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Crochet Baby Blanket Fix?

After getting about 5 inches into a popcorn stitch baby blanket, I noticed there's something funky/loose/streched in one area of my very first row (only across about 4 inches). It's enough to really bother me, since the rest of the blanket looks perfect so far. I don't have a lot of crochet experience yet, so my question is: Can I snip the beginning corner & unravel the first row to just get rid of it? Then just weave in the loose ends at the end of the row (so the 2nd row just becomes the new edge)? Will this work, or are there problems I'm not seeing? Thanks! Treece- I'm confused; It's not like knitting where it's all attached & weaved together. There's no 'chain' that holds the top finishing edge of a crocheted work together; it all seems to stand alone. I guess I'll just make a small swatch patch & attempt it to see, before doing my real project.

Public Comments

1. Yes, that should work. Just remember, if your pattern includes counting rows, you will have one row less. Good luck to you and the lucky Baby! Gillian Grigor http://www.grandparentscafe.com
2. NO! do not try to cut out the first row!... all crochet is started with a foundation of a number of chain stitches.... if you remove the first row and those chain stitches the 2 row will have nothing as a foundation and they will all start to fall apart. a couple of suggestions 1. Try pull the area that is loose from stitches on either side to try to tighten it up or spread out the "looseness" to a bigger area so it is not as noticeable. if this is possible 2. If it is a large string that has gotten pulled (like if it got caught on something). You can cut just this yarn loop, knot the two ends together and hide the knot and the ends with a yarn needle 3. If it is only noticeable to you and not real noticeable to anyone else... just leave it alone... a friend of mine says that its the mistakes that makes something handmade better... if it was made on a machine it would be perfect... handmade may have mistakes but they are made with love.
3. No, don't try to fix the error by cutting off or unraveling the first row. Unlike knitting, where cutting off the cast-on row would expose "live" stitches, which you could then put on a needle and knit in the other direction, crochet has a definite "starting" row and the rest of the blanket is based on that row. A better way to "fix" it might be to try to figure out what went wrong, then correct it by tightening up any loose yarn. Or crochet an additional row on the base row in the other direction, encompassing the errors in the new stitching. What I'd probably do is unravel the project and start over. The second time through, you will be much more experienced and will make fewer errors. Still, the nature of handwork is that the possibility of making an error is always there. I've been knitting since I was 7 and crocheting since I was 10, and I still make errors and have to pull out stitching. In fact, I've spent much of the day doing that, so you'll be in good company if that's what you decide to do.
4. I had a similar experience about a week ago. Decided the best way to fix it was just to crochet a stitch into the hole. It looks great now.