[Nfb-krafters-korner] question for crocheters

[Lillie Pennington]

This really helps explain this from the visual side. Thank you

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> On Jan 23, 2014, at 8:15 AM, "Annette Carr" <amcarr1 at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
> When crocheting and trying to visualize the effect of using the 2 loops, the
> front loop or the back loop, let's see if this scenario helps.
> 
> If you were building a wall with bricks or the toy blocks called Legos and
> you stack the bricks or blocks directly on top of the one below it in the
> previous row or layer, this is like crocheting through the 2 horizontal
> loops at the top of the stitch in the previous row.  If you were to slide
> that top brick so that half of it is hanging off of the edge towards you,
> this is like crocheting in the front loop of the stitch from the previous
> row.  If you are a Lego fan, you would only be using the 1 row of pegs
> closest to you from the previous layer of blocks.  Because in crochet you
> turn your work at the end of the row, when you crochet back in the other
> direction and work in the front loop of the previous rows stitches you are
> making this row line up with the row 2 layers down.  So back to our bricks.
> In order to represent our crocheting, you will have to move to the other
> side of the wall that we are building.  As you lay this next layer of
> bricks/Legos, you will hang them over the front edge of the brick/Lego below
> it.  This new brick/Lego is hanging off of the one below it and is lined up
> with the one from 2 layers down.  The brick/Lego from the previous layer
> looks like it has been pushed out the back.  If on each row of your
> crocheted fabric you continue working in the front stitch of the stitch in
> the previous row, you will get a ribbed effect.
> 
> HTH,
> Annette
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Behalf Of Blindhands at aol.com
> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 12:35 AM
> To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] question for crocheters
> 
> It is not wrong.  It creates a certain look and texture . Some  patterns
> state in both loops, lin front loop or in back loop.  
> 
> If there is no directions I put it in both loops to draw up a loop.   Using 
> the front or back loop only adds a texture [ridge] across the row.
>