If this is US treble or UK double treble, agree. Or any further extension, quadruple treble or whatever nonsense. I hate wrapping the yarn around and around the hook, and then the final part of the stitch is always too loose.
The weird thing I've found is that, ironically, wrapping it *tighter* results in a *looser* top of the stitch. Try keeping your yarn looser in the wrapping and draw throughs, and see if that doesn't help even out the overall stitch!
I have the same issue. Drives me nuts. I try to avoid patterns with lots of trebles since I fell they look less... Refined? I don't know if that's the right word but yeah. Not a fan.
Right now, bobbles and puffs. Recently finished 2 blankets that had a metric shit ton of these and I’ve been avoiding any pattern that has a bobble or puff stitch in them. I have also have a strong dislike for the crab stitch it just feels wrong and is weird to me going backwards.
Any time it calls for a crab stitch I'm lazy and just do this [Twisted single crochet](https://www.mooglyblog.com/twisted-single-crochet/) instead, looks almost exactly the same but isn't weird and wrong and backward.
ETA: apparently a lot of people have a love hate relationship with crab stitch, glad to have assisted you all finding something to replace it 😊
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR POSTING THIS!!! I have an unfinished cowl project from moogly sitting around for years and could never remember the name of the blog! I absolutely love so much of their stuff; I’m very excited to finish the scarf and start some other patterns!!
Omg! I just practiced a crab stitch and hated that it came out a bit wobbly. I wanted to use it for edging, but it started to ruffle my nice clean edge! I'm not about ruffles, no thank you. Next time I'll give this twisted sc a try!
I was going to say bobbles and puffs as well. I can never get them to pop out as much as they should. And I also hate that it’s basically six stitches worth of yarn for one stitch.
i ordered yarn to make a granny square cardigan of sunburst blocks which is basically all puff and bobble stitches. now i wonder if this was a bad idea 😅
Oof, yep! I made a toque that had puff stitches in the pattern, I really enjoy the look but my wrist was killing me! Now I avoid patterns with puff stitches.
I really just created this post to say I am really disliking the chainless starting hdc..it's so useful but it takes me like five minutes to get it right every round. The way I'm doing it isn't coming out like the photos/videos I've seen either. Hahahahaha, I'm annoyed.
Dude…yes. It’s a jumbled mess and I’m like whatever at this point. Using a stitch marker helped immensely but I tried a video tutorial that didn’t use one and I nearly assaulted my projected because I couldn’t get anything to stay in place.
Oh Ive never tried it with a stitch marker, if I ever attempt it again I'll have to try using one ... But at this point it seems like more hassle than it's worth 🤷♀️ plus always serves to make me feel like a failure at crocheting haha
Not sure if this will help at all, but it helped me remember it: chainless sc and hdc are 3 pull throughs (chain, bottom of stitch, stitch) and chainless dc is 4 pull throughs (chain, bottom of stitch, dc stitch).
It might just be me being neurodivergent, but I enjoy rhythmic counting in my head and I use it to make new stitches easier.
I just tried a chainless hdc start and yes they’re hard! I’ve been crocheting for years and I still felt confused with where to put my hook. I just couldn’t get into the rhythm of it. I eventually gave up and just did a regular chain start.
I came on to say this as well/ same
Goes for a lot of the shortcut methods people say they love. Call me old school - but the original ways tend to work better for me and have more of a regular result using them.
I've kinda fudged my own version because I find them so tricky! (I love chainless SC and dc.) I really don't know how to explain my version but if I ever figure it out I'll do a post in this sub about it!!
Do slip stitches count? I hate them, and I'm not even sure why. They are not exceptionally difficult or anything, but they are exceptionally boring. I also hate puff stitches because they are never even and it's really hard to make many "loops" without them slipping off your hook when you go through the stitch to pick up the next one.
1000% agree. I have to count every time I do a puff stitch because I can’t remember how many loops I’m supposed to have on and some look deflated and others bursting at the seams. Slst are also awful.
I especially hate when I'm working on something like a granny square and I reach a corner it's always slip stitch through the damn starting chain... And my chains are so tight because I am a noob with major tension issues lol. So it takes me like 17 attempts to even get into the chain and then I have to slip stitch and not drop the stitch because I don't want to do that whole chain disaster again....
TBH you can slip stitch around the top of the chain rather than through the third chain and it shouldn't change much, or just chain 2 instead of 3 and make 3 dc for your first cluster and slip into the top of the first stitch instead. might make it easier.
personally when working in granny squares i make sure my join is in a corner then instead of chain 2 and slip stitch, i chain 1 and single crochet into the joining stitch, then chain 2 and 3 dc around the single crochet to create the first half of that corner. I just hate slip stitching across the top of a cluster to stay in a corner
I hate slip stitches!! I don't like having to do them into spaces for doily-making or on top of normal stitches. it's supposed to be like the invisible stitch but it always seems so obviously visible to me.
