Question diguised as Greetings
Greetings folk
My neighbor back when I was younger tried to teach me how to crochet, and the only thing I remembered how to do was chaining. Now I'm trying to teach myself.
Only I've a problem. I'm making a really simple (though large) blanket with a triple stitch, but it looks like I'm dropping a stitch on every row. So now I'm annoyed, frustrated, and wondering what I did wrong before I most probably start it all over again. I think the problem is when I start a new row.
So,does one use that first stitch or not?
Hi!
Triple stitch? Do you mean treble crochet stitch, the US version, where you yarn over twice?
Usually each row begins with a turning chain of 3 or 4 which serves as the first treble, then treble crochet into the second stitch on the row below. So yes, you use the first stitch but it's the base for the turning chain.
At the end of the row, be sure to make a treble into the turning chain of the previous row. That will give you a rectangle, not a pie wedge shape.