crochet anyone ?

LolaLemon

yellowdots wrote: »

Hi everyone

Firstly just want to say how lovely your creations are, its great to see the photos.

That blanket is amazing!!

I am just taking up crochet again - not crocheted for over 20 years now. I would like to make this scarf but am I correct in thinking that the dc should actually be tc?

I would appreciate if someone could please clarify this for me, thank you.

http://www.ehow.com/how_4831147_crochet-dressy-eyelash-scarf.html

Yeah its american stitches...
so should be yarn over, through stitch, yarn over, pull through stitch (3 on hook) , pull through 2, pull through 2

Think thats a UK Treble. but it is a US Double.

The way i can tell is how many of the chain you miss at the start
i.e.

'In the third chain stitch from the hook, insert hook and make a dc.'
if it was a single it would only be in 2nd chain from hook... which i think is a uk double.

HTH

yellowdots

Thank you very much

I was almost sure it would be treble but its reassuring when someone can confirm it.

The info about how many chains are missed at the start is really helpful too, I hadn't thought of that.

I might be brave a post a photo when I finish it.

LolaLemon

yellowdots wrote: »

Thank you very much

I was almost sure it would be treble but its reassuring when someone can confirm it.

The info about how many chains are missed at the start is really helpful too, I hadn't thought of that.

I might be brave a post a photo when I finish it.

No probs, I remember when i started, i had my nanas old needlecraft book(uk) and some stuff from the 'net, i had to pick on as they confused me otherwise and i had no one else to help

found you tube very helpfull, so thats why i do US stitches, but i can now do uk patterns ok, although some do confuse me, like a treble treble?

And please do post pics, i love seeing others work

(anyone know when i can start posting pics n links etc?)

wilykit

hi everyone, i want to crochet a blanket and i have been looking at crochet needles on ebay, but they are all different so i have no idea which is best?! please can somebody help me?

Penelope_Penguin

wilykit wrote: »

hi everyone, i want to crochet a blanket and i have been looking at crochet needles on ebay, but they are all different so i have no idea which is best?! please can somebody help me?

Hello to another poster from East Yorks :beer:

They're crochet hooks (knitters have needles). I prefer metal hooks. I was given some beautiful bone ones from freecycle, but they're frustrating to use as the hook is too small

wilykit

hi

ahh i see, well i have seen lots of different crochet hooks and they are all different sizes!?

i really want to make a blanket like the one above but instead of a sea theme i want a dinosaur theme!

any ideas?

Justamum

wilykit wrote: »

hi

ahh i see, well i have seen lots of different crochet hooks and they are all different sizes!?

I want to get some coloured ones like these http://shop.ebay.co.uk/items/__coloured+crochet+hooks_W0QQ_dmdZ2?rvr_id=187951813568&crlp=1572450880_228459_228460&UA=WXF%3F&GUID=73a22d9b12b0a0aad2b32823ff1a8b1c&agid=736049380&MT_ID=10&keyword=coloured+crochet+hooks&ff4=228459_228460

I would recommend aluminium rather than plastic because I find that wool/thread slides better on the aluminium.

Justamum

LolaLemon wrote: »

thats why i do US stitches, but i can now do uk patterns ok,

I learned with uk stitches, so if I print off an American pattern I go through it and write the 'right' stitches on it so I don't get confused.

I've never used a treble treble (it would be a very tall stitch!) but a double treble is one more yoh than a treble, and a treble treble is one more yoh than a double treble.

bluebellbunny

wilykit wrote: »

hi everyone, i want to crochet a blanket and i have been looking at crochet needles on ebay, but they are all different so i have no idea which is best?! please can somebody help me?

Hi wilykit, not sure if you got the answer you were looking for yet but I get these ones - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=400172437215&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT they come from Hong Kong I think so take a while to get to you but you get a variety of sizes, great price and they look good too. If you are asking what size hook you should use, it all depends what type of yarn you are using really but an average would probably be from 4-5.5mm hook, whatever you feel more comforable with and what gives you the size you are after but if you are working from a pattern it should tell you which size is required. Hope this helps.......and good luck with your blanket
Bluebell

wilykit

thanks bluebellbunny, i have looked at some patterns and they all look confusing!!! my mum did crochet a while back...she started a blanket so i will ask her and then as i get used to it i may try some more complex patterns

thanks xx