I keep reading instructions for spiraling and it says something like: work 10 single crochets in the ring (this much I get) and then for the next round it says work 2 single crochets in each of the first nine stitches. etc. And the other pattern I'm looking at says for round 1 increase every st (16 sc) round 2: inc every other st (24 sc). Can someone explain these in really really easy terms? I'm just not getting it.
2007-08-19 12:32:16 · 3 answers · asked by Ariel 3 in Games & Recreation ➔ Hobbies & Crafts
oops I forgot to detail something...when you say put two sc in every stitch, is that exactly how it sounds, or is there a trick to it?
2007-08-19 13:02:19 · update #1
for a flat spiral this is what I do: work the 10 singles in the ring, put a pin in the first one, I use those little gold safety pins. some times it says do not join!! this means not to join the 10th sc to the first sc with a slip stitch, but to just jump up on the first sc with the 2 stitches of the next round.
round 2 make 2 singles in each stitch of the previous row. Exactly what it says, do 2 single crochets in each of the stitches around to the pin again. Since I hate moving the pin, I count 10 singles in round 1, 20 stitches in round 2, 30 stitches in round 3 etc.
Ok, round 3: make 2 single stitches in first single of the row, make 1 single in the next stitch, make 2 singles in the 3rd stitch. 1 single in 4th stitch and on around
Round 4: make 2 singles in first stitch, make 1 single in each of next 2 stitches, make 2 singles in 4th stitch, make 1 single in stitches 5 and 6 and on around that way.
clear as muddy water now???
2007-08-19 17:15:46 · answer #1 · answered by Nana Lamb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So that the work will lay flat you increase the number of stitches but spread the extras around so they don't bunch up.
"Round 1 increase every st (16 sc)" - put two stitches in every stitch. You should end up with a total of 16 stitches.
"Round 2 inc every other st (24 sc)" -- put one stitch in the first, 2 stitches in the second, one in the third, two in the fourth, etc. You are adding 8 stitches but spreading them out.
How many stitches you add to each round really depends on the pattern.
2007-08-19 12:51:59 · answer #2 · answered by bdancer222 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to make a spiral crochet a sequence approximately two times as long as you like the spiral to be then single crochet 4 single crochets in each and every sew working back to the commencing up of the chain.
2016-12-30 19:42:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