How to Use the Block Stitch in a Graphgan (Right-handed Version)
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.พ. 2019
- Find me at:
Instagram: yarnjoy_podcast
Ravelry: tjs140
Facebook Group: Yarnjoy Podcast
Thanks to Danice for asking me to make this tutorial. Go visit her facebook group: LadyLoveDesignBoutique
/ ladylovedesignboutique - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
I’m just going to thank you for this video. I started doing graphghans a couple years ago. EVERY TIME I start a new one, I come back to this video for a refresher. It is concise, and detailed. I can see every step. Maybe someday the instructions will be locked in my brain for that setup row, but today’s not the day. I also recommend it whenever someone wants to do a graphghan. It’s so much less complicated than doing CTC.
I can't lie. This video was the absolute most helpful out of all the videos I have watched. I just can not understand c2c for anything!!! I do however understand everything you explained here. I want to make a blanket!! Thank you!!!
You are welcome! I am using this method for the Mystery Blanket the Llama Mama Kayla is hosting.
this was so helpful and detailed- i'm new to graphgan, but i didnt expect to pick up so many tips like where to drop my yarn, and making a setup row... thank you for sharing!
This is so cool! Thanks for sharing Terry. Great teacher you are👍🏽‼️
Thanks!
Thanks for this tutorial. I think it will help me with a project!
Best explanation of this stitch I’ve found. Thank you so much
Glad it helped you.
Perfectly explained!! Thank you so much!
This is an amazing tutorial. I am so happy i found this. It looks so much nicer than C2C with the yarn that i am using. You explained everything so well and made it so simple. Thank you!
You’re welcome! Glad it helped you.
This is really helpful for a recent project i'm working on ms Terri. Learned new techniques. Thanks so much.
Very interesting and very good instructions!!! Thank you!
Love this stitch at first i was confused but i finally got the hang of it and love it ..decided to take two of my projects and redo them with the block stitch.... Thank you soooo much
Glad it helped you. You are welcome !
I definitely have to give graphgan a try this year. Never tried it before but this year is about expanding my crochet skills. Thank you Terri❣💙
Sounds great! You're welcome!
Great video!
I should have seen this 2 months ago! Thanks for sharing this.
Great job showing how to do a color change. I also like how you did your block. Thank you!
Thanks!
Thank you so much for this. Been struggling with working on the diagonal for a c2c graphgan so going to give this a try instead. Lovely, clear instructions... eager to give it a go. :)
That's great Ruth! Hope it works out for you. Have a great weekend!
Hello I am new to your channel, thank you for such clear instructions for this stitch. Thank you.
You are a real good teacher Terri.
Thanks, Brenda! Trying to get better at it. Had a little bit of editing trouble. Software had a mind of its own. Lol!
Hi Terry / Terri? , Just wanted to thank you for taking the time to post this much needed helpful tutorial. Your explanation was very easy to follow and understand.... Many Thanks. :)
Thanks so much! Appreciate you watching and I am glad to be of help. Take care, Terri.
Great work and effort. Thank you
Thanks for watching!
Lov this thank you for sharing ❣️💓💓
Just discovered this stitch and was recommended this video to get me started. Wow, thank you very much! I need to start a secret project for my daughter & this is the perfect stitch to use! Thank you so much!
You are welcome. Hope your project turned out great.
Just what I was looking for. Thank you!
Thank you, I have been wanting to learn this stitch, and you explained it beautifully. I do my graphghans with a C2C or mini-C2C stitch, sometimes I do a sc graph, and now I will add the block stitch to my list. Thank you again for your understandable directions. :-) I have been crocheting for 3 years now also.
You are welcome! Glad that I could help!
Great job on this video Terri! I also want to do a graphghan this year....hopefully! :)
Thanks!
Thank you for sharing this! I have tried and failed with other videos and I was ready to give up
Thanks! Hope it helps you out!
You made this so easy to understand. thank you so much
Thanks! Glad that I could help! :)
Great tutorial
You did a great job at teaching me Terri!!
Much love~Pam
Thanks, Pam!
Cthis is very cool. Love it.
Thanks, Susan!
Thanks for this!! I appreciate it!!
