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<div dir="auto">Well, I don't actually crochet (learned but prefer a knitted fabric), so I hope someone else can help. </div><div dir="auto">Cindy</div><div dir='auto'><br></div>
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<p style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-family: sans-serif; margin: 8pt 0;">On June 4, 2025 9:39:35 AM Tracy Carcione via NFB-Blind-Crafters <nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org> wrote:</p>
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<div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">They did give a gauge, and I thought I was close enough for rock and roll, but I was wrong. It got more off as I went on, and by the time I got to a second measurement point, I was into large territory. I started over with a smaller hook, and I seem to be OK now. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">For my next dumb crochet question, do I count posts or holes when I\u2019m counting stitches? I\u2019ve been counting holes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">Tracy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext;mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext;mso-ligatures:none"> NFB-Blind-Crafters <nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>slery via NFB-Blind-Crafters<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 4, 2025 12:49 AM<br><b>To:</b> Tracy Carcione via NFB-Blind-Crafters <nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> slery <slerythema@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NFB-Blind-Crafters] Crochet question<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">This is where making a gauge swatch comes in. The hook listed is a suggestion but they should also list a gauge guide. You use the hook that causes "your" crocheting to match the guide. If you are coming out bigger, that means you need to go down a hook size. However, if you like the density of what you are currently using, then it means you need to alter the pattern. You would take out some repeats and some increases/decreases to get the size you like.<br><br>Cindy<span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">On 6/3/2025 9:03 AM, Tracy Carcione via NFB-Blind-Crafters wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I was aiming to crochet the medium-size hat, and I\u2019m using the hook size the pattern says for that, but I\u2019m ending up with the large size, which the pattern says I\u2019d get with a larger hook.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Does this mean I\u2019m crocheting tight, or loose? Can I change that and still use the same hook size?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I could go down a hook size, but that would make the crocheting tighter, right?, and it seems like a nice texture now.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Crocheters, please advise.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Tracy</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>NFB-Blind-Crafters mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:NFB-Blind-Crafters@nfbnet.org">NFB-Blind-Crafters@nfbnet.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NFB-Blind-Crafters:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org/slerythema%40gmail.com">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org/slerythema%40gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div>
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