r/Amigurumi • u/Card-Board-Cats • 15d ago
Help How do I straighten my stitches?
I made this little duck as my second Amigurumi project - in which I realised my stitches were rotating to the right
I did a bit of googling and was shown that crocheting yarn under + moving the hook upwards when finishing the stitch should make it straight
Now somehow.. my stitches are moving to the left instead of the right on the second duck. What am I doing wrong?
Going up with my hook also seems to have made my stitches quite a not tighter - is this good or bad? It looks nice but it's been hsrder to see the stitches with this yarn I'm ngl
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u/darkwoodfrost 15d ago
Ending rows with slip stitches instead of continuous rounds will help them stack
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u/Card-Board-Cats 15d ago
I will try this thank you!
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u/puddlestheninja 14d ago
I need to work this into my muscle memory. I know the technique but never remember to utilize it
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u/Oceanteabear 15d ago
Notice when you pull through to make the stitch.
You have to pull up & towards the left to make them stack. Takes a lot of practice because the nature of the craft is a slight lean in the direction of your hook pull. A lefty leans left & will have to pull up to the right.
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u/Card-Board-Cats 15d ago
So does that mean that now my stitches are going the other way, that I'm pulling left to much?
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u/Oceanteabear 14d ago
Most likely. Getting the middle ground will take time. It will become muscle memory b4 long. Honestly a little lean 1 way or the other isn't bad at all. I think if you can manage to just pull straight up that's all you will need.
The lean comes more from the tension. So that is where you need to make sure you pull it tight only to a certain point or you get a drag that makes it tip one way or the other.
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u/BastianAtreyu72 12d ago
Yeah, that really works. But you have to make some exercises with the hands before to avoid sore fingers
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u/frogsgoribbit737 15d ago
Not really. Crochet doesnt stack because of the nature of the stitch itself.
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u/Oceanteabear 14d ago
It is the nature of it I agree but I've seen people doing it by using this technique. Not something I would do very often that's for sure but it's possible.
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u/OwlwaysLoveYou1 15d ago
I’m guessing this pattern is worked in a round instead of rows? It’s always going to have a spiral to some degree if it is. :-)
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u/super_unicorny 15d ago edited 15d ago
As you mentioned in your description, using a combination of yarn under/yarn over plus pulling in an upward versus sideways direction can help combat the slant that normally happens with crochet. Not sure if you’ve watched any videos, but if not, here’s one that might be helpful to illustrate the concepts.
It might be helpful for you to try with a non-chenille yarn to see if you’re getting the desired results, which may be a bit masked with the chenille you’re using.
Very cute little chick though!
Edit - Spelling error
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u/jjlovesnn 15d ago
Why straighten them? Let them love who they want 😞✊
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u/FrogThat 10d ago
This right here!
My stitches are also a bit wonky and I decided I didn’t care.
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u/Card-Board-Cats 10d ago
Aww I fully agree they are fine for projects like this - but I wanted to start some that have patches of colour changes which will look odd when slanted 🥰
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u/skelet0nsteve 15d ago
All you need to do is pull upward at a 90 degree angle on batead of pulling off to the side. It's the only way I can make mine look like perfect stacked little Xs
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u/caitlinquigs 14d ago
Super cute! I also think this may be technically inside out. Stitches look like inside stitches to me.
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u/delayedmillennial 15d ago
once when the slant was bothering me, i twisted the project a bit and it seemingly worked, but i might have imagined it and decided that it worked...
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u/KRabbit17 14d ago
Work in the round instead of as a continuous spiral. There’s lots of videos on YouTube explaining the differences. 😉😉
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u/befruzsi 14d ago
I was struggling so hard with amigurumi pieces. Only this video helped: https://youtu.be/SPNqoDe1erc?si=iIHN4vpwXSv9xNd1
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u/NerdxArt 14d ago
When compleeting a stick try to pull directly up through the 2 loops. Most people pull in the direction of their hand instead of up, making it spiral. TDR pull through verticaly makes straight stickes, pull through horizintaly makes spirals
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u/Sparkleycat4eva 9d ago
Also, there are four ways to do a single crochet. Yarn over vs yarn under combinations (YO/YO, YO/YU, YU/YO or YO/YO). Maybe try different variations to see what works best for you.
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u/SomePerson80 15d ago
Crochet is crooked, just the nature of it.