Extra Stitches - ARGH!

Hi Luvs2stitch,

I find that if I'm adding stitches like you describe, it's right after the ch 3. You may need to skip the 1st stitch. Sometimes I forget to do that and end up with an extra stitch. This is for back and forth crocheting. I'm not sure what you mean by "use" the ch 3 on the next row. It usually does count as the 1st stitch of the row, and is treated like any other stitch.

I hope this helps.

Hesira

Luvs2stich ! good morning

Don`t worry it is a very common mistake. Now if you work in the round ,, your work will slowly `tilt a bit to the `front` , since you always make the next row of stich on the stich that is a bit slanted like a Giraf`s head ,,,,[hence when changing colors one is adviced to do it in the last loop of the dc{usa}]. thus it might be adviced to work to and from for some rows. If you work to and from rows ,,, you have to make a small sampler with bigger stiches to understand ,,, lets say you make 5 dc on a base row,

3 chains for 1st dc ,, 4 dc in chain ,,,,now turn 3 ch, 3 dc in the `upper loops` of former row DCs,,, but for the 5th dc you will have to work `into a [bit] closed loop that comes after the head loop , thus in fact you have 2 dc over the last row dc that was the 3chain,, if you work this on a piece you must get the STRAIGHT sides ,, if you work around something in a sqaure you must add a sttich at each side of the corner of the `natural growth`,, and better have 2 chains in between to make the corner more flexible.... If you do work in the round catch the upper side of the 3 chains,,, mirjam

Chain 3 miss top of 1st stitch and work in next 4, at end of next row work into top of ch 3 and voila 5 stitches on each row!! Lov Love & higs Christine

Everyone, thanks for the replies! It has been helpful!

Christine has it bang on.