Any crocheters around, really basic question, but I'm stuck!

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I am so going to crack this, I will not be defeated!

Treble crochet. I get it now, but... once you have done row one and you turn, doesn't it go column on top of column? But it seems to be column on top of space.

A very nice lady on Youtube has been helping me, but I can't see what hers looks like!

And also the stitch goes in under two on the second row, but that isn't into the space is it?!

I wonder if it is too early for gin, I really do [bugrin]

I'm not sure what you mean. You crochet into the stitch, so the teardrop shape on the top made up of two strands. Also with treble your ch3 counts as 1st stitch so you start in the second.

I've got some in front of me so let me know if you want me to talk you through it.

Thank you so much Dilly, much appreciated - I got in a bit of a pickle with it!

I'm just finishing my second row and getting more into the swing of it, sort of.
I am crocheting into the stitch with the two strands on top, so that is good that is the right thing!

This is what I mean about columns on top of columns, I thought it should look like this, but now I don't see how? Mine doesn't, they are more offset.

Thank you

Well hellooooooooo

Does this help?

Some people don't crochet into the next stitch but crochet into the gap below it.

My MIL for one.

And me if the crochet is tight.

And no, it's not too early for gin

Or rum

Thank you Knots........At this rate, I may well have both

But I have not been defeated! I have nearly done a 'square'

At best the edges are frilly,at worst it looks like someone has bitten a chunk out, but hey ho Tis crochet!

On casting off, I presume one just cuts the woolly wool and ties it through the last loop? I shall go and see if there is a lady on Youtube wot knows....

But I'm really pleased

Actually I find that when I do trebles they turn out slightly chevron-like rather than column-like

I think I know what you mean...I put my hook through the 'V' that is formed from the previous row, and they don't go directly on top of each other

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[buenvy] [bugrin] Dilly - I can only aspire to chevrons!! Mine are a bit random.. Well very random! But tis crochet, I hope!!!

And PKK - that is lovely and what a lot of work, wow! I love the little bobbly bits....

The bobbly bits are popcorns, just doing 5 trebles into the same stitch and then joining them up. Grew to hate them!! Glad I have no more to do!!

Only 10 rows of trebles to do and it is finished! I am pretty new to crochet, less than a year after many failed attempts, I have not learnt any kind of shaping yet, can only do granny squares and straight things!!

On my flickr pages and on fb is a massive granny square blanket I did for my daughter

The teardrop shape you are crocheting into isnot exactly above the column if you are going round and round it is always slightly in front of the column, hence they look offset . Knowing this makes you less likey to miss a stitch on corners I find. Am left handed so had to deconstruct book images to get it straight in my head, I was crocheting through back of stitch as reversed all instructions not just left to right

Thank you, I missed lots of stitches on the ends of rows I'm certain because it was a lot wider at the start and the edges looked so ropey. But I am about to try again. So after every column, I need to find the teardrop.

Right.

Off I go again!

I'm front of!!

Doomed really!!

When you're doing treble, the chains at the start of the row count as a stitch. Make sure, when you get to the end of a row, that you make the final stitch into the top of that chain - it's easy to miss when you're starting out.

I can thoroughly recommend youtube tutorials here.

It is getting better on the edges, but there is still a certain scalloped edge look to it! I will get there, I just need to make sure that I don't miss the chain at the end.

I must say the Youtube tutorials are really good, except the difference between US and UK terminology throws me. Why can't they just use the same words!

I think it's easier to crochet in the round : maybe give that a go?

< throws down gauntlet>

That scallop edge is fairly normal. You can get rid of it through blocking your finished piece. Or make your last stitch in the row into the second chain of the stitch instead. This will give you a nice straight edge. So you don't miss the last stich in a row, you could put a safety pin in your turning chain when you make it.

The trebles will always seem offset. When you make a treble the V stitch is on the left of the treble column, so it is the opposite in the row below. Your last stitch will be crocheted into the right of the last stitch in the row below.

Sounds like you are making good progress.

Try googling Catherine Hirst on video jug. I find her tutorials the best, plus UK terms.

Oh and I agree with crocheting in the round! You can knock up some cute coasters super fast, try making them with a double strand of yarn and jute string. Lovely! Oh and knock up some trinket pots by starting off in the round, then going up the sides. Make them in Noro Kureyon then felt in the washing machine. Super fast and super easy and so so satisfying.

Crochet in the round? I've never even heard of that But I think it sounds well beyond me! Maybe one day when I'm not all fingers and thumbs, I'm an awkward hooker at best

I do like the sound of the safety pin, that might really help actually, and thank you - had a look at Catherine Hirst - awwww... miniature amigurumi-style thingies. Too cute! One day....

I am making progress though!

When you make Granny squares, you crochet in the round.

The safety pin is even more important in the round, otherwise it's easy to lose track of where one row ends and the next one starts, unless you are changing colour. I find it hard getting going with rounds, trying to work out how many trebles to put into each chain and how much chain is left but once I've got the first row of trebles done it is easy.

On squares (or circles) I think the main thing is to be consistent and make every new row start and finish the same way, there are a few variations as mentioned above but you need to stick with one.

Oh... so crochet in the round, doesn't have to be round, it can be square? I thought you meant it was round!

OK, I shall keep on with what I'm doing and then see if I can find a really really simple youtube tutorial. I and I mean simple!

On the upside, I can now do treble