Comments on: Crochet-Along: Gauge, Sizing, and Hooks!

By: swatch watch

swatch watch — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 09:00:08 +0000

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By: Kristin

Kristin — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:35:28 +0000

I just started mine today. Had some other projects I wanted to get cleared out first. I am using a “N” hook with a large variety of worsted weight yarns. This is going to be not only a stash buster but a Christmas present for my brother as well. That means the pink yarns are only going to be a last resort. haha. With so much variety, I’ll probably take it over to my mom’s house when all the blocks are finished and have her help me lay out the color scheme. Here’s hoping it’s done by Christmas. Oh yeah, gauge is larger than the pattern states, but that’s fine since he’s a bigger guy.

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Lion Brand Notebook — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:07:02 +0000

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By: Treena Schultz

Treena Schultz — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 23:16:45 +0000

I have five squares done on the square I of the crochet along. I am also working on another project with it too.

By: Judy

Judy — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:31:29 +0000

I decided to go with Vanna’s baby and I am glad I did. I am using a K hook. I just finished block 1 and let it rest for about 4 days. I just measured the block and it came out to 8″X8″. The texture is beautiful and the yarn is soft. I used the color LAMB. I will make block 2 and 3 and let you know what happened. I am so glad we are all on this list telling each other about our experiences with this pattern. It really helps! I tried the P hook too and liked how airy the block was but didn’t care for such a big block.

By: Lynnette

Lynnette — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:04:56 +0000

My last afghan was made up of long strips and the strips didn’t match up, although they did have the same number of rows. My “guide” told me not to sweat it and just join them as directed and it worked out fine. The strips just crunched in or stretched or whatever they needed to do and they all look the same. I don’t know, Moony if that will work here, since the row counts are different. I have only done the first block, so I will try the others and see what happens.

To my own issues: I didn’t read the pattern carefully and made an error that totally confused me on my gauge, got that figured out, started the blocks without reading carefully AGAIN and ended up with three basic single crochet blocks instead of back loop only. DON’T TELL MY KIDS! I lecture them almost every day on reading the directions to get their homework done right! I decided to do five basic blocks and five with back loops only and it is going to be fine-but don’t tell my kids that either.

By: Moony

Moony — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:05:05 +0000

I didn’t really follow what everyone else was doing and started with the pattern. None of my blocks are matching up and I’ve made two of each. I don’t think it’s too late to start over… but I’m not sure where to go with it now.

Any suggestions? Or should I dig through needles to find one to match what someone else is doing?

By: Carol

Carol — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:44:50 +0000

I am also using a size P hook with another brand yarn – only because I needed the color the “other brand” had. I am doing 2 strands together on each square. My squares are also 12″. I will probably have a blanket that is also 5′x6′. This blanket is for my sister who loves to cover up with a blanket in the evening so it will be used a lot!
So far the squares are going fairly fast. Each one takes about 90 mins give or take a little bit. Working with such a large hook took a little getting use to but I like it.

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:43:05 +0000

I have 7 of the 10 block 3′s done now. Almost ready to put it together. This is really fun. I am now looking forward to trying something else.

By: Ginger

Ginger — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:23:33 +0000

I finally committed to the CAL today and bought some yarn–better late than never. Should be a good learning experience for me. Linda…I’m only doing 2 colors, too (Fisherman’s wool natural and brown). Thought I’d share with you my plan for only using 2 colors: I wrote out on the blocks in the pattern grid A and B for each alternating color. So if I follow the grid, the blocks in one row will be ABABA and the next row will be BABAB. So on and so forth. That way, I’ll have alternating color squares, and I’ll have blocks done in both colors. And now I also know how many blocks to make in each color! Hope that helps. Thanks, everyone, for the suggestions on gauge and hook size.