Crochet A Cowl for Beginners | The Crochet Crowd 

Wonderful!

Thanks a lot 😊

Pretty scarf. Chain 90 = what length? I'm using a smaller hook/thinner yarn. Thank you.

When you say "not joining (continuous rounds)" I'm not really sure what you mean, could you be more specific? The reason he is choosing to make a slip stitch in the end and beginning of the rounds is because it can help with not leaving gaps in the garment, sometimes you'll see a row of gaps running through a finished piece where the rows begin. If you're talking about the moment in 4:30 he means that you can see in the "v" there already is a treble crochet made, the first one of the round and that means your row is complete. imgur.com/a/9bH12wA (Screenshot from video with notes) I hope this picture helps. The more you crochet the more your eyes will pick up on things like that. For stitch markers you can use a paperclip that you bend a little, a small twist-tie, a bobby-pin or a piece of yarn in another color. Fasten it in the first crochet stitch you make in your row, and you'll see where you started. I hope that helps a bit, please tell me otherwise, I'm a visual learner and had a real hard time when I wanted to start to crochet. I'll gladly help.

thanks for your reply! firstly, some projects call for "slip stitch to join each round" and some other projects say "do not slip stitch because we are working in continuous rounds" (like a hat?). i'm not quite understanding between the two. if let's say i want to try making something on my own without a pattern, how would i know if i should be slip stitching or not? thanks for the picture, i think it's kind of helpful. i think i just have trouble identifying which "loop" belongs to the first stitch. sure i can use a stitch marker but then i would like to get better at identifying without them :) appreciate the help!

Ah okey! I guess with for example a hat, if you make it as you go and use a ruler to get exact measurements/ try on for size and size down as you go then one wouldn't need to slip stitch to end a round. I haven't heard the term "continuous rounds" before, so I googled and thought the beginning of this article was helpful: www.ehow.com/how_12079321_crochet-continuous-round-joining.html I'm doing a beret with slip stitches in the end, (even though it's worked as a spiral) for the fabric to have a fuller look. On the "other" side it's not noticeable. I still sometimes have to look closer at my stitches to see if yarn has been pulled through it and it's time to do another row, my tip would be to pull and drag til you're sure (if not, just guess it usually still turns out great.) Oh, also, my first made-up pattern was a cowl in double crochets, and I didn't slip stitch between rounds. It's striped black and white, and one can clearly see where the colors are changed, like this: mimuu.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/amigurumi-renk-degistirme-nasil-yapilir-mimuu-com-13.png instead of smooth at the top. But for this cowl I don't think a missed slip stitch would make much of a difference.

Those types of details ar eprovided in the pattern link in the video description. There is a ton of details if I go through everything. So I rely on that if that makes any sense.

@@TheCrochetCrowd it's' way too little to be viewed on my phone screen - even when enlarged as much as possible. Not everyone has a pc with a larger screen, but thanks anyway

@@algloriadawson7666 okay. Thanks fir letting me know.

Make it bigger and it will be a cowl😊