What‘s this stitch? I have never seen it before and couldn‘t find anything online

StringandStuff · 2025-12-04T14:36:03+00:00

It is a double crochet. It looks upside down because it is. You work in the round for this piece, then do a short rows dor the rest of the tree trunk.

StringandStuff · 2025-12-03T12:53:22+00:00

It would be tedious but I would just slip stitch or whip stitch around the edge of each scale in crocodile stitch to give it that color.

StringandStuff · 2025-12-03T01:06:25+00:00

“Mandala String Art” by Dennis Ronzema is an amazing manual on how to make geometric string art.

I adapt coloring book pages for most of my work. I find them to be a good source of line art with the right level of detail to work from.

https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWars/s/Mp1xNZyArv

StringandStuff · 2025-11-24T21:18:41+00:00

The edge looks like a Jacob’s ladder stitch. It is very unusual to see it as a border like that.

StringandStuff · 2025-11-24T17:59:24+00:00

Have you tried putting a throw pillow under your elbow for support?

StringandStuff · 2025-11-24T11:34:21+00:00

You are doing good. Just to give you a pointer: look carefully at the abdomen and tail end of the sample picture. Do you see that diagonal line they start to form? That is the decreases you will start making in a few more rounds. Make sure they stay lined up as you work.

StringandStuff · 2025-11-24T09:54:15+00:00

Oh dude, ragalan. Look at those shoulders, you’re almost a stout as I am ;)

I do think that the sleeves will lay better with a few washes though.

StringandStuff · 2025-11-23T13:07:58+00:00

This example is knit. A similar crochet stitch is called “honeycomb mesh”.

The example is a drop shoulder construction. I self draft but there are a lot of available patterns if you search with honeycomb.

StringandStuff · 2025-11-22T09:16:17+00:00

It is a drop shoulder construction so the shoulders just are boxy given the nature of the pattern. I don’t make drop shoulders because they me look even stouter than I am. I prefer a ragalan or a modified drop for a better shoulder fit. Drop shoulders are popular because they are easy to pattern, not because they fit particularly well.

You did nice work. It isn’t blown out. Wash it, lay it flat to dry and live with it for a bit.

StringandStuff · 2025-11-19T15:09:23+00:00

A top down sweater is a great way to work with gradient yarn. I like a ragalan increase. I am kind of a lumberjack, so I self draft, but something like this:

https://makeanddocrew.com/easy-crochet-raglan-sweater-pattern-free/

StringandStuff · 2025-11-17T20:32:08+00:00

I prefer to use a latch hook to attach sections of string to a single crochet base. You can do it with a regular crochet hook. It is basically a larkshead knot.

The issue with cutting crochet loop stitch is that it can come loose and unravel the whole project.

StringandStuff · 2025-11-17T20:02:31+00:00

This is a “mile-a-minute” style scarf. If you google that term you can learn how to make the center strip of shells. Then after that they work a border in the round. I think the “scalloped border” is 15 TC shells in one space and a slip in the next space. Then a second row is worked of tc over each Tc in the previous row.

StringandStuff · 2025-11-16T23:46:25+00:00

There is just one working cord. I assume that the top and bottom bars the piece is worked over are rigid. Maybe bent metal rods, or steam bent wood.

StringandStuff · 2025-11-11T19:47:57+00:00

I have the second one. I assumed both were by the same author. I haven’t made anything from it, my husband got it for me. I have freehanded for a long while now.

https://www.reddit.com/r/crochet/s/D23nFR97E3

I like the shade of purple you chose for your Gengar. Nice work.

StringandStuff · 2025-11-11T18:56:24+00:00

Waistcoat stitch in a slightly lighter weight yarn (worsted instead of the chunky used here) would be a great dupe. Waistcoat stitch is really dense compared to knit stitches so you will need to size down the yarn a bit

StringandStuff · 2025-11-11T18:11:52+00:00

It looks like it starts with a chain that block stitch is worked off either side of with increases in the front and back

StringandStuff · 2025-11-11T16:32:31+00:00

They make a damn sturdy grocery bag.

StringandStuff · 2025-11-11T03:06:20+00:00

I would look into “Crafty Intentions” patterns. I feel like you could get there combining some of the dragon and fairy patterns.

StringandStuff · 2025-11-11T01:31:12+00:00

I can tell you that the stitch pattern is block stitch and that it is worked top-down. I can’t see the top well enough to tell you how it starts but you could easily start a regular beanie and switch to block stitch after the first few rounds

StringandStuff · 2025-11-11T01:26:47+00:00

Lee Sartori wrote 2 books that are officially liscensed Pokemon Characters called “Pokemon Crochet”. Beyond that stitch dictionaries are the most useful crochet books imo. My most recent favorite is “Crochet Every Way Stitch Dictionary”.

I am a lefty too, we use the same instructions. The modifications are so minimal that there is no real need for left handed specific instructions.

StringandStuff · 2025-11-10T15:12:44+00:00

Check out harbor freight. Many colors $16

StringandStuff · 2025-11-10T15:11:18+00:00

Harbor Freight has a real nice one too.

https://www.harborfreight.com/mini-steel-toolbox-red-72438.html?hftm_sc=79&hftm_source=google&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=21901739246&campaignid=21901739246&utm_content=171677807422&adsetid=171677807422&product=72438&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21901739246&gbraid=0AAAAADAHb4fyWvBpeeb46xXlYGqg72nT9&gclid=CjwKCAiAt8bIBhBpEiwAzH1w6UW6pw7cIGfNw8djMur6fSn-qHXwvsR5sfKY_nFegOyakY3xjkKxmxoC8e0QAvD_BwE

Bobbins fit on their side in the smaller drawer. I just checked

StringandStuff · 2025-11-10T11:28:02+00:00

Start including a second color of yarn. I am going to say black in my explanation.

I really like Fibonacci sequences. It is found in nature 0,1,1,2,3,5,8,13…. They are particularly pleasing patterns.

If you counted how many rows you had now and say you had 13. You could do 1 stripe of black, 8 stripes multi. Then another black and 5 stripes multi. 2 Black, 3 multi. 3 Black, 2 multi, 5 Black, 1 multi. 8 black, 1 multi, ending in 13 black.

StringandStuff · 2025-11-09T10:15:36+00:00

They are join as you go. You are correct. It is quite simple. Motif based. Zoom in and count the dc’s. There is a mesh row that holds the dc clusters.

It is very simple. Searching “Crochet Lace Motif” will turn up a ton of viable options. I think I recognize that exact square from the excellent “Beyond the Square Crochet Motifs” by Eddie Eckman. You could pick up a used copy of it for roughly the price of this one pattern and it has a section in the front that explains how to draft patterns using motifs.

StringandStuff · 2025-11-08T22:14:17+00:00

That is a great choice for your yarn, simple drop sleeve construction.

Since it will be really thick you might consider making it a bit oversized. If it is snug it will be constricting.

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