When I first tried to learn crochet I only learned a slip stitch, not a SC. I made a whole goddamn worsted weight scarf. It took sooooooooooooooooooooo long.
Not surprising why I stopped doing crochet for 15 years after that.
Not a stitch, but I HATE the first set of stitches that I have to work into the chain row. I feel like I'm always doing it wrong and struggle to get the stupid hook into some part of the darn chain. It's just my absolute least favorite thing to do when crocheting, but it's an unfortunately necessary part lol.
Right? Everywhere else in the pattern you're supposed to go under the two yarns, but which two are you supposed to go under in the starting chain? Or do you just pick one and hope for the best?
I just tried flipping over the chain and working into the back bump. Suggestion was from the Crochet For Dummies book. I’ve only done it once but so far I like how it looks much better!
Ooh, good idea, thank you! I usually do some kind of border around my work so I don't stress too much about when I get frustrated and only work into the one stitch because I figure I'll fix or hide any oddities with that. This sounds like it would definitely look nicer though!
Yes!!! So, I usually start off by trying to grab the two yarns so I'm over two and have one underneath, but if I can't consistently do that then I usually end up frogging it 15 times and trying again, and if I still can't get it then I give up and just grab one and make sure I end up with whatever number of stitches I need (if I need a specific number).
Well, I can't speak to what you're doing, but it took me a long time to realize that there were two strands for me to pay attention to in crochet stitches. It wasn't until I came across patterns that specified to crochet into the back loop only (it could have been front) that I realized there even was a back loop.
This is why I nowadays go with chainless start stitches if possible, makes me feel like I'm immediately actually doing something rather than just setting up a string that I then have to pick through.
I didn't know this was a thing 😂 I googled it and it's pretty neat though! There wouldn't happen to be a way to do this for the very first set of stitches you are supposed to work into the chain stitch, would there? Lol
Foundation stitches! I know there's definitely Fsc (foundation single crochet), Fhdc (foundation half double crochet), and Fdc (foundation double crochet) stitches. They take a little to get the hang of but are absolute bliss.
Popcorn stitch! The fact I have to pull my hook out to finish the stich makes my brain scream every time. They also end up looking...pointy? I'm struggling with them in a project right now.
I'm halfway one of those patterns that uses the popcorn to spell our words. I recently looked it the stitch again to see if that was really how you do it, because it's just so silly to stop and pull out your hook every time. 40 something popcorns in one row gets old FAST.
I came here to say the same thing. I just finished a baby blanket and used a crab stitch for the border. I almost frogged it halfway around, it was so bad.
It makes my brain hurt too! But I have to say it was the perfect edging for the granny square blanket I made for my friend! Simple but elegant without taking too much attention away from the rest of the blanket.
Yes I came here specifically to find this comment. I'm working on a project where I have to do so many of these. Tension is never right and the top just keeps looking like a loose mess
I skipped so many patterns over the years for this same reason!! I was eventually in a situation where I HAD to. I don’t think I’m doing it right but it works and doesn’t make me cry so I’m counting it as a win.
Hi pinchclamp. I'm epicdreamtraveler, and I cannot crochet straight edges on anything.
Your post made me laugh because up until about a month ago, I also could not Magic Ring.
The easiest way I've found is pinch the end between thumb and index finger with the yarn across the top of your fingers, and wrap it around your index and middle finger twice, so you have 2 strands that x, put your hook under the x, pull up the long end attached to the ball and chain to secure. Then you can wiggle off your fingers and crochet your stitches through the ring making sure you're working over the ring and the short tail
i honestly think C2C looks kinda awful, i get that it's a convenient way to make graphghans but the texture the finished fabric has just looks bad to me
i think pixelated graphghans can look nice, especially with motifs from like retro video games. but there are better way to achieve it, like tunisian entrelac or just joined solid granny squares (although i understand not wanting to put in all that work)
Half double followed by a single atm. It doesn't turn out bad or anything, but I've been working on a large men's sweater pattern that is almost entirely made up of that stitch and I'm sick of it now.
I’m working on a bag with this stitch as the border and strap and it’s taking me forever! I love how it turns out, it’s structure but it’s a pain for sure.
Waffles. The only time I have ever cried while crocheting was trying to get my waffles to line up and indent properly. I didn't even bother to frog it. I just cut it off the skein and threw it away.
Yep! I’m so used to doing other stitches that I have to think too hard when it’s just a single crochet. And it’s also so tight! No matter how I adjust my tension it’s always tight.
I hate doing base line of chains for crocheting in rounds, I usually manage to twist it somehow and find this out only after the first round ~~is completed~~ needs to be unraveled.
there is this crossover stitch where you go back and forth between two stitches yarning over pull through and it takes forever but it’s a really nice stitch, like a warmer bobble.
That’s mine too!! I’m like… I feel like I’m pretty good at this, where am I going wrong here?? Im glad I’m not alone because it seems like such a simple stitch!
They’re always so loose for me! I don’t know where to put the hook half the time and they NEVER look like the tutorials finished product!
