Monday, March 17, 2014

New Poll!

Hey there hookers!

I've posted a new poll on the top left of this page, and I'd love it if you'd take a moment to vote.  I have struggled with crocheting into the foundation chain, and now I use foundation single crochet whenever I can.  But for some patterns you do have to use that (tight, twisted, uneven) chain, and I recently learned that there are different approaches.  I think the most common way is to insert the hook under the top two strands, but you can also do back-loop only, back and bump, bump only, and probably a million other variations.  I'm curious as to who does which, and when, and why.

Regarding the other poll, I can only apologize.
I used to research test construction, and yet I provided you with that horribly crafted question.  How could I have asked about "most often," and then encouraged you to choose as many answers as you wanted?  There is also the matter of being a self-selected sample: are any of us really surprised that there are more crocheters and no knitters reading this blog?
*sigh*

Hopefully I've done a better job this time ;)

7 comments:

  1. My way isn't on there :) I crochet into the back bump. That way the resulting edge is a finished looking 2-loop crochet stitch. If I'm going to add an edging, I prefer having the two lps to work into, because the edging "hugs" the piece better. I'm writing a pattern where the first row is worked in the back bumps (as I usually do), and working around, the row is worked in the back loop of the two lps to create a ridge effect that I want. I added specific instructions to do so, however, because if you research "How to Crochet" tutorials, they show the 1st row being worked in the front lp and back bump.

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    1. I do this at times as well. Great minds....heehee. ~Kelly

      unDeniably Domestic

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    2. I knew I was forgetting something! That would be nice, to have the two loops to crochet into at the end - I always get lost trying to seam or add edging.

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  2. Another thought. If your chain is tight, I'm wondering if you are using a "tapered throat" hook like Boye. Using an inline hook would really help and practice relaxing the yarn tension as you crochet. If you don't know about tapered vs inline here's a place to see what I'm talking about: http://nerdigurumi.com/guide-to-crochet-hooks.html

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    1. Thanks for the advice! I had no idea there were different hook types. Most of mine currently are Boye, but I do have some bamboo hooks that I will take a closer look at. I definitely need to loosen up my chains.

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