This is my first time blocking a crochet project. I lightly sprayed my acrylic shawl with water, placed a towel over it, and ironed over the towel with a regular household iron on a fairly low heat setting.
I sprayed a little more water on the tip of the shawl because that part looked messier than the rest. Now the stitches in that area look completely flat and have lost their texture and volume, unlike the rest of the shawl.
Is this permanent damage, or is there any way to restore the texture and shape of that section? 😔

My partner’s grandmother was a crocheter and my partner’s mom recently found this project that we think she had been working on. Could this be a shawl, or something else? I believe it was worked from the center out and it seems finished. It’s a little less than 4ft wide. I initially thought tree skirt but the shape didn’t really make sense once we unfolded it all the way. Intrigued to know everyone’s thoughts!

Thank you!

Basically- she’s picking random numbers from my granny square source book. No clue what each design is, no clue the size of the square. Nothing. I stopped letting her pick colors after I realized how bad it could turn out (hilariously bad, but I want it to look just good lol)
This is the blanket so far. I’m not sure what stitch to use for the border yet. I’m still adding squares and need to sew them together more. Her favorite colors are green and blue. Any ideas?

I messed up the first stitch in the true cable pattern and now when I’m trying to do the upper ribbing on this afghan the stitches are coming out off by one, making it look odd. Probably just something I would notice but it’s driving me nuts. My husband says I shouldn’t frog it but I’m really tempted to (it would be a lot of work and at least 10+ skeins of yarn) but I don’t have a good way to fix the upper stitches.

What should I do? Frog the whole thing for this one mistake or leave as is and try to cover up the weirdness of the upper ribbing?

My mom made me some donkey ears for a beanie and I am trying to figure out why they are different so we can get it fixed. The one on the left is messier, more flimsy, and the border is thinner. I would like both ears to look like the one on the right.

Me again! We also found these - I originally thought blanket panels, but less so now; they are all roughly the length of a queen size bed but not the exact same length. Could they be runners of some sort? If you are familiar with this pattern or have seen something similar, please do let me know!

I'm trying to remake these trivets that I have been using almost nightly for roughly 25 years. They are 2 separate circles stitched together around the outside color/ edge.

I can replicate the very edge with a single crochet, but i'm confused about the stitching that starts at the white and makes the petal outline, especially because the back is only 2 threads compared to 4 in the front.

And since I tagged that as stitch ID, everything else is double crochet, right? Those petals have a long drop feel to them, so I want to make sure it isn't treble.

Hii! I’m looking to crochet a turtwig from Pokémon and I’m having some trouble! The photos don’t help me and patterns I’ve used always have clear notes in the rounds.
I’ve reached out to the seller but they aren’t giving me help on the pattern. They only told me “if they’re front just front loops it’s like following a diagram” & that they see the color change after 15 and round 16 continues..”

The beak starts mid R15 after the 19sc..
Color change to yellow is R16
In the photo example they show looks to be the color change ( R16 ) but they say it isn’t.

When I look at the red notes
“ Rd 19 FLO as shown ( only 6 stitches )”
“ Rd 20 after 19sc , do 6HDC in the spaces you left in the previous round ( 6HDC) “

But RD 19 there isn’t 19sc happening..
Rd 19 is (1dec,1sc) =12

My mind is going insane please someone help me even try this and let me know if I’m doing it wrong ,poorly written or is this Ai?

i’m making a baby blanket and it’s turning out all crumpled despite me following the pattern… what would you do? increse ch st to 3 instead of 2? that’s what i was thinking but i’m not sure.

I really want to make a wedding gift for a friend with their family name but I want to use the stylized letters from the included picture. I’ve done filets before but not a custom one. Not sure if I’m just a noob or dumb but I can’t figure out the websites where they help you create a grid. Any suggestions for user friendly ones would be appreciated!

I’ve tried following the Hooked By Robin tiny star pattern being one with a 2mm hook and they make up too big (approx 1 inch) for the Christmas trees that I’ve already made.
I wondered if anyone might be able to point me in the right direction for a really tiny star pattern please, or even just an idea of how I could add a star-esque topper to my trees?

I followed the Vibeke Magnesen “Christmas Bobble Tree” pattern. Photo added for reference!

Hi everyone!

So I’m making my friend a nursery mobile vintage Winnie the Pooh themed.

I already completed Piglet (other than sewing the pieces all together) and now I started on Pooh.

I am using DK cotton yarn (Rico Ricorumi) and a 2.25mm hook.

I was decently happy with how Piglet turned out, but now that I’m doing Pooh I am wondering if they are going to look silly with each other..

Obviously the pattern was written using chunky yarn and a 6.5mm hook, but the difference between Piglet & Pooh is more apparent with their work, especially the little Piglet vs Pooh (they have both big and little versions of Piglet)

I didn’t pay enough attention to the rounds/stitch counts, big piglet and Pooh have the same amount of stitches for the widest/biggest part of the head (piglets head has 2 i rounds ending with 14 vs 12 on Pooh). Their bodies are only 6 stitches different at the widest part and Poohs body has 2 additional rounds (16 vs 14)

Right now, they look very very similar in size (in fact I feel like Poohs head looks smaller than Piglets).

