Save Our Stitches: Fixing Crochet Mistakes
Andi Smith
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- In-depth Instruction; over 136 mins
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Preparation
17:51
Want to save your crochet stitches? Meet expert Andi Smith, who is going to show you how to make quick fixes and full repairs as well as how to avoid common mistakes. First, learn how Andi organizes her work space and tools and uses a worksheet to keep track of projects. Good preparation is key!
Navigating Charts & Patterns
14:31
Take an in-depth look at patterns and charts and learn how to decipher the information. Andi walks you through reading a sample pattern for a simple granny square. Get to know the words and symbols used in patterns and then take a look at the visual representation of those words in a chart!
The Critical Nature of Gauge
21:45
Having a grasp of basic crochet knowledge will make you a better troubleshooter, so one more important lesson on Andi's favorite subject: Gauge. Understand gauge and learn how to create a gauge swatch, then calculate the gauge on a project; even your hook angle makes a difference.
Avoiding Common Mistakes
24:56
Before Andi shows you how to fix crochet issues, learn how to avoid them in the first place. Check out several common mistakes, such as uneven edges, color jogs and not working through both loops, and how best to steer clear of them. This will cut down on repairs and your frustration level!
Ripping Back & Pattern Adjustment
12:13
Everyone makes mistakes! Learn to recognize them and formulate a plan of action, whether you're going to rip back to the mistake or make up for lost stitches by adjusting the pattern. Check out the handy worksheet Andi uses to create fixing plans. Then make your fix!
Repairing: Cut It Out!
24:48
Got a nasty hole in your project? Fix it! First make a plan -- yes, Andi has a worksheet for that. Next clean up the area you're going to repair by carefully unraveling pieces and then slowly and surely, re-crochet the hole. It may seem scary, but Andi takes you through the process step-by step.
Patching Finished Work
19:29
What if you can't match the stitch pattern or yarn color or your hole is just too nightmarish to re-crochet? Patch it! Andi demonstrates how to make and attach decorative patches, by either by sewing or crocheting. No one ever need know the patch wasn't planned.
Mistakes happen to every crocheter – but every crocheter can fix those mistakes! Join instructor and designer Andi Smith for crochet help and learn how to make any mistake disappear, one simple step at a time. During class, you’ll learn how to avoid mistakes, which mistakes are worth fixing, and how to fix those that are. Andi will begin by teaching you how to decrease mistakes through proper planning. Then, follow along as she guides you through patterns and charts so you can easily make sense of the abbreviations and symbols. When you’re comfortable with charts, you’ll improve your understanding of gauge to minimize mistakes, conquer easy methods for avoiding common snafus and find out how to plan your fixes. Plus, you’ll see how to re-crochet holes and crochet patches for those fixes that are just too big.
Andi Smith
For Andi Smith, the joy of knitting has always been in the process as much as is in the result. Andi learned to knit in Yorkshire, England, in the early '70s, when yarn choices were all acrylic and knitting the obligatory navy blue school sweater was the pre-eminent project. Nevertheless, the process of creating made her fall in love. Now, she's an author, designer, teacher and tech editor who's smiling as long as she's stitching. Andi teaches both crochet and knitting across the United States at yarn shops and national events such as Stitches. After crocheting and knitting for more than forty years, she's still as eager as ever to learn something new.
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