granite stitch decreases- why is it uneven?
I've been frogging and frogging and I can't figure out why I can't get this right!
The pattern calls for a granite or seed stitch- sc, chain 1, sc, with each sc in the chain space of the previous row.
I'm supposed to decrease at the beginning and end of every other row. (It's a sleeve cap, if that helps.)
What I keep ending up with is a very gentle angle on the right hand side (the beginning-of-row decrease) and a much sharper angle on the left hand side (the end-of-row decrease).
I've looked at the granite stitch decrease page on this site but am still confused.
Any ideas? Thanks in advance!!
(and if I can't get it to work, can I substitute a decrease at either the beginning OR end of every row, instead of two decreases every other row?)
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See the post "First time to crochet a wearable..." which will be right above or right below this post, at least for a while. She was crocheting a variation of granite stitch with dc, ch 1's and was instructed to decrease a few stitches at the beginning of each row, so you should be able to do it, too. Make a little swatch to see how it works.
It's YOUR crochet; there are no crochet police; some methods just work better or easier than others.
Just to follow up, here's what I ended up doing, to get both the shape and the required size of the sleeve cap:
2 rows with a dec at the end of the row (a single decrease) followed by 1 row worked even.
Yay! You got it to work!