frou-frou rage

dewi wrote

on Feb 17, 2008 10:04 AM

I'm attempting to make frou-frou out of the Happy Hooker Stitch-n-*** book. I'm getting tripped up on the very first row!!

When I make a foundation chain of 78 + 2 and then make my first sc into the third chain from the hook, and then make the seed stitch all the way acroos I end up with one chain left over on the end!! I even wrote it out to make sure I wasn't just missing a chain somewhere -- it still doesn't add up!

I looked up the pattern on the SnB errata page, and this problem wasn't listed.

What the h*ll am I doing wrong???????

Dewi

PaulineL wrote

on Feb 17, 2008 10:33 AM

My copy of HH is where it shouldn't be, can't find it. So seed stitch is sc, ch 1 across? No matter, I think. Do you end up with the right number of stitches after row 1? That's what really matters. If so, just keep going and unpick the unneeded chain when you weave the end in.

If the stitch really is sc, ch 1, maybe sc into the 4th ch from the hook is what she meant. The little loop at the end would be 1 ch for the base, 1 ch in place of a sc, 1 ch across the top, sc into the 4th ch.

dewi wrote

on Feb 17, 2008 11:04 AM

It doesn't tell you how many stitches you should have at the end of row 1, only that you should have 40 ch-1 spaces -- I end up with 39.

Dewi

PaulineL wrote

on Feb 17, 2008 12:48 PM

Well, 40 ch 1 spaces plus 40 sc's plus a ch to serve as first sc plus a ch to 'roof' the first space is 82 chains by my reckoning. Maybe it looks better with 1 fewer chains at the beginning loop of chains so you'd sc into the 3rd, not the 4th ch, but still at the other end you don't have an extra chain, you're missing a chain.

What I've done for a foundation chain is make at least the number of chains called for plus a handful more in case I mis-counted. Then I'd work row 1 until I had 40 ch-1 spaces and never notice that the foundation chain count was wrong. Perhaps the designer did that, too.

Other hookers advise using a second ball of yarn to make the foundation chain and starting row 1 at the knot end. That way you can make the chain as long as you need to (and end up with 2 more ends to weave in).

It can be converted to sc, ch 1, but you'll have to play with it first.

dewi wrote

on Feb 17, 2008 1:14 PM

Thanks Pauline, great advice!

Dewi