Glad it was helpful!
ty! ive been wanting to make a blanket for my partner but the regular sized graphghan wouldve been way too big since the piece is very detailed. This looks like a better way to do it!
Thank you yes
😊 Thank you !
Thank you so much with your tutorial I made a beautiful Afghan for my Grandson don’t know how to share pictures on here would love for you to see.
Would love to see it! You can send me a picture of it to my email address: tschorp4@gmail.com
Oh, Terri, I don't know about this one. It seems so intimidating to me just like the graph C2C. It looks so easy when you do it.
Thanks, Cindy! Just takes a little getting used to.
Hi hi! I love your work and your tutorials are amazing very clear to understand thank you! I have a quick question can you do this technique in HDC and have it still come out beautifully?
Yes, hdc should work. It should be the same width but not quite as tall.
I love this. However, I don’t care for the pattern or colors, but it is great for demo purposes. I have already learned a lot.
Great tutorial. I am learning and would like to try. What type of yarn & hook size are you using?
Oh i really like doing the set up row. I didn't think i liked it at first but the end result is very neat looking. Thank you.
Try the wide single crochet, I'm hooked on it for graphs... I can't think of the lady who I am questing came up with it.. the front and the back are the same so what you do on the front side you do on the back side, you can carry your yarn or drop it. And for the color change it's neat neat.. very clean.. Which I was so happy to find. Where she shows it is on a bag with cat heads. Little zip up bag or purse. I need to learn how to make a video. When I find her page I'll share and you can check it out. Just thought I would share
Also, I found a bag of my grandmother's perm rods the ones with the elastic cord that plugs in other end to hold hair in... I tried for holding my yarn , works great you can even clap stick them to your work.. I wonder if I'm the only one who dies that. 🙂
Great tip! I would love to see the wide single crochet technique. Please send me a link if you find it. :)
Wat een goede uit leg geeft u, mijn Engels is slecht maar dit is zo goed uitgelegd dat ik het snapt. Heb wel een klein vraagje welke haaknaald gebruikt u.
5 mm
Hi Terri! Wonderful tutorial...thank you so much for sharing it! I do have a question. I notice at the beginning of the row, we do not count the initial chain that counts as a double crochet. but at the end of the row, I have exactly enough stitches per my graph. Should I not have one extra stitch at the end as well?
When you chain and turn your work at the end, you created the turning chain. You don't have the extra chain until you are ready to turn. I like to chain first then turn my work. Others like to turn their work first and then make a chain. Either way will work.
I love this ❤ is it possible to do this method with single crochets or half double crochets ?
I have never tried it but I supposed you could. You would have to change the number of chains for the turning chain on the end. 2 chains for hdc and 1 chain for sc. You could do a test swatch to see how it turns out.
@YarnjoyPodcast thank you for that explanation so if I did hdc would the foundation chain be my number of boxes (66) * 3 which gives me 198 plus 2 or do i do plus 3 since you start with the 3rd chain from the hook (skip the first 2 ch sts)?
Thank you so much for this tutorial! Can I ask you if I use this method of 80 graph squares times 3 plus 4 for the width, how do you adjust the height to keep it evenly proportioned? *I am using a different graphic image. * Thank you!
Leave the height as it is. One row per square. For example, if your image is 90 squares high, then your finished project will have 90 rows of block stitch. Just remember that for each row of block stitch, you have a set up row for it. I explain this in the tutorial. What image is your project going to have? I bet it will look awesome!
Thank you so much for your reply! I have watched your tutorial several times but was so afraid I was missing something regarding the height. I am doing a Batman Portrait from Two Magic Pixels.
www.twomagicpixels.com/batman-portrait-crochet-c2c-sc-cross-stitch-graph_934
Hallo you tell it very Nice, thank hou.
When you turn your work, do you do the seem with the bobbens as you do with the c2c?
Yes, I clip them on and flip it over the same way. Thanks for watching.
@@YarnjoyPodcast thank you very much 💕
Thanks for your video, it was very well explained!!! Can I ask you where can I find those bobbings to hold yarn? TIA !!!
They are jumbo clothes pins. Got them in a pack of 6 at Dollar Tree.
Must admit I'm not understanding this, but I'm sure it will eventually make sense!
