Crochet help
Do any of you crochet? I'm trying to learn how, but I have a hard time with some of the instructions. Here's the instruction:
Note: Ch 5 at beg of each rnd counts as 1 dc and ch 2 sp throughout.
Does this mean that every time it says Ch 5 at the beginning of each round, I do one dc, two ch and then a space? Or what?
Then later, it says: Rnd 1: ( Read more... )
Note: Ch 5 at beg of each rnd counts as 1 dc and ch 2 sp throughout.
Does this mean that every time it says Ch 5 at the beginning of each round, I do one dc, two ch and then a space? Or what?
Then later, it says: Rnd 1: ( Read more... )
Does this mean that every time it says Ch 5 at the beginning of each round, I do one dc, two ch and then a space? Or what?
It means that they're counting the 5 chain stitches as the equivalent of two items: a dc and a space made up of 2 chains.
So when you see that in your instructions, just chain 5 and move on to the next part of the instructions.
The reason they say that is because when you come back to that section in the next round or row, and they say something like "Do x in the chain 2 space," you know that even though that spot looks like 5 chains, it's really just forming a space there where you put other stitches into.
That's fairly standard when you come to the end of a row (or round) and the instruction say something like "Chain three and turn." That chain three doesn't look like a dc, but it counts as a dc in the pattern. The purpose is to control the number of stitches in each row/round; it's counter-intuitive, but if you don't chain whatever number it says, you end up with less stitches in that row/round than you should have.
Then later, it says: Rnd 1: Ss in next ch 5. Ch 5. 3 dc in same sp.
So, in round 1, slip stitch in the next stitch of the chain of 5? Or slip stitch in the next 5 chain stitches? And then that next Ch5, is that from the note? Or do I actually stitch 5 chain stitches? And what does 3 dc in same sp mean? What sp?
It's neither - the chain of five should have made kind of an empty space/loop. Look at that chain of five as though it's not five individual stitches, but one big loop that you stick your needle underneath.
(It's hard to explain. If I had a picture, I could just point. :) Kind of like...if you have a bunch of cheerios, and you rearrange them into a picture of a doughnut...you're not sticking your needle into the hole of any one cheerio, but into the hole of the doughnut.)
Anyway, they're saying that the chain-five forms a space beneath it, which is the entity they're talking about when they say "space" - or, if you prefer, doughnut hole - and you're about to do several things without moving out of that space.
The first thing you do is an ss - not by inserting your needle into any one chain/cheerio, but underneath, into the "doughnut hole." Without moving anywhere else, right when you're done with that ss, chain 5. Again, without moving anywhere else, immediately do 3 dc in that same doughnut hole/space. So you've gone into the same doughnut hole with your needle (*counts*) 4 times.
The chain-5 that's in bold in the above paragraph is like your first question; on the next round, it counts as two entities: a dc and a space (doughnut hole) made up of 2 chains. So...*thinks* technically what you've just done is make something like:
_I^^III
where the _ is your ss, the first I is the chain-three counting as a dc, the two ^^ is two more chains forming the space, and the three III are your three dc's. The bases of each of those dc's should be at the same spot.
Your pattern may have you do something in the next rounds like:
_I^^III--I^^III--I^^III
And when they say "do xyz in the chain-2 space" they just mean to insert the needle beneath the ^^ and work the stitch there.
Sorry if it doesn't make sense - I thought it would be easy to explain, and then I got tangled up. It's frustrating to try to *say* when I could show you in like, 2 seconds. Hope it helps! :)
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