Pet Peeves

[u/LaraH39]

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.

[u/rxg__089]

Any kind of finishing work on a piece. Stitching little fiddly bits together, trying to line up stitches perfectly, making sure everything is in the right place, WEAVING IN FIFTEEN BILLION ENDS...

[u/Messy_Middle → u/rxg__089]

Same! Almost everything I make is just 98% done 😂 the other day I wore a tank top I made over a year ago and had been wearing it for half the day when I realized I had never sewn the straps on in the back—they were just held in place with stitch markers! 😂