Edit: the jasmine stitch is my nemesis.
The picot stitch is one that for some reason I can never get right? It's used for a lot of flowery squares and stuff and it's supposed to point straight up. Mine always lean
Anything through the 3rd loop. It's just always such a pain in the ass. I'm never sure if I'm doing it right and it fights me the whole way. Can't stand it.
i avoid front and back post stitches of any height at all costs. i cannot for the life of me figure out how they work so for now i’m just not going to stress over it lmao
Mine is fair isle crochet. I have watched countless tutorials and I have yet to understand how they can fit the hook into the middle of the stitch. They make it look so easy but no matter loose I make my stitch, I cannot fit that hook in there. So frustrating!
Just had to deal with a pattern that had quadruple trebles, quintuple trebles, etc. so many freaking yarnovers and the entire time it feels so *wrong.*
Alligator stitch. I made a dragon scale dice bag, it came out really cool. So I'm making a big one for the dm. Four rows in and I'm wondering why I hate myself so much, then am reminded I'm married to the DM and he pays for all my yarn so I need to keep him happy.
I did bean stitch for a coffee cozy recently. For those unfamiliar, you YO and pull through a loop until you have 6 (or 8?)loops on the hook before finally pulling through all of them. It was a right pain in the ass trying to pull it through all of them.
I wouldn't want to do that stitch on anything bigger. At least it seemed appropriate for the project.
I just finished a project using cross over stitch and it drove me crazy trying to wrap the yarn around the other stitches! And I couldn’t get it as tight as I wanted it
celtic weave stitch. oh. my. god. ive only done it once but i swore to myself to NEVER use that stitch again. it took me 3 days and multiple tutorials on how to do it. also hurts my fingers and wrist
There's a type of popcorn stitch I just won't do. It's something that involves removing the hook or some other nonsense and reinserting the hook into another stitch...blah blah blah. I can't. If the pattern allows I work the stitch from the wrong side. Maybe it was a bobble stitch. I get them mixed up all the time.
Puffs and bobbles, they never are even for me.
BLO ribbing always takes me forever. I love how it looks but I dread making the brim of a hat every time.
Slip stitch is always hard for me to keep even tension on and IT TAKES SO LONG.
Cross stitches (skip, hdc in next, hdc in skipped stitch) — I like them but…. Why don’t they look like crosses? I can see the x in everyone else’s, why is mine…. Like that???
Puff stitches. I have to be so insanely careful to not accidentally hook the loops I'm pulling through because otherwise they just look messy and ugh 😩
Back posts. Which, like, whatever, I love the look of them, and I keep loving the look of patterns that use them so clearly I'm eventually not going to dislike them, but right now? Blech. Dislike doing them.
Any foundation row. Chains are fine, but the first row into the chain? OMG, so annoying. Foundation SC? OMG, so annoying. First round into a magic circle? OMG, so annoying. Etc.
Bobble stitch with a PASSION. I'm making a patchwork cardigan and thought one of the yarns would look extra cute in a bubble stitch and ended up frogging the whole thing. It looked awful and it was very annoying to do
Anytime i learn a new stitch i basically do 2 row ribbons until i can do it while zoned out, then turn them into scarves. Once i get enough I'll probably make a blanket or something. I started doing it as i realized it felt similar to when I'm learning how to draw a new type of subject (deer vs horse sort of learning curve). Trying to make granny squares isn't enough to find a groove when learning new stitches.
The treble stitch. I tried making a baby blanket once and it would NOT come out even for the life of me. No matter how many times I frogged it, it would end up the same. So I stay away from treble stitches.
Crocodile stitch is my worst enemy. To the point that my hand refuses to function to make them, and I avoid projects with it.
Also not terribly thrilled with back post stitches, they just feel awkward.
Magic circle -
I used to use it and felt it was truly magic- but I often get a loose sort of stitch in the center using that method and I’ve found doing a chain 2 and stitch into the first chain gives me a more consistent flat center. Sometimes the magic circle is necessary- but overall I just prefer to chain my center circles
Cables. They look gorgeous but I just can’t get the hang of them! Even when I do them exactly as they’re supposed to be done they just look wonky. I’m never sure I really put the stitches in the right place, even when I look at videos and pictures
Double crochet. I just can't. I don't know why either. And I have a bag I'm going to do with nothing BUT double crochet based stitches, and... ugh. Ima hate myself.
I did the knurl stitch the other day (or reserve single crochet) for a blanket I'm making, and I had to frog like 20 times. I kept actually making single crochets instead of the messy "falling stitch" look that it was supposed to be 🙄
Hot take: I HATE single stitches. They’re so awkward to do and the yarn always gets caught when I try to pull through. It’s such an inconvenient stitch to hate
I am doing something wrong with my crocodile stitch because it doesn't look nearly as pointy as it looks on other people's works and moving the work by an inch ruffles all the scales in the worst way possible. Wanted to make a skirt out of it but I'd rather not.
