Anyone Else Suffered a Crafting Crisis? (hilarious!)

AreWeThereYet

^That's obviously bc you are a perfectionist^

Partly 😁😁 Makes life very difficult.

But mainly because I can't even get a square to be square. They go off at all angles. My last round was oval, but I just made an oval basket instead of a round one😅

To knit a square:

Start by casting on 2 stitches.
K1, increase in next stitch, knit to end
Repeat that row until the side measures the length required.
Knit one row
Then begin decreasing:
K1, K2 together, knit to end
When 2 stitches remain either K2 together or I prefer to take 1 stitch over the other.
Fasten off.

Leave long ends for sewing up.

It makes a firmer square with a small border.

Stocking stitch would make it curl and is not really suitable for squares but you could try moss stitch etc.

To crochet a Granny square:

Start with about 5 chains, join
Then follow Bella Coco or Hooked by Robin
😁

Callistemon Thank you, I think that's called a Corner to corner square?? I have seen that, I'll have to try it! I must admit, lots of my problems seem to be down to the wool. I have some squares that are almost perfect and took very little effort. The one I'm doing now is straight on three sides but one side (with the same number of stitches all the way through) gets about an inch wider by the time I reach the top 🙄 All DK acrylic but different colours. I like Bella Coco - I started one of her boxes about a year ago but got lost in creating the rounds. I'll have to go back and take another look!

Looking at your version of Oliver and the link you posted, I think the problem might be that you need a bit more stuffing at the top end...

Oh dear, I think that came out a bit wrong! What I meant was that the head needs to be more rounded...

I give up!

I understand what you mean, AskAlice 😁

Actually, I think I might have got carried away with the rows. The neck looked twice as long as the one in the pattern. I counted all the rows and I think I had about 5 extra😳. I obviously wasn't focusing 🙄😆

I just admire anyone who can crochet anything at all - I'm all fingers and thumbs whenever I try!

AreWeThereYet

Callistemon Thank you, I think that's called a Corner to corner square?? I have seen that, I'll have to try it! I must admit, lots of my problems seem to be down to the wool. I have some squares that are almost perfect and took very little effort. The one I'm doing now is straight on three sides but one side (with the same number of stitches all the way through) gets about an inch wider by the time I reach the top 🙄 All DK acrylic but different colours. I like Bella Coco - I started one of her boxes about a year ago but got lost in creating the rounds. I'll have to go back and take another look!

When I first started crocheting mine all ended up as a trapezoid shape!

Then I started making Granny squares and prefer that as I never seem to keep to the same number of stitches if I do rows.

Thank you, Callistemon. After 60-odd years of trying and failing, I now know how to knit a square that's square.💐

You're welcome
(Hope it works out!)

I've been knitting squares for charity projects for years and it took me a long time to find the diagonal method!

Here's a link; you can make them any size, of course, just measure the edge. I find increasing to about 50 stitches in DK on 4mm needles makes a 7" square, depending on how tight or loose a knitter you are and some DK yarns don't seem as thick as others.

knit-a-square.com/free-knitting-pattern-diagonal-square/

Actually, *Fairycakes, on second thoughts I think he looks more like a dinosaur than a giraffe 🦕

You know, Callistemon, I think you're right! It does resemble a dinosaur 😂

Derek the Dinosaur
(Apologies to any Dereks on GN)

Best not say what I think it resembles, but it's unique.

I crochet....blankets.
So, really I shouldn't laugh, but I can't help it especially with the comments you've all made!
Gerald Giraffe it is, then, unless your bear has, like some Africans, many necklaces around his/her neck!

Ali08, I will certainly bear it in mind 🐻😂😂