how come i come up short when crocheting my amigurumi pattern?
July 172009
i count, then count again after im "done" with my row but i come up 2-4 stitches from my marker? what am i doing wrong? im a beginner & find youtube help full except for this problem.
If you know that you started the last row with the correct number of stitches, there are two reasonable explanations.
1. You are accidentally putting multiple stitches into the same stitch from the last row. As a beginner is it easy to get mixed up about where exactly you need to be putting your hook for the next stitch. It’s a simple mistake to stitch twice in the same place. Doing this twice on a row by accident would leave you 2 stitches short for reaching your marker. So you’d have made the right number of stitches, they just wouldn’t be in the correct places.
2. You’re making a mistake when counting. Each single crochet stitch has 3 or 4 steps depending on how you count them. It’s very easy to get confused on your row count when you’re still learning to keep track of your steps in the stitch itself.
You can run into the same problem when you’re accomplished with single crochet. You’re cruising right along stitch after stitch, your mind starts to wander, and suddenly you wonder if that stitch three stitches ago was 55 or 56.
If this problem persists, try using more stitch markers. Putting a marker in after every 10-20 stitches will allow you to watch exactly how many stitches you have done and where they are at. Yes it may slow your work down some to be fiddling with stitch markers over and over, but having to go back and rip out rows isn’t much faster and is certainly more aggravating.
If you’re working in rounds instead of spirals, make sure you are starting your row correctly. Some patterns need you to join the rounds with a slip stitch and then chain to allow for your stitch height on the new round. Forgetting to chain could leave you one stitch short on single crochet or more on the taller stitches.
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July 17th, 2009 at 11:17 pm
If you know that you started the last row with the correct number of stitches, there are two reasonable explanations.
1. You are accidentally putting multiple stitches into the same stitch from the last row. As a beginner is it easy to get mixed up about where exactly you need to be putting your hook for the next stitch. It’s a simple mistake to stitch twice in the same place. Doing this twice on a row by accident would leave you 2 stitches short for reaching your marker. So you’d have made the right number of stitches, they just wouldn’t be in the correct places.
2. You’re making a mistake when counting. Each single crochet stitch has 3 or 4 steps depending on how you count them. It’s very easy to get confused on your row count when you’re still learning to keep track of your steps in the stitch itself.
You can run into the same problem when you’re accomplished with single crochet. You’re cruising right along stitch after stitch, your mind starts to wander, and suddenly you wonder if that stitch three stitches ago was 55 or 56.
If this problem persists, try using more stitch markers. Putting a marker in after every 10-20 stitches will allow you to watch exactly how many stitches you have done and where they are at. Yes it may slow your work down some to be fiddling with stitch markers over and over, but having to go back and rip out rows isn’t much faster and is certainly more aggravating.
If you’re working in rounds instead of spirals, make sure you are starting your row correctly. Some patterns need you to join the rounds with a slip stitch and then chain to allow for your stitch height on the new round. Forgetting to chain could leave you one stitch short on single crochet or more on the taller stitches.
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