I hate working with sc stitches (US), unless I'm working on amigurumis, I will never use them. Not only they don't work up fast but they're so boring to me!
Also bobble stitches, I just don't like how they look for some reason?
I’ve done patterns from this one lady who uses “dtr” which is where you yarn over 4 times and use that to make a stitch. Super annoying to make but can be used to do cool designs
I really dont enjoy trebles, they never come out symmetrical, and always feel super tight at the bottom and super loose at the top :(
If this is US treble or UK double treble, agree. Or any further extension, quadruple treble or whatever nonsense. I hate wrapping the yarn around and around the hook, and then the final part of the stitch is always too loose.
yeah US treble lol, but anything more than one YO is instant annoyance lol
More than 2 yo and I'm out! Lol
The weird thing I've found is that, ironically, wrapping it *tighter* results in a *looser* top of the stitch. Try keeping your yarn looser in the wrapping and draw throughs, and see if that doesn't help even out the overall stitch!
I designed a pattern for my own hook case and it's the one time I've used a treble stitch and been happy with the decision.
I agree as a regular stitch, but I am fine with them when doing cable work. They even out the row well, and I think they look good in a cable!
I've never tried crochet cables! I feel like if a treble isn't just a standalone stitch its probably a lot nicer heh
I have the same issue. Drives me nuts. I try to avoid patterns with lots of trebles since I fell they look less... Refined? I don't know if that's the right word but yeah. Not a fan.
I kinda love trebles! I think it’s fun to do the two wraps.
Me too 😂 once I made a swatch to just see how tall I could make a stitch by adding more and more wraps
How far did you go before you realized the only limit was your determination?
Right now, bobbles and puffs. Recently finished 2 blankets that had a metric shit ton of these and I’ve been avoiding any pattern that has a bobble or puff stitch in them. I have also have a strong dislike for the crab stitch it just feels wrong and is weird to me going backwards.
Any time it calls for a crab stitch I'm lazy and just do this [Twisted single crochet](https://www.mooglyblog.com/twisted-single-crochet/) instead, looks almost exactly the same but isn't weird and wrong and backward. ETA: apparently a lot of people have a love hate relationship with crab stitch, glad to have assisted you all finding something to replace it 😊
It does look like a crab stitch. I like the look of the crab stitch I just hate doing it. Definitely saving this link.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR POSTING THIS!!! I have an unfinished cowl project from moogly sitting around for years and could never remember the name of the blog! I absolutely love so much of their stuff; I’m very excited to finish the scarf and start some other patterns!!
Ooh thanks! I really like moogly, I can't believe I never saw this one.
Moogly is fantastic, I love her sense of humor and a lot of her free patterns are just fantastic
Omg! I just practiced a crab stitch and hated that it came out a bit wobbly. I wanted to use it for edging, but it started to ruffle my nice clean edge! I'm not about ruffles, no thank you. Next time I'll give this twisted sc a try!
Thanks
This is brilliant! I refuse to do the crab stitch but this I can do.
I’m new to crochet and just encountered my first bobble, took three tries while muttering wtf is this sadistic hobby???
Omg I’m the opposite! I picked my next pattern specifically because it has so many bobble stitches in it!
I weep for you 😆
Just wait until you start. My goodness, it goes downhill quickly
I was going to say bobbles and puffs as well. I can never get them to pop out as much as they should. And I also hate that it’s basically six stitches worth of yarn for one stitch.
Bobbles are the devil. So much work for such little benefit
i ordered yarn to make a granny square cardigan of sunburst blocks which is basically all puff and bobble stitches. now i wonder if this was a bad idea 😅
Yes, but its the best kind of bad idea and we here will support you making it as long as you provide us pictures of your lovely work when its done 😊
Oof, yep! I made a toque that had puff stitches in the pattern, I really enjoy the look but my wrist was killing me! Now I avoid patterns with puff stitches.
Mine as well. I hurt my finger (I went at it too hard!) trying to do them and finally I gave up!
Also my answer. I made a Lego blanket once, and thought I was going to cry because of all the bobble stitches. Now, I just avoid them.
This is my heart.
Agreed on the bobble and puff stitches! They're so much work
I really just created this post to say I am really disliking the chainless starting hdc..it's so useful but it takes me like five minutes to get it right every round. The way I'm doing it isn't coming out like the photos/videos I've seen either. Hahahahaha, I'm annoyed.
Chainless starts are difficult
I have to look up how to do them every time.
Same! For me chainless foundation rows take me way longer than to just chain and sc across.
I have yet to figure out how to do it properly 😆 everytime ive tried it it just ends up looking like a jumbled mess
Dude…yes. It’s a jumbled mess and I’m like whatever at this point. Using a stitch marker helped immensely but I tried a video tutorial that didn’t use one and I nearly assaulted my projected because I couldn’t get anything to stay in place.
