 8 times, repeat from † to † once; join with slip st to third ch of beginning ch-4, finish off: 38 ch-1 sps.

The 'skip next 2 sc' in the brackets are throwing me off because I don't think it actually wants me to do that on the 7th time otherwise I run out of stitches on the opposite side?

I've attached 3 photos. My finished attempt that I did a week or so ago (which I think is wrong). The attempt I did today of this which didn't work because I can't fit the '8 times' along the left side.

Am I meant to be crocheting the last [dc, ch1, dc[ up next to the [dc, ch1, dc in the same st]? Is that where I'm going wrong?

The third photo is the 90 stitches from previous round with a marker in the very corner stitch of the last round, I tried to work backwards from that point to find the middle of the [dc in next stitch, ch1, dc in the same st] 3 times, but that didn't work either so I'm lost.

I really struggle to read these patterns as a paragraph as it's very different to most amigurumi patterns, so this may just be misunderstanding something.

Anyone got any ideas where I'm going wrong?