AboutMarla Expertise I have crocheted many doilies, I enjoy working with crochet thread. I have crocheted numerous afghans. But I have little to no experience in hairpin lace, or the afghan stitch. If you have a question pertaining to a pattern in a magazine, book or leaflet, please include the name and # of it, and the page or pattern #. There is a slight possibility I may have that pattern, and can refer to it. Although I have crocheted sweaters and slippers,I don't feel I have done enough of them to really give good advice as to assembling the pieces, but can give advice on the type of stitches.
Experience I have been a crocheter for almost 30 years.
Question I'm working on a blanket using single stitches, the ends of the blanket where I turn to start the next row is becoming crooked and going down hill. I"m to far in my progress to start over, I want to sew a ribbon around it, but think that the ends are to uneven to try. Is there something I can do to fix my mistake?
Answer Hi Brittaney!
Thanks for asking. Now, by ribbon, do you mean the wide band of material that is common on most blankets? Since it seems that the ribbon would cover up the edge, the looks of the crocheted edging wouldn’t be important. What you could do is attach the yarn to the part of the edge where the blanket needs to be widened, and crochet just along that part of the edge. You may need to turn and crochet another row if necessary, or use single or double crochet to make it even out. This may look funny, and I wouldn’t normally recommend this, but since the edging will be covered up, no one will know what it looks like, except you.
I know you said you are too far along to start over, and there have been times when I have had to unravel hours of work because of a mistake I had made that I hadn’t noticed before. And that hurt. So I know what you are going through.
When you turn at the end of the row, do you ch 1 before starting the next row? if not you may lose a stitch. Are the number of stitches the same? I have found that it is important to count stitches as I crochet, because there have been times when I’ve neglected to do this, only to find out that somewhere, rows below I have either skipped a stitch or crocheted twice in a stitch.
I hope I have made myself clear. If this doesn’t work, let me know and I will try to think of something else. Good luck!