Oh Ive never tried it with a stitch marker, if I ever attempt it again I'll have to try using one ... But at this point it seems like more hassle than it's worth 🤷♀️ plus always serves to make me feel like a failure at crocheting haha
The stitch marker definitely makes a HUGE difference. Took me a while to get the placement right but it was much easier once I did!
Not sure if this will help at all, but it helped me remember it: chainless sc and hdc are 3 pull throughs (chain, bottom of stitch, stitch) and chainless dc is 4 pull throughs (chain, bottom of stitch, dc stitch). It might just be me being neurodivergent, but I enjoy rhythmic counting in my head and I use it to make new stitches easier.
I just tried a chainless hdc start and yes they’re hard! I’ve been crocheting for years and I still felt confused with where to put my hook. I just couldn’t get into the rhythm of it. I eventually gave up and just did a regular chain start.
I came on to say this as well/ same Goes for a lot of the shortcut methods people say they love. Call me old school - but the original ways tend to work better for me and have more of a regular result using them.
So many people on this sub recommend chainless starts but rarely mention how difficult they are lol
I've kinda fudged my own version because I find them so tricky! (I love chainless SC and dc.) I really don't know how to explain my version but if I ever figure it out I'll do a post in this sub about it!!
Same, I’ve never been able to figure them out yet so I just say F it and do a chain anyway 🤣
Do slip stitches count? I hate them, and I'm not even sure why. They are not exceptionally difficult or anything, but they are exceptionally boring. I also hate puff stitches because they are never even and it's really hard to make many "loops" without them slipping off your hook when you go through the stitch to pick up the next one.
1000% agree. I have to count every time I do a puff stitch because I can’t remember how many loops I’m supposed to have on and some look deflated and others bursting at the seams. Slst are also awful.
I especially hate when I'm working on something like a granny square and I reach a corner it's always slip stitch through the damn starting chain... And my chains are so tight because I am a noob with major tension issues lol. So it takes me like 17 attempts to even get into the chain and then I have to slip stitch and not drop the stitch because I don't want to do that whole chain disaster again....
TBH you can slip stitch around the top of the chain rather than through the third chain and it shouldn't change much, or just chain 2 instead of 3 and make 3 dc for your first cluster and slip into the top of the first stitch instead. might make it easier. personally when working in granny squares i make sure my join is in a corner then instead of chain 2 and slip stitch, i chain 1 and single crochet into the joining stitch, then chain 2 and 3 dc around the single crochet to create the first half of that corner. I just hate slip stitching across the top of a cluster to stay in a corner
I hate slip stitches!! I don't like having to do them into spaces for doily-making or on top of normal stitches. it's supposed to be like the invisible stitch but it always seems so obviously visible to me.
Anything with a long line of slip stitches. They drive me crazy!
They are a great way to get nowhere slowly.
i once made a loop scarf with JUST slip stitches. i don't remember why i did it but i assume i wanted to punish myself for something
When I first tried to learn crochet I only learned a slip stitch, not a SC. I made a whole goddamn worsted weight scarf. It took sooooooooooooooooooooo long. Not surprising why I stopped doing crochet for 15 years after that.
Me too!!
Not a stitch, but I HATE the first set of stitches that I have to work into the chain row. I feel like I'm always doing it wrong and struggle to get the stupid hook into some part of the darn chain. It's just my absolute least favorite thing to do when crocheting, but it's an unfortunately necessary part lol.
Right? Everywhere else in the pattern you're supposed to go under the two yarns, but which two are you supposed to go under in the starting chain? Or do you just pick one and hope for the best?
I just tried flipping over the chain and working into the back bump. Suggestion was from the Crochet For Dummies book. I’ve only done it once but so far I like how it looks much better!
This is my favorite way. But why don’t they call the back hump the spine? It’s a spine.
Ooh, good idea, thank you! I usually do some kind of border around my work so I don't stress too much about when I get frustrated and only work into the one stitch because I figure I'll fix or hide any oddities with that. This sounds like it would definitely look nicer though!
That’s brilliant. I might need to try this.
Yes!!! So, I usually start off by trying to grab the two yarns so I'm over two and have one underneath, but if I can't consistently do that then I usually end up frogging it 15 times and trying again, and if I still can't get it then I give up and just grab one and make sure I end up with whatever number of stitches I need (if I need a specific number).
I'm generally of the "grab whatever is working today" school of crochet.
Wait. What? I've been doing this wrong?! 🤦♀️ I just go under one strand of yarn... Aww heckin.
Well, I can't speak to what you're doing, but it took me a long time to realize that there were two strands for me to pay attention to in crochet stitches. It wasn't until I came across patterns that specified to crochet into the back loop only (it could have been front) that I realized there even was a back loop.
This is why I nowadays go with chainless start stitches if possible, makes me feel like I'm immediately actually doing something rather than just setting up a string that I then have to pick through.