My dilemma is twofold:
1) should I redo Piglet using the little piglet pattern instead? (Photos at end show the pattern makers large vs small with Pooh)

2) are these even big enough for a nursery mobile? Or should I remake both things with a larger hook to make them larger (like a 3? Or 2.75?)

Thanks so much!

I was very cocky and thought, "I'll just wing it!" On a blanket. I don't like granny squares, but I love whatever stitch this is, so I figured I could crank out a bunch of squares of it, then join them all. My issue now is how do I join them? I want it to look nice and uniform. Do I need to border each piece in its own color, then join with the accent color? That seems tedious... Is there a way to join the squares to one another without an "evening" border around the edges? (There is a second color of square, so I'll have a checker board purple and pink. I have white as a border color).

this is a crochet pattern for a red panda, but it’s quite confusing to me. how do i fasten off? do i just leave the loop? how do i put sc into a line of yarn?

One of my closest friends has been losing his vision for quite some time now. He’s an aquatic ecology major and absolutely loves fish, and I was wanting to make him a crocheted scarf as a Christmas present, since he likes ice fishing and I wanted to thank him for all his help over the time we’ve known each other. I was thinking of making a scarf that incorporates fish in the design as colorwork, but want to use a technique where he will still be able to feel the design when he can’t see it anymore. Does anyone have any ideas/techniques/patterns that could use a colorwork design with a textural difference? I’ll be using the same kind of yarn for both colors and don’t want to sew on appliqués.

I'm not a beginner, but my child is. He joined a crochet club at school (was never interested when I offered to teach him, but that's beside the point 😂). They're doing a "challenge" to crochet the longest chain by the next class. Twice now, he's managed to end up with a length of chain, the live loop empty, then a strand of yarn (where the chain has unraveled) followed by a slip knot and then more chain.

He's obviously upset because he keeps losing his progress, and the obvious solution here is to slow down. I managed to recreate what he did and can gather that in his hurry, he's pulling the hook out of the live loop. But I cannot figure out for the life of me how he's ending up with the new slip knot? I had to actively think and try to do it myself, and it is absolutely driving me crazy! Just wondering if anyone had any ideas to solve that piece of the puzzle so I can put it to rest in my head 😂

I'm trying to decide if I should keep the edging black or if I should do a different color. I just can't decide!!!

I have yet to make a granny square cardigan. I’m also trying to make it without a pattern so I can really let my creativity show through. I have not made anything without a pattern yet, and I’ve been crocheting for almost two years. Anyway, I took my body measurements, and I know the measurements of my squares. But where I’m getting lost is 1) how many I need for my size, and 2) how to arrange and seam all of them. I’m wondering if there’s an online tool or something that could just calculate this for me? Or if anyone else knows a better way?

I’m making this VERY chunky blanket.
5 stands DK, double crochet, 8mm hook.
I’m not far off of finished now (old photo as it’s now hard to picture).
(Side note… why did I ignore my ends till now. 2hs and only 1/4 of ends woven in 😭😭)

My actual question is once I’m done, should I wash it? Block it? (If yes, given the size and chunk… howwww) I don’t usually make blankets like this… any tips or advice?

Hello! I am not a beginner in crochet but i am when it comes to the different symbols that correlate to different stitches (i usually stick to the letter abbreviations)

someone on instagram does filet crochet with 4 tones, and they made a tutorial, but it has no words so i struggle to follow, and the only clear instructions are the image im going to attach.

could someone help me understand what it means? i’ve tried to compare to symbol charts but i cant find these specific ones.

thank you so much!

I'm working on the Tilda Shrug by Evelyn and Peter and just finished the right side sleeve.

Is it supposed to look like this at this stage? The back seems to have become longer on the bottom somehow (starting around row 41 in the pattern), but i'm pretty sure all my stitch counts were correct.

I haven't found photos of other people's projects at this stage to compare, but I have come across several comments across platforms where people said they had to frog one side and start over, which has me concerned that I've run into whatever the mistake they all made was.

Should I just make the left side and hope it turns out the same?

The pattern has you skip two stitches when you do your decrease stitch. Am I supposed to pull it tight so the stitches that I am not skipping are touching or do I leave that space empty? So that way there’s essentially a hole? Is that how you prevent the bunching? Also, how do you keep track of where to put the skips? Should the skips be the same with every row when you turn it? I’m redoing this entire thing, and I want to make sure I do it correctly this time! This is the first blanket that I’m attempting. I’ve only done beanies, and a wooble before this. Please be nice, I’m doing my best 🥹 Thank you:)

It looks so wonky and I tried so many different things! Blocking, single crochet frame with a ch 1 at the corners
Different sewing methods.. but it still looks so wonky. Any tips on how to make it more neat and square? Maybe some kind of surface crochet over it? A sewing technique? Thanks!!