I have had problems with understanding also, it'll come to us
Thank you for the tutorial. I was wondering if I tripled each square, does that mean I have to triple each row also?
I would think so. But I have never tried it.
I love your video tutorial and I find it easy to do than the other video I watch thank you for that but I have question for you so I have project to do and my graphic got until 92 wide so I have multiply by 3 and add 4? And also why I add 4 that the thing I don’t understand sorry I miss understood if you can clear this to me thank you for everything.
Hello Hilda, glad you liked my video. Yes, you count the number of squares you have multiply by 3 and then add 4. So if your chart has 92 squares, it would be 92 x 3 + 4 = 280 chains that you will start with. You add 4 because it is for turning chains. Your design will end up with 1 extra DC or ch 3 on each side of your design.
I requested to join that group yesterday and its still pending? How long does it take?
I am new to your podcast. I have watched some of your older ones and notice you give out shouts. I was wondering if you have ever watch Jayda Institches on youtube?
Welcome, Diane! Appreciate you watching. Yes, I watch Jayda quite a bit. As a matter of fact, I am participating in her Calendar blanket CAL for this year. She's great!
Hi there when reading a pattern it says blow row, set up row does this mean those two rows are counted as one? Like you do the block stitch then the set up stitch in same colour? Thanks so much
Yes
I have a big question I hope you can help me. I have been looking for how to do a mini block stitch working the same way. but can't find anything. Do you work the same way but instead of 3 dc do you do 2 hdc in each block and is it still using the same math as of adding the 4 chains so if the regular block is number of blocks x 3 + 4 . I am guessing the mini is number of blocks x 2+4. Hope I got that right. I was also wondering if you could do a video on mini blocks with a graph so I can see how to do it. Thank you.
I have not done a mini block stitch. But I am willing to try and figure it out. I am guessing that you would calculate the number of blocks by 2 but I am not sure if you would still add 4. I am thinking it would be add 2 or 3 instead. Let me figure it out and I will make a tutorial.
Thank you.
does the back side work the same way when doing single crochets
when doing a graphgan in the basic sc method, your work is double sided. except if there are lettering on it.
On the first row of DC are you doing DC in every other stitch?
There should be a dc in each chain except for the turning chain.
Can you use c2c graphs for this or does block stitch use different graphs?
You can use c2c graphs. You just read the chart horizontally instead of diagonally.
@@YarnjoyPodcast thank you. I am going to try this block stitch
thank you as always.. what i didn't understand is when doing a row ex: row 1 and it's time to do the setup row, before row 2 and you sk 3 dc, sc in space, ch 2, how does that work if the whole pattern is in sc, do I just sk 3 sc, then ch? I know I'm confusing you lol .
Are you wanting to do the block stitch in sc instead of dc?
I have the same question Terri. If sc n the entire pattern- in the setup row- do we skip 3 sc sts - ch 2 - then sc between the sc sts below? Or does this only work for a DC BLOCK ST. PATTERN ONLY. 🤔
@@nightowl4137, I have not done the block stitch with all scs. Have only seen it with dc stitches. But you can try it to see how you like it. How you describe it sounds about how you would do it I think.
@@YarnjoyPodcast yes, that would be very helpful. THANK YOU 👍🏻🦉
hi i want to make a nijntje blanket with stars but i don't now how much stichtches that i have to make. can you help me. i am sorry for my english.
To do the block stitch, you first count how squares wide is your chart. Take that number and multiply by 3 then add 4. That's is how many chain stitches you need for your foundation row.
Hello again with my project I had so many colour in one line so every time I have to change the colour but the thing when I change the colour it’s difficult when I count 3 double crochet I had the other colour in the way not the same colour every time so how I’m gonna do the 3 double crochet when every time change colour again.
Sorry I just saw your comment. I hope that you figured it out.
do you have a picture of the final product? TFS
I was just teaching the set up and how to do the stitch and following the chart. So I didn't actually do the whole project.
could you start this with a chainless foundation instead of a chain?
I think probably could.
Can any graph pattern be changed into a C2C stitch?
I think so. It just depends on how big the chart is. Doing c2c or the block stitch with a graph enlarges it quite a bit since each block on the graph would be the equivalent of 3 stitches doing c2c or block stitch.