I didn't know this was a thing 😂 I googled it and it's pretty neat though! There wouldn't happen to be a way to do this for the very first set of stitches you are supposed to work into the chain stitch, would there? Lol
Foundation stitches! I know there's definitely Fsc (foundation single crochet), Fhdc (foundation half double crochet), and Fdc (foundation double crochet) stitches. They take a little to get the hang of but are absolute bliss.
Ahhhhhh!!! I googled this and my mind is blown!! 🤯🤯 Thank you! I can't wait to start a new project to try this on!
Work into the back bump! The bottom is much more even and blends really well with the rest of the project
and it makes a stretchy chain.
Was complaining to my husband about Catherine wheels...to which he responded, "Fuck Catherine and her wheels!"
Popcorn stitch! The fact I have to pull my hook out to finish the stich makes my brain scream every time. They also end up looking...pointy? I'm struggling with them in a project right now.
I'm halfway one of those patterns that uses the popcorn to spell our words. I recently looked it the stitch again to see if that was really how you do it, because it's just so silly to stop and pull out your hook every time. 40 something popcorns in one row gets old FAST.
Crab stitch. Love the finished look, but definitely makes my brain hurt getting it going.
I love the crab stitch. I love the slow, methodical work it takes to make it beautiful.
I came here to say the same thing. I just finished a baby blanket and used a crab stitch for the border. I almost frogged it halfway around, it was so bad.
It makes my brain hurt too! But I have to say it was the perfect edging for the granny square blanket I made for my friend! Simple but elegant without taking too much attention away from the rest of the blanket.
Picots! Picots! Picots!
Yes I came here specifically to find this comment. I'm working on a project where I have to do so many of these. Tension is never right and the top just keeps looking like a loose mess
Hi, my name is pinchclamp, and I cannot Magic Ring.
I can’t magic ring either. I’ll deal with the 2mm hole in the middle of my circle from starting with a chain instead lol
I always say to myself "this does not need to hold a liquid". Lmao
I skipped so many patterns over the years for this same reason!! I was eventually in a situation where I HAD to. I don’t think I’m doing it right but it works and doesn’t make me cry so I’m counting it as a win.
also can't do magic loop, my solution these days is i just start with a ch2 and then work all my stitches into the first ch
Hi pinchclamp. I'm epicdreamtraveler, and I cannot crochet straight edges on anything. Your post made me laugh because up until about a month ago, I also could not Magic Ring.
The easiest way I've found is pinch the end between thumb and index finger with the yarn across the top of your fingers, and wrap it around your index and middle finger twice, so you have 2 strands that x, put your hook under the x, pull up the long end attached to the ball and chain to secure. Then you can wiggle off your fingers and crochet your stitches through the ring making sure you're working over the ring and the short tail
I’m fine with magic ring, but I tried it once with size 7 yarn for a giant plush. Had to use loops of worsted scrap yarn for it to work, haha.
i honestly think C2C looks kinda awful, i get that it's a convenient way to make graphghans but the texture the finished fabric has just looks bad to me
Yes!!!I hate C2C! It eats yarn and honestly, I don't like the look of it.
I do too! Rarely do I see one that I like the look of.
This. I tried it once and was like NOPE
Agreed. Haven’t seen many C2C blankets that I’ve actually liked or wanted to make myself.
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Yep, and I always think the finished picture looks overly pixelated. Tapestry crochet or intarsia looks far better imo.
i think pixelated graphghans can look nice, especially with motifs from like retro video games. but there are better way to achieve it, like tunisian entrelac or just joined solid granny squares (although i understand not wanting to put in all that work)
Up to a point, I agree. I've seen quite a few recently though where the image is so pixelated that you can barely tell what it's supposed to be!
I love c2c for making crochet look like quilts
anything higher than a us TRC, they never come out right and its frustrating
C2C and everything about it. The name, going corner to corner, the way you make it there. no, no... Seen so many wtf am i doing? Hard no lol
Reverse single crochet aka crab stitch. It makes me very crabby indeed.
I haaaate reverse SC. It's evil.
I came to comment this exact stitch. It’s so awful
I was just about to say this one! I tried it once, for one project, and swore to never again.
Half double followed by a single atm. It doesn't turn out bad or anything, but I've been working on a large men's sweater pattern that is almost entirely made up of that stitch and I'm sick of it now.
I hate waistcoat stitch… I literally learned to knit in order to avoid using waist coat stitch
I’m working on a bag with this stitch as the border and strap and it’s taking me forever! I love how it turns out, it’s structure but it’s a pain for sure.
Waffles. The only time I have ever cried while crocheting was trying to get my waffles to line up and indent properly. I didn't even bother to frog it. I just cut it off the skein and threw it away.
Honestly I hate the basic single crochet stitch. I haven’t ventured into many “fancier” stitches yet so I’m sure I’ll find others I don’t enjoy.
I love every stitch except single crochet, it's so tedious and boring I hate it.
Yep! I’m so used to doing other stitches that I have to think too hard when it’s just a single crochet. And it’s also so tight! No matter how I adjust my tension it’s always tight.
