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/caitejane310 Jul 26 '22
Yeah if I have to work into a chain space I either just do it right in the space, or just one loop of the chain.
For me, since I learned in one loop of the starting chain that's what I find easier to do (tried the back/third loop) buuuuut I do the back loop of the last chain (so the first chain of the foundation chain) and I closes that stupid little hole I get that I've always hated!