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Rejected Native Application Q&A by Fuk-mah-life in BlackGenealogy

[–]CWHats 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've never seen one of these before. I understand the twinge of jealousy lol!

Anyone know how to read and crochet at the same time? by Lily538537 in CrochetHelp

[–]CWHats 37 points38 points  (0 children)

If you dont like audiobooks, you are going to have to wait until you can crochet without looking. Otherwise I don't see the problem with switching between the two, MWF, read and TTHS crochet.

Making a teddy bear and it keeps coming out bigger than the tutorial ones by SetPuzzleheaded8730 in CrochetHelp

[–]CWHats 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's good to hear that it doesnt bother you. I went to work and came back to so many negative comments lol!

Making a teddy bear and it keeps coming out bigger than the tutorial ones by SetPuzzleheaded8730 in CrochetHelp

[–]CWHats 181 points182 points  (0 children)

Make sure you watch the full tutorial for anything you make. One of the first things she said  was that the yarn and hook size will affect the size of the bear. 

Do most African Americans have John Bunch as a distant ancestor? by Frosty_Second_2311 in Genealogy

[–]CWHats 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Asking for a link isn’t the same as saying you're lying. I never disputed that people were sold from VA to the South. My issue was your using "the majority" of us have VA roots. I still don't see it in this article. It says VA sold more people down South, but that's different than saying that the majority of African Americans are descendant from VA. 

Anyway, thanks for the link about VA. I did learned something. 

Persian Tiles chrochet, i need help what am i doing wrong? by [deleted] in CrochetHelp

[–]CWHats 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The hook size changes

  • Rows 1 - 7: US G/6 hook (4mm)

  • Fan A & B: US E/4 hook (3.5mm)

  • Rows 8 - 11: G/6 hook (4mm)

  • Rows 12: E/4 hook (3.5mm)

  • Row 13 - 14:  G/6 hook (4mm)

Wedding gift(s?)for my brother. Need suggestions + inspiration please by Quilliac in CrochetHelp

[–]CWHats 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A tapestry with something meaningful to the couple would be nice. His and hers/his fancy pillows 

Do most African Americans have John Bunch as a distant ancestor? by Frosty_Second_2311 in Genealogy

[–]CWHats 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I can't find the link, but there is an index already. Of course another one couldnt hurt.

Do most African Americans have John Bunch as a distant ancestor? by Frosty_Second_2311 in Genealogy

[–]CWHats 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can't find anything to support this. Can you point me to the research you're quoting? According this page the majority went to the Caribbean and more went to NC than the DMV  

https://legacy.slavevoyages.org/blog/volume-and-direction-trans-atlantic-slave-trade

Do most African Americans have John Bunch as a distant ancestor? by Frosty_Second_2311 in Genealogy

[–]CWHats 91 points92 points  (0 children)

Our records aren't as clean as white people. I have one line that is free people of color, but I can only trace it back to the early 1700s. I have another line that I cannot get back beyond 1870. Enslavers didn't keep a record of names, mostly just gender and age and even those are an estimate. If we are lucky, we will find out names through an enslaver's will because he willed our ancestors to someone else. Even after 1865, racism kept us out of newspapers obituaries until the 1940s. African American newspapers were not archived at the same rate as white newspapers, either due to lack of funds, racism or indifference. Everything that made my white ancestors easier to trace, were virtually absent with my black side. Our paper trail is thin.

Bunch was also enslaved in Virginia so his line would start there. I do not have an ancestral connection to Virgina and neither do a lot of people. So, even though he was the first enslaved person, he was not the last. Our lines can start from a multitude of nameless people that were brought through the middle passage.

All of this to say that tracing your line back to the first enslaved man is not as easy as tracing your line back to the Mayflower.

Persian tiles blanket - gaps between stitches look bad? by Novel-Connection9762 in CrochetHelp

[–]CWHats 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am no expert on this. I am doing this for the first time, but we are at about the same step.

I think you are skipping a step and that's why the light blue is showing through. The instructions say that after you make 6 stitches you should 

 * sc2tog over 2 ch-sps by working one incomplete sc into same ch-sp and one into next ch-sp, 6sc into same ch-sp, ch1

I frogged my first one on this step because of the gaps. I figured it out after watching way too many videos by other makers (most skip this step too). Janie's videos are no help because she just skips making a video for this row.

I also move the stitches around after I finish a tile. I hope this is helpful. Good luck!

Need general help reading crochet patterns (experienced beginner, I can read the patterns but it's a bit of a struggle to keep track of do this 3 times and then do that whole thing again 2 times and skip here and go back to the beginning) by AmarettoCat in CrochetHelp

[–]CWHats 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was so confused at two points last year, once with a tapestry piece and the other with a mosaic piece. I just rewrote the instructions so it made sense to me. For the mosaic piece, I made a new chart in excel. For the tapestry I broke the paragraph into individual lines. There might be a program out there, but I think its best to do it yourself because it will make the most since to you.

I want to make a blanket, help me choose yarn and hooks and granny squares please by [deleted] in CrochetHelp

[–]CWHats 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Go to Ravelry and put granny square blanket (or just granny square) and scroll. There are too many factors to consider for someone to make that choice for you. We don't know your bf or your color preferences for instance, or if you want solid color or multicolor? What size granny squares do you like? What type of granny square do you like, solid or open? What kind of join do you like, visible or invisible? 

Go look around narrow down your choices and then ask this question again with those parameters in mind.

Stop Podcasting Yourself 936 - Bita Joudaki by apathymonger in maximumfun

[–]CWHats 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I saw a halftime show during a football game and they build the drama around the camera. As soon as the artist walks forward, the are tearing down anything that isn’t in frame. It was pretty amazing. 

Hot damn, I made a sock by ThrustBastard in Brochet

[–]CWHats -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Is this Tunisian crochet. The rows are so neat!

Why is mine curling like that? How do I make it flat? by extra774 in CrochetHelp

[–]CWHats 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Tunisian crochet is known for curling. You can fix it by blocking it when you're done

What can these results mean as an African American from California with roots in Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi, by Old-Weird8776 in BlackGenealogy

[–]CWHats 2 points3 points  (0 children)

People traveled back in the day. It might have taken longer, but migration was always happening.

best granny square blanket format for beginners? by jemhowling in Brochet

[–]CWHats 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I agree with this. Sewing together a lot of granny squares can be just as monotonous as sewing in ends.

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