Im confused some tutorials with dc graph say each block is 2 and now you sau its 3 how can you know what to do
It depends on the stitch pattern that you are using. For example, regular Corner to corner stitch has 3 stitches in the block. A mini Corner to corner stitch has 2. Of course, you can do it both ways and see how you like it. Thanks for watching! :)
That was THIS
Good morning ma'am I have a question Im doing a graphgan now when I counted the squares there were 134 how many chains will I have to make !?
You multiply the number of squares by 3. Then add 4 more chains. So for 134 squares, you would multiply 134 x 3 and then add 4. So your beginning chain would be 406.
@@YarnjoyPodcast thank you so much ma'am may you have a safe blessed Sunday
@@YarnjoyPodcast would it be the same 406 if I did it in single crochet !?
@@mouniraabdallamusa2480 If you want to do single crochets instead of the block stitch, you would just have 134 stitches across. So you would chain 134 plus 1 for a turning chain. You would then single crochet in the 2nd chain from you hook ending up with 134 stitches across. I have a color changing tutorial for a basic single crochet graphgan. Here is a link to that: th-cam.com/video/oc8lI2fAry0/w-d-xo.html
In this type of work, how do you know how many inches per block?
You could do a small swatch of a multiple of the blocks that you need for the full pattern and measure it. For example, if your full chart has 60 squares you could do a swatch of 6 squares across and after your second row you can measure the length of it and multiply that number by 10. That should give you an estimate of how wide the finished piece will be. Hope this helps.
do you have to reverse words if you wanted to add words
No you would chart out the letters of the words normally. But if you are right handed, then you would follow the chart from left to right when you are doing the set up row, then right to left when you are making the dc blocks.
it so talented may i get a write patern thank you
The chart is available from Ladylovedesign boutique on Facebook. Thanks for watching! The stitch technique can be used on any graphed piece.
What size will this be?
Hi Naomi, mine came out to about 22 inches square. Thanks for watching! 😊
I am lost. I am trying to do a block stitch pattern and there is 89 squares. I times that by 3 and get 267 add 4 and the total is 271. some how I an coming out a block short. the last block should be 3 double crochets and I only have 1 double crochet.... Help.
Did you make a dc in the 4th chain from the hook? That dc you make in the beginning is the first one that you count. Not the ch3 on the edge. Remember you are making 3 dc per square on your chart. So your first row should have the ch 3 on the edge and then 267 dc stitches across.
Yes I chained the 271 and double crocheted in the 4th chain.so should I have 89 blocks like the graph when the first row is done.
@@joanngarman7453 Technically, the first row is just a dc row. The blocks are not formed until you finish row 2 which is the set up row for the second row of blocks on your chart. At the end of row one, you should have 267 dc stitches not counting the ch 3 that was formed on the edge when you made your first dc. On row 2, you ch1, turn and sc in the first dc ( which was stitch number 267 from row 1). Then you sc in between stitch number 267 and number 266 from row 1. Then continue on with the set up row.
Ok. Hope I can get this. I am understanding the video just when I do it , it throws me off. Trying to get my brain to work with me. I am sitting here trying to get it to work. Fingers cross. Thank you for all your help.
Yay I did it. Got the set up row to work. Thank you so much for your help. Took me 4 tries.
I don’t understand the set up row. Why is it necessary?
It gives you the loops for where you put the blocks in. Also it allows you to read the chart from a single direction.
Why do you need to do 3x and add 4?
Each block on the chart is 3 stitches. Then you add 4 for 1 additional stitch on the edge and a turning chain.
@@YarnjoyPodcast thank you, ma'am
Why is the stem of the Shamrock off set
To make the stem curved.
.
Hi Terri! Wonderful tutorial...thank you so much for sharing it! I do have a question. I notice at the beginning of the row, we do not count the initial chain that counts as a double crochet. but at the end of the row, I have exactly enough stitches per my graph. Should I not have one extra stitch at the end as well?
When you get to the end of the row and make the last block, you then also put a dc in the very last stitch before you make the turning chain and turn. So the turning chain and the last stitch which is a dc by itself are the end stitches.