[Nfb-krafters-korner] just figuring out crochet edgings on my own

[Lisamaria Martinez, NOMC]

Didn't this class require knitting some sort of Swatch in order to crochet edges? Or am I confused?

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On Jun 5, 2012, at 8:57 PM, Blindhands at aol.com wrote:

> We just talked about all of this in the class tonight.  This class  will be 
> going on next week and I encourage you to take the class.  I am  thinking 
> about extending this class for an extra week so if you are interested  please 
> do sign up for it and you can have a lot of your questions covered by 2  
> teachers.
> 
> Joyce  Kane
> _www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
> Blindhands at AOL.com   
> 
> 
> In a message dated 6/4/2012 7:01:15 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
> lmartinez217 at gmail.com writes:
> 
> Okay,  hi, all.
> 
> I played around with an edging over the weekend. I just was  playing
> around with a sample swatch, practicing rows of different stitches  and
> feeling annoyed because I couldn't find Lion Brand Chenille Quick  and
> thick yarn at Michaels for a scarf I wanted to try.
> 
> Anyways, I  thought I'd practice an edge. So, I finished off my sample
> swatch and then  started to crochet single crochet stitches around my
> sample swatch. I got  all excited and started putting 2 or 3 single
> crochet stitches inside each  of the last row of stitches I did (I
> think they were double crochet  stitches).
> 
> Okay, my question is, is it best to crochet only one edging  stitch
> inside each previously made stitch? Or, can you go wild and crazy  and
> put three into one stitch?
> 
> I realize you can probably do  whatever you like but I noticed that
> when it came time to crocheting down  the second side something looked
> a little crooked. And, how do you go  around a  corner?
> 
> LM
> 
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