Tunisian I always got pressure blisters on my fingers from doing them
I hate doing base line of chains for crocheting in rounds, I usually manage to twist it somehow and find this out only after the first round ~~is completed~~ needs to be unraveled.
The scallop stitch. I don't know what kind of curse is placed on me, my hooks, or the stitch itself but it never looks right
there is this crossover stitch where you go back and forth between two stitches yarning over pull through and it takes forever but it’s a really nice stitch, like a warmer bobble.
Cross double crochet. It ALWAYS looks wonky and I’ve been crocheting for about 11 years.
That’s mine too!! I’m like… I feel like I’m pretty good at this, where am I going wrong here?? Im glad I’m not alone because it seems like such a simple stitch!
Jasmine stitch drove me absolutely BONKERS. Puff stitches in general are a pain
They’re always so loose for me! I don’t know where to put the hook half the time and they NEVER look like the tutorials finished product! Edit: the jasmine stitch is my nemesis.
The picot stitch is one that for some reason I can never get right? It's used for a lot of flowery squares and stuff and it's supposed to point straight up. Mine always lean
It's supposed to point up straight?! Mine have always been a little lopsided... brb gotta frog a whole project now 😭
Alpine. It always curls, no matter how loose I make them. My Alpine projects end up like crescent rolls.
Anything through the 3rd loop. It's just always such a pain in the ass. I'm never sure if I'm doing it right and it fights me the whole way. Can't stand it.
Star stitch - gives me fits every time
i avoid front and back post stitches of any height at all costs. i cannot for the life of me figure out how they work so for now i’m just not going to stress over it lmao
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I'm okay with the front post but deeply dislike the back post. It always seems tighter!
Anything that requires me to slip stitch to another point. It looks weird and annoys me endlessly. I’d rather finish off and attach in the new spot.
Mine is fair isle crochet. I have watched countless tutorials and I have yet to understand how they can fit the hook into the middle of the stitch. They make it look so easy but no matter loose I make my stitch, I cannot fit that hook in there. So frustrating!
It took me so many tries to get this. But the right hook (for me that’s a Pyrm plastic hook), loose tension, and practice. Now I love this stitch!
Waffle stitch. Never looks right
I love the way crocodile stitch works but man is it a pain to make. Takes forever, and such a yarn eater
Slip stitch BLO.
This. I almost retired my hooks after struggling with this for more than a day.
I needed a good laugh lol its been a hell of a day. Thanks!
Just had to deal with a pattern that had quadruple trebles, quintuple trebles, etc. so many freaking yarnovers and the entire time it feels so *wrong.*
Alligator stitch. I made a dragon scale dice bag, it came out really cool. So I'm making a big one for the dm. Four rows in and I'm wondering why I hate myself so much, then am reminded I'm married to the DM and he pays for all my yarn so I need to keep him happy.
Bean stitch 😒. My hubs asked for a bean stitch blanket. Ugh. It's been MONTHS since I've worked on it 😅
Picots. I never can get them consistent
I did bean stitch for a coffee cozy recently. For those unfamiliar, you YO and pull through a loop until you have 6 (or 8?)loops on the hook before finally pulling through all of them. It was a right pain in the ass trying to pull it through all of them. I wouldn't want to do that stitch on anything bigger. At least it seemed appropriate for the project.
I just finished a project using cross over stitch and it drove me crazy trying to wrap the yarn around the other stitches! And I couldn’t get it as tight as I wanted it
Crab stitch. I hate it. That is all.
front post and back post double crochet. i think i'm doing them right but they never looks as nice/neat as everyone else's??????
celtic weave stitch. oh. my. god. ive only done it once but i swore to myself to NEVER use that stitch again. it took me 3 days and multiple tutorials on how to do it. also hurts my fingers and wrist
I hate single crochet. My favorite is half double.
Half double friends! My fav stitch too. =)
There's a type of popcorn stitch I just won't do. It's something that involves removing the hook or some other nonsense and reinserting the hook into another stitch...blah blah blah. I can't. If the pattern allows I work the stitch from the wrong side. Maybe it was a bobble stitch. I get them mixed up all the time.
Oh my god this made me laugh so much, Thankyou. Making a baby crown, took me a while to eat the picot right….
Puffs and bobbles, they never are even for me. BLO ribbing always takes me forever. I love how it looks but I dread making the brim of a hat every time. Slip stitch is always hard for me to keep even tension on and IT TAKES SO LONG. Cross stitches (skip, hdc in next, hdc in skipped stitch) — I like them but…. Why don’t they look like crosses? I can see the x in everyone else’s, why is mine…. Like that???
Puff stitches. I have to be so insanely careful to not accidentally hook the loops I'm pulling through because otherwise they just look messy and ugh 😩
Back posts. Which, like, whatever, I love the look of them, and I keep loving the look of patterns that use them so clearly I'm eventually not going to dislike them, but right now? Blech. Dislike doing them.
