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loobyj · Joined: 05 Nov 2006 Posts: 1648 Location: Swindon, Wilts

Is a round and round type square (sort of granny type) or is it a back and forth row type?

If it's a row type, then I think making the loops you pull through for each stitch slightly looser might help - in effect making each stitch taller.

If it's a round type then I'd try yanking it - or blocking it properly Wink

- into a square. The stitches might just be a bit squashed.

I'd probably try the yanking technique first if it's a row type as well tbh.

Don't know if you're a 'wrapper' or a 'thrower' for knitting, but crochet's a lot more easily controlled if you can train yourself to wrap (if you don't already of course Confused

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Hope that helps a bit.

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Wildpurl · Joined: 05 Nov 2006 Posts: 1701

Yeah, I always block my crochet squares because they are never square when I finish them. So you could try looby's technique, which will help, and I would also recommend blocking them to size anyway.
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craftylady · Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 5:49 pm Post subject:

It's usually on a row by row square. I have given them a yank but that tends to make them less than the 6" in width then. I just knew blocking would be the answer....

What's a wrapper and a thrower?
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loobyj · Joined: 05 Nov 2006 Posts: 1648 Location: Swindon, Wilts

It's how you hold (or don't hold) your yarn.

Do you wrap the yarn round your fingers so that you just move your finger to put the yarn round the needle. Or do you let go of the needle in your right hand, pick up the yarn and throw it round the needle.

I was always a thrower till I learned to crochet. Then I became a wrapper. Unless I'm using really big needles.

I don't think we've ever had the wrap v throw discussion on this forum.

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craftylady · Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 6:25 am Post subject:

When I'm knitting, I wrap the yarn through my fingers and let if flow through but I also let go of the needle to make the stitch Exclamation

When I'm crocheting I do the same thing with the yarn but in my left hand, perhaps I need to "loosen up" a little bit Laughing

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Wildpurl · Joined: 05 Nov 2006 Posts: 1701

Actually, for crochet I'm neither a thrower nor a wrapper. I hold the yarn tensioned in my left hand and the hook in my right, and I flick the hook to catch the yarn, so more like continental I suppose. It's quite fast.
For knitting I'm a wrapper though.
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loobyj · Joined: 05 Nov 2006 Posts: 1648 Location: Swindon, Wilts

Yeah, I've never thought of it like that - for crochet I hold the hook in my left hand (as I'm left handed) and tension the yarn with my right, and do the whole flippy thing with the hook. So, I too am a continental style crocheter!

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