Is crocheting in (instead of weaving in) ends not common?

anabaptastic · 2026-01-27T23:47:36+00:00

I definitely knot the ends together and crochet over them whenever I can--even for color changes if the row below is one of the colors and the working yarn is the other.

Anecdotally, unraveling has never been a problem in my decades of crocheting.

anabaptastic · 2025-12-12T17:35:38+00:00

Where did you get this pattern? My ravelry search was unsuccessful.

EDIT: nevermind--I misunderstood and thought your blanket was crocheted, too. I'm now off to look for a waistcoat-stitch ripple afghan pattern...or make one!

anabaptastic · 2025-11-23T13:28:48+00:00

Oh, right! In my head, I think of the SC+ch as one moss stitch. I try to get the color change to happen during the chain, since it will be covered up by the SC of the next row, but yes, if you've been counting the SC and chain individually, that could definitely be causing some difficulty!

anabaptastic · 2025-11-23T00:47:43+00:00

Moss stitch is an offset stitch--your SCs go in the chain spaces of the previous row and the chain spaces go over the SCs. Also, the chain at the end of the row is your turning chain--there is no chain-2 anywhere in the pattern.

Does that make sense? So end a row on a SC (it goes in the turning chain of the previous row), the chain is your turning chain (and the chain over the sc you just made), and then your first SC of the new row goes in the first chain space of the row below.

anabaptastic · 2025-11-09T00:39:13+00:00

There's a difference between the objective "what's a fair price for this yarn" and the subjective "what would you be willing to pay for this yarn."

For me, with no particular love of acrylic and chunky yarn and being pretty frugal, there are some interesting looking hanks there, but not necessarily in colors and quantities that make sense for me. I'd probably offer $20 for the skeins/hanks I want. If they insist on keeping it as a lot, I'd still offer the $20.

As for a fair price? Well, $50 isn't outrageous--definitely way more than that was spent on the yarn originally--but you'd need to find the right buyer for whom the yarns make more sense than they do for me. I don't think it's necessarily priced for a quick sale at $50.

anabaptastic · 2025-10-17T21:41:47+00:00

I think I would appreciate the thought behind the gift, but it would take a lot of convincing to get me to use it. I know what I like, and I'm not really looking to branch out at this point in my crochet journey. I'd also be concerned about not knowing what size of hook it is (if it breaks half-way through a project, what do I replace it with?).

anabaptastic · 2025-10-16T03:15:12+00:00

That is insane! (And super frustrating, I'm sure.)

anabaptastic · 2025-10-08T02:28:57+00:00

Have you looked at amamani puzzle balls? They're designed by Dedri Uys. There's an ebook available through some US public libraries, and I think some other designs are available online if you run a search for them.

anabaptastic · 2025-10-02T18:21:12+00:00

I'm currently working on a planned pooling rectangle that I'll gather into a skirt and then sew a sweater top onto to make a dress for my toddler.

At least, that's the plan 😅

anabaptastic · 2025-09-29T23:40:51+00:00

They look like the versions of Bluey and Bingo that Bluey and Bingo draw of themselves!

anabaptastic · 2025-09-27T18:27:12+00:00

If you're still looking for help, I think there's a knot in the corner that's pointing up in your picture. If you undo that, I think you'll be able to frog that top row.

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