THANK YOU! I have struggling with being over in count of stitches and I can see how clearly you demonstrate the importance of adding the stitch market after you crochet the first stitch. 🙌🏽
That's a great tip, provided the yarn isn't at all fuzzy - I'm a perfectionist and hate it when I get fibres of a different colour of yarn trapped in my work! And of course you can use lots of other things as stitch markers too - dangly earrings, coilless safety pins, etc :)
PlanetJune Agreed! Fuzzy yarn is highly annoying! RH seems to be the least fuzzy and easy to work with. I'll also try to use my nails to scrape off any extra fuzz before use, too.
thank you so much for this. I've had stitch markers but honestly wasn't so sure how to use them properly. Was getting so discouraged with my projects not turning out right but this helps me understand much better
EVERYONE seems to not mention one thing i can't find an answer to. When you end a round and you are right before the marker, you take the marker off, crochet one sc, put a marker into it, DOES the crocheted sc you put the marker into COUNT as the 1 sc of the next round OR the last sc of the last round (you just made)? Can anyone help pls? :D
It depends on where you first placed the marker! I always advise to mark the first stitch of each round - if you mark the first stitch you crochet in Rnd 2 (the first stitch after you finish crocheting into the magic ring), then your marked stitch will always be the *first* stitch of every round.
what can I do if I forgot to put the stitch marker back and made some stitches and no longer know where it is?, could you make a simple video about it?
Doing it with continusous rounds, there's nothing you can do. well if you're on the beginning you can try to count all the stitches from the start. With rounds ended with slip stitch, you can determine the beginning of the round by the visible slip stitch.
I always mark the very first stitch of the round, so that'll be the first stitch of the first increase as you start Rnd 2, and any other rounds that start with an increase. (You may find it easier to complete both stitches of the increase, *then* pause to add the marker to the *first* stitch of the increase - that's how I do it!)
Thank you for your tutorial 🤍 I have a problem that after rounds when I remove the stitch marker the stitch looks prominent if you have a solution please tell me😢
If you placed the marker after making the stitch, there shouldn't be any excess yarn in the stitch, so I'd just try moving the fabric around - bending and stretching it in various directions - to get the loops to even back out. It'll probably just take one quick tug once you figure out which direction to do it in!
I use yarn as my marker. I move the string back and fourth on my first stitch. BUT for some reason my string doesn’t stay I. A straight spine like. It starts to verse right… anyone know why it would do that? I make make sure to count and keep a steady tension. Don’t know why it goes crooked :(
You're not sound anything wrong - that's a natural effect of crocheting in a spiral without turning between rounds. With crochet, the top of each stitch is positioned to the right* compared with the base of the stitch (*left if you're left-handed). When you crochet in rows, that bias reverses when you turn the work, so each pair of rows re-straightens the edge. If you crochet in the round without turning between rounds, the biasing effect grows and grows with each round, hence the slant you see.
Thank you so much for all your tutorials. They have made my life so much easier! I recommend them to all my crafty friends :) I hope you will have the time, energy, etc to upload more some time. Yours really are the best.
I definitely plan to! Just need to get through my house move and then once my new studio is set up I can decide what other techniques I can demonstrate for you 😊
I haven't used the x single crochet in any of my designs to date, so I haven't needed a video for it! If/when I do, I'll definitely make a video to demonstrate the technique for lefties as well as righties :)
The start-of-round marker is useful when you're crocheting in continuous rounds (i.e. no slip stitch at the end of the round and ch 1 to begin the next round - you just work in a continuous spiral, so every stitch looks the same). If you're working in rounds joined with a slip stitch, you don't need to use a start-of-round marker, as you can see when you get back to the start of the round.
