First of all, we have crochet blocks in our stitchfinder as well as crochet stitch patterns. The crochet block patterns are for a specific square, and therefore give you the number to chain. The crochet stitch patterns are for generic patterns that will work over any number of stitches, and therefore you need to decide how many to chain.

These generic patterns will work with any yarn, so we suggest you try the pattern with the hook size suggested on the yarn label and, if necessary, adjust up or down depending on how tightly or loosely you crochet. If you want all of your blocks to be a certain size, you WILL have to crochet gauge swatches in order to know how many stitches to chain for each pattern, as every pattern will pull/stretch the yarn differently.

For more information on using the StitchFinder, please visit my earlier post. For more technical help, please e-mail support@lionbrand.com

I would really like to make an afghan from all the knitted blocks that you supplied to us readers to learn new stitches etc. Also, the crocheted blocks. But, I find that some blocks are large and may not contain how many cast ons I need, or chain stitches I need. Is there any way that this can be accomplished? I was even crocheting the two color block square where it asked for 34 chains, but that didn’t work out for the rest of the pattern. I had to use 38 chains. Also in this square no mention was made that in making the chain, you needed to do so in two different colors as the picture shows. I was really disappoined in the instructions. However, I would still like all the blocks to be six inches wide or nine inches wide. Is there any way other than trial and error that I can accomplish this. Thank you. Mrs. LEH