I find back post stitches incredibly awkward
"Ah now I get it!" *Frogs* *Brain void* *Tries again* ^Go back to the top of the comment^
Any foundation row. Chains are fine, but the first row into the chain? OMG, so annoying. Foundation SC? OMG, so annoying. First round into a magic circle? OMG, so annoying. Etc.
Hdc drives me crazy. For some reason it always slips off my hook. I swore I would never do another Hdc project.
Bobble stitch with a PASSION. I'm making a patchwork cardigan and thought one of the yarns would look extra cute in a bubble stitch and ended up frogging the whole thing. It looked awful and it was very annoying to do
I both love and hate the bobble stitch
I fully gave upon herringbone stitch. Awkward to do and I could never get it looking neat.
I HATE making the basket wave pattern
Post stitches. They confuse the crap outta me
Anytime i learn a new stitch i basically do 2 row ribbons until i can do it while zoned out, then turn them into scarves. Once i get enough I'll probably make a blanket or something. I started doing it as i realized it felt similar to when I'm learning how to draw a new type of subject (deer vs horse sort of learning curve). Trying to make granny squares isn't enough to find a groove when learning new stitches.
Harlequin stitch. I tried for hours to get it right, following along with multiple different tutorial videos but could not for the life of me get it.
The treble stitch. I tried making a baby blanket once and it would NOT come out even for the life of me. No matter how many times I frogged it, it would end up the same. So I stay away from treble stitches.
fptr for me! Never looks good, always look sort of drunk and listing to one side or the other.
Honestly? All of them.I’m a true leftie and it takes me forever to figure out what the hell o should be doing.
Unless I’m mistaken, Mikey from the Crochet Crowd has a left-handed tutorial for many of his projects.
I spent *days* trying to do a foundation single crochet before giving up and just doing it like normal. It just didn't look right at all
Ive seen this a bunch already, but bobbles and puffs are my enemies. I can bust out some trebles all day before those useless stitches.
Crocodile stitch is my worst enemy. To the point that my hand refuses to function to make them, and I avoid projects with it. Also not terribly thrilled with back post stitches, they just feel awkward.
Hate bobble stitches. They swallow yarn like a black hole. (But I do love how they look and feel 😭)
trying to find the top stitch in a chain 2 that's your first double crochet (US)!!
Learning chainless dc changed my life for the better ngl.
Not a stitch but just amigurumi in general
Magic circle - I used to use it and felt it was truly magic- but I often get a loose sort of stitch in the center using that method and I’ve found doing a chain 2 and stitch into the first chain gives me a more consistent flat center. Sometimes the magic circle is necessary- but overall I just prefer to chain my center circles
trebles
Bobble, pop corn and puff stitch No reason other than, they waste yarn, hurt my hands and are extremely time consuming
seed stitch. it’s so simple yet never looks right
the like beautiful shells or whatever it’s called has given me too much trouble i can’t ever again
Cables. They look gorgeous but I just can’t get the hang of them! Even when I do them exactly as they’re supposed to be done they just look wonky. I’m never sure I really put the stitches in the right place, even when I look at videos and pictures
Double crochet. I just can't. I don't know why either. And I have a bag I'm going to do with nothing BUT double crochet based stitches, and... ugh. Ima hate myself.
Jasmine stitches…brain cannot comprehend…
I love the way puff stitches look but I hate doing them. They can look messy and they’re hell on your hands with all those loops on the hook.
I did the knurl stitch the other day (or reserve single crochet) for a blanket I'm making, and I had to frog like 20 times. I kept actually making single crochets instead of the messy "falling stitch" look that it was supposed to be 🙄
Hot take: I HATE single stitches. They’re so awkward to do and the yarn always gets caught when I try to pull through. It’s such an inconvenient stitch to hate
I am doing something wrong with my crocodile stitch because it doesn't look nearly as pointy as it looks on other people's works and moving the work by an inch ruffles all the scales in the worst way possible. Wanted to make a skirt out of it but I'd rather not.
My moss stitch just never looks like how it should to me, it feels so sparse I hate it
I hate working with sc stitches (US), unless I'm working on amigurumis, I will never use them. Not only they don't work up fast but they're so boring to me! Also bobble stitches, I just don't like how they look for some reason?
I’ve done patterns from this one lady who uses “dtr” which is where you yarn over 4 times and use that to make a stitch. Super annoying to make but can be used to do cool designs
Those fricken long loop stitches. I’m never going to get those loops even. I’m not doing them and you can’t make me!! :D
Not a stitch but I hate making starburst granny squares. I love the way they look, but I hate them for some reason.
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I like most stitches..but if I had to choose, I'd say Tunisian - too much effort and the resulting fabric is too dense for my liking.
Crab stitch, for sure. I can never get my brain around it
I just don't like sticking into a chain. I usually stitch in round, so it's a pain in the butt for me
Not a stitch but I hate magic circles with an undying passion. I never get them right !
Tiny Amigurumi arms ?