Crocheting and Knitting

"Main Color", usually.

you will knit 4 rows the decrease on the 5th

Yarn is usually measured in yards or meters, regardless of its origin.

Not at all. It means you need to knit 2 separate tensions: one square of 10 cm made with stocking stitch (14 sts / 18 rws), and the other one with double moss stitch (also 14 sts / 28 rws).

A string cross is also known as an eye of God. You need two sticks to make the cross, and a lot of colored string. You can use yarn also.

Make a loose knot with one end of a string to tie the two sticks together in the shape of a cross. Now take the string and weave it around the sticks, starting at the place where they join. Pull the string over one stick, under the next, over the stick, and under the next. Keep the string pushed up close to the previous row, unless you choose to make a very lacy, open design. Keep weaving the string over and under until the design looks the way you want it to. Most string crosses have between one and three inches of stick left.

If your string isn't long enough, tie it off at one of the cross arms, and tie the next one on. Some people tie the two strings together, but I wouldn't suggest that, because the knot shows when you are finished.

Your answer depends on how fast you work, and the type of yarn you use.

The term "standard" could mean different things to different people. Size is not the only factor, however. How much time in a day do you have to spend on crocheting? If you are using a bulky yarn and Q hook it won't take as long to make the same size afghan with sport yarn and a G hook.

If you have a pattern in mind, you might time yourself crocheting one row without interruption. You can get a very rough estimate of how long it will take you to crochet that pattern by multiplying that amount of time by the number of rows.

I would probably triple that time in your final estimate because you will not be crocheting consistently and constantly. You will have to eat, answer the phone, run errands, and whatever else occupies your day. You may not even completed one row without an interruption. But you will get at least a general idea of how much CROCHETING time you need if you have a deadline by which you must complete your project.

Don't forget to allow time for working your edgings, sewing in the tails and, if your project needs to be assembled allow time for that too. The finishing time in some cases can be considerable.

Purl Through the Back of the Loop.

loom is easier

On your previous row or round, you probably worked one or more chains between stitches. This instruction tells you to work four single crochets into the space created by the chains. In other words, you are to insert your hook into the space, yarn over, and pull through, working over the "chain" created by the series of chain stitches.

it's (I think) just knitting with a bulkier yarn...

I believe this would be: hold the last loop of each stitch on hook (which means to stop one short when doing your final pulling though for the stitch) skip next two single crochet (meaning to simply not do anything in those next two single crochet stitches and jump over them.) three triple crochet in next single crochet. (meaning to make three triple crochet stitches in the next single crochet after the ones you skipped.)

I hope this will clear that up.

There are actually hundreds of types of yarn in speciality stores. There are wools, natural fibres such as cotton, soy, or bamboo, and there are synthetics such as rayon.

In the average craft or general merchandise store, you are most likely to find a lot of acrylic yarns, and a small selection of cottons.

It will depend on the type of yarn. 225 yards of worsted weight yarn is about 100g, but 225 yards of sock weight yarn is about 25g. What is the yarn type?

This varies with the yarn, the hook size and the tension. You have to make a sample, count and measure.

If you knit too tightly, it will be difficult to get the stitches off the needle.

If you are asking how to get a close knit finished product with no holes, I suggest using the needle size suggested on the wrapper for that particular yarn.

If you want it even tighter, just use a smaller needle but not so small as to make it difficult to work. If you use a needle too small for the yarn, your finished work will be stiffer. If the pattern you are making needs a stiffer material, then that is fine. If you need more drape, then you don't want to go too small.

I have never heard this expression, but I can tell you what multiple of four means. You take the number 4 and multiply it by another whole number. The resulting number would be one of the multiples of four. Alternately, any number that is evenly divisible by four will be a multiple of 4. So if you start at 4, the multiples would be 8, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, 40, 44, and so on, adding four to your last number. If you have a higher number, divide it by 4 and if it comes out evenly, then it is a multiple.

A possible explanation of your query to end in multiple fours is that the continuation of the pattern will result in a four-stitch pattern. In other words, one possibility would be 4 double crochets, 4 V stitches, 4 double crochet, 4 V stitches and so on.

This could help you decide for your baby blankets measurement 740mm x 890mm (29 x 35inches)

Gauge in any pattern is a sample you make to verify that your tension, hook, stitches, match up to the ones used in the pattern. If it doesn't match, then you make adjustments to have your gauge match that given in the pattern.

Gauge is given generally as so many stitches in an inch, or so many rows in an inch. Generally, you crochet (or knit) a sample longer and higher than 4 inches, so that you can measure in the middle of the swatch and calculate your average stitch or row per inch.

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According to wikipedia: "
"Tricot is a special case of warp knitting, in which the yarn zigzags vertically, following a single column ("wale") of knitting, rather than a single row ("course"), as is customary. Tricot and its relatives are very resistant to runs, and are commonly used in lingerie."
Tricot knitting is usually done with machines, and is used for track clothing, and bike shorts. This form of knitting is found in vintage knitting patterns, but is not much in favor for hand knitting.

Bring the yarn forward if on the public (front or knit) side or back if on the private (back or purl) side. Slide the next stitch from the right hand needle to the left needle by holding the two needles point-to-point. Then bring the yarn back if on the public (front or knit) side or forward if on the private (back or purl) side. Then move the slipped stitch back to the right needle, again with the two needles held point-to-point.

Stitches are wrapped to prevent holes in the fabric when working "short rows." A short row occurs when you knit part way across a row and without finishing that row turn and knit back. Short row shaping is used to form three dimensional curves such as heels in socks or shaping for bust lines.

Depends... A crochet is what you would add to a note to shorten its duration, as in that little thing you would add to make a quarter note an eight note, or an eighth a sixteenth. etc... Or in french "une croche" is the name for a 8th, so I'm not sure which you're refering to. Hope this helps !

P.S. : Crochet in french (in a non-musical context) translates either to a hook, a check mark or a type of knitting (as in, a sweater made all of wool, by hand with a special knitting technique called "au crochet"). It can also refer to a square bracket. Isin't french wonderful? :)