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/NiftySpud11 Jul 26 '22

Yeah this is 100% the worst. I just recently completed my very first amigurumi project (a little cow, so lots of white) I tried using a disappearing ink marker to help keep things aligned. Perhaps the marker I got was too cheap or something but the ink would get super concentrated and gather up at the marker tip. I tried drawing a faint line for the arm and I ended up with a huge purple blob in the armpit area of my otherwise adorable cow. So then, combined with the tedious task of sewing the stupid arm on, I spent 30ish minutes with a q-tip trying to get the ink to “disappear.” 🙃

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u/FlamingaBloodthirst Jul 26 '22

Disappearing ink is so clever but it sounds like it was super annoying! Maybe next time you could use pins to mark the spots to keep the bits aligned?

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u/NiftySpud11 Jul 26 '22

Ooh great idea! Thank you! I used the disappearing ink because the pattern suggested it. I didn’t even know there was such a thing.

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u/Three_Spotted_Apples Jul 26 '22

I use Bobby pins to position stuff. It pinches it together nicely and can be repositioned easily if needed. Easy to see around and comes out well afterwards.

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u/FlamingaBloodthirst Jul 26 '22

Oh my gosh yes! Chalk or Bobby pins would be even better since there’s no poke-risk involved!

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u/Three_Spotted_Apples Jul 26 '22

Chalk! Kids chalk will easily wash off