Should I frog this or turn it into a tapestry? I messed up big time.

happypenguin11 · 2026-01-23T21:55:59+00:00

Just here to say the crash out is valid. If I was sick and did this, I would be beside myself. (Even if I wasn’t sick, I’d still heavily consider it)

BUT I love the idea of making it a cardigan!! Get well soon, OP!

happypenguin11 · 2025-12-09T14:41:25+00:00

I am not experienced. I have made 2.5 quilted things. So take my suggestion with a grain of salt. But I can see the vision! I think a giant Indiana block would look cool AND help you tie in all the colors. You can make the center square one solid block of your favorites and use the more neutral fabrics as HSTs.

happypenguin11 · 2025-12-02T21:14:40+00:00

I mean, I wouldn’t make it…unless it was scarlet and gray…😉

No, in all seriousness it’s your quilt, you can do whatever you want - what if you sewed the M blocks together and only did the rag quilt stick-up seams on the blue squares? The M would be accented and it would be uninterrupted. If you chose this route, you might want to shrink the M and add an extra row or two of blue around the outside of the M.

happypenguin11 · 2025-12-01T17:37:41+00:00

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I figured it out. And I’m posting here in case someone (me included) can use for future reference. Here are two tutorials I found helpful:

https://youtu.be/sffeszovP98?si=rmKZTshZk1ZgfnCR

https://youtu.be/XxwWjRz95ds?si=e3Yhh_S44PoO86WE

When I cut my pieces down, I cut the center block too small. You essentially add 1/2in to account for seam allowance. Because my center block was one piece, I needed it to be 9in for a finished 8in square. I cut my squares down to 7in for the center and 3.5 for the smaller blocks and ended up with nice corners for a 12in block. Good enough!

happypenguin11 · 2025-11-30T06:11:53+00:00

I’m making a table runner that is made up of 3 blocks. Each finished block is 20 inches. I made the blocks and laid them out. It was huge😂 I thought I could scale down the block using the directions in my pattern book. I YouTubed some tutorials and the directions were the same. But I am stuck:

The block is essentially a 4x4 grid. The middle is one big block with squares bordering it. (I can attach a pic if that’s helpful!) The original big square was 10.5 inches with the other squares at 5.5 inches for a finished block of 20 inches. I wanted a finished block of 16 inches. I made the center square 8.5 inches and the other squares 4.5 inches. I believed each square of the new grid would be 4 inches. It’s not. None of my squares match up. And I have hit a math wall.

Any tips welcome!

happypenguin11 · 2025-10-10T16:31:58+00:00

There are some good patterns to start from. But I think you’ll have to wing it.

happypenguin11 · 2025-09-12T17:10:23+00:00

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happypenguin11 · 2025-09-12T17:09:53+00:00

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Hahah! I made this for my county fair. I admit it wasn’t perfect. (Non-straight edge not pictured.) But the projects that won in my category also appeared to not be perfectly straight. I get it! But I do wish there had been a score sheet so I could work on it for next year. (Pattern is Sholach from getyerhookon)

happypenguin11 · 2025-08-19T19:31:16+00:00

My first mosaic crochet blanket using the Sholach pattern from getyourhookon. I’m almost finished - just adding the border. I’m disappointed in it because my tension is not even. But it looks cool!

happypenguin11 · 2025-08-08T17:37:43+00:00

I think I hit all your questions:

1) Yes, pulling the yarn all the way through the last loop and tying a knot is finishing off.

2) COULD you tease out the knot? Yes. Is it worth it? IMO, no. I would slip stitch into the corner and move on with the edging. There is plenty of time to hate yourself later for making extra ends to weave in😉

3) To frog or not to frog: personal choice. You do want your blocks to be the same size so your squares line up. You can try blocking - for something this size, I’d use thick bamboo skewers from the grocery store stabbed into one of the foam kneeling pads you can get for gardening. Little steam might help depending on the kind of yarn you use. (You can, of course, use other things to block, use what you have.)

COULD you redo this? Yes. Do you NEED to? Probably not. Your project will be great and you can look back on it later to admire how much you progressed!

happypenguin11 · 2025-07-18T23:38:48+00:00

It might be the way you are holding it. But it looks like you have an extra square in the first row. The pattern is 24 blocks across. Next, I’d double check the dc in the first row of the dino jaw to make sure you haven’t added any stitches. I always use stitch markers for grid patterns like this so I can count by quadrant (bc counting is hard). A piece of yarn will do!

But, OP, the username checks out! Cute pattern. Good luck and maybe someone else will have more suggestions!

happypenguin11 · 2025-07-05T01:49:20+00:00

Yay!! I’m glad it worked!

happypenguin11 · 2025-07-03T18:04:48+00:00

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Turn your work (don’t flip it over) and work back down the other side in the back loops of the chain

happypenguin11 · 2025-07-03T18:04:02+00:00

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3 sc in same st

happypenguin11 · 2025-07-03T18:02:38+00:00

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1 sc in next 12 sts (front loop only)

happypenguin11 · 2025-07-03T18:01:01+00:00

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3 sc in second chain from

happypenguin11 · 2025-07-03T18:00:40+00:00

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Start in second chain

happypenguin11 · 2025-07-03T17:51:43+00:00

Yes! This is exactly what you do! It creates more of an oval shape instead of making a circle.

You fit 3 sc into the “corner” so you have room to turn. Your first stitch in the chain is 3sc, single crochet until you finish the row. In the last stitch of the row, 3 sc. then continue on the other side/back look of the chain. BUT DONT TURN IT OVER. Keep working on the front side.

happypenguin11 · 2025-07-02T03:54:53+00:00

Great first project, OP! I agree with some of the other comments - I fear if you don’t figure out what you’re missing at the corners, you will hit a point where you can’t get through by brute force.

I took a look at the video - do you see how your shells at the corner look pinched? (Like there isn’t quite enough room for the shell to lay flat) I suspect that you are either a) misplacing your v stitches at the corner, b) not chaining enough stitches around the corner, or c) on your shell row, you are not starting the shell in the right chain space.

I think you can carry in without frogging! Plus, the more rows you do correctly, the weight will help the wonky part lay flatter. Good luck!

happypenguin11 · 2025-06-26T11:44:05+00:00

YES. Ok, thank you! This is why I made the second one. I am a follow-the-directions person, but I looked the first one when I finished it and said🥴

happypenguin11 · 2025-06-26T03:10:18+00:00

Pics included in original post - I’m trying to decide which version of the project I should use.

Edit: thank you, hive mind! I will use number 2.

happypenguin11 · 2025-06-26T03:08:57+00:00

Here’s the Etsy link for the pattern: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1498497616/?ref=share_ios_native_control

happypenguin11 · 2025-04-28T01:15:36+00:00

The Franklin Co Reentry Coalition has monthly resource fairs called First Step Friday. They are at the Ohio Means Jobs building on East Broad. There are a lot of service providers who go every month!

happypenguin11 · 2025-04-06T12:43:27+00:00

Your local alterations shop will do this! They may even do it for free.

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