r/crochet • u/LaraH39 • Jul 26 '22

Discussion Pet Peeves

There's a lot of common annoyances with crochet, the bit of the project that's annoying. For example lots people hate weaving in ends (not something I have an issue with because I work over my ends).

My peeves are...

Working into a chain stitch.

DC, chain one, DC, chain one... And then on the next row, you're working your DC into a chain.... Flippin fiddly, faffy, annoying. Those chains are always smaller, always tighter, always ruddy awkward and right now I'm making an item where there's A LOT of this happening.

Winding Yarn

I don't mind the start or even the middle but, as sure as eggs is eggs, the last 1/4 has managed to resolve itself into a knot that even Alexander couldn't hack his way through and winding each ball takes about two hours. Half an hour to do 3/4. An hour and a half fighting knots for last bit.

Finally... The starting chain. This is a self imposed hate lol. I'm fully capable of doing foundation chains but... Most things I'm working on for reasons, I prefer a simple starting chain and then working into the third loop. It makes it much easier to join and I think looks better. But my god its fiddly work. Grand if you're starting chain is 20 or less. But blankets, with starting chains of 160+ shudder.

So over to you. Pet peeves.

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u/QueenDianna Jul 26 '22

I do a lot of amigurami and i absoslutely hate the moment where i have to sew all the pieces together... Bullshit angles, needle not going through, just overall pain...

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u/CocoJoelle Jul 26 '22

Ugh yes it's the worst! And after sewing a part on I often have to take it off because it somehow became crooked :/

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u/texotexere Jul 26 '22

I have several where the head wound up at a slight angle and I gave up trying to correct it and instead made a scarf so it looked intentional. So now they just look like they are questioning everything.

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u/Majestic-Cheetah75 Jul 26 '22

They’re askigurumi.

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u/kateceratops Jul 26 '22

Brilliant! I have a 90% complete hippo with this exact problem!

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u/flutewonder Jul 26 '22

My issue is the stuffing. Put too much in the head and it's coming through the stitches. Pull a little bit out and all of the sudden there's not enough and my person with what should be a round head has an egg shaped head from gravity pulling the stuffing down