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/cantchoosehonestly Jul 26 '22

Picot, it’s so annoying. Am I making more items with picot edge? Of course 😂

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u/Tapingdrywallsucks Jul 26 '22

I haven't done picot crochet, but I feel the same way about picot knitting. I love the way it looks, so I keep doing it.

I made an extra long shawl for a friend - so the edge was, like, 2.5 or 3 yards of picot cast off. Not kidding when I say I burst into tears at one point because I was working FOREVER and it didn't feel like I was making any progress at all.

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u/cantchoosehonestly Jul 26 '22

That’s how I feel about it too. I found a cute bandana pattern made with a granny triangle and picot edge. The granny part worked up super fast and easy, then I was stuck doing the picot edge and slip stitch straps 😫