How To Fix Your Crochet Project From The Foundation/ Cast On Edge Without Unravelling Your Project!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 เม.ย. 2020
- Hey guys!
In this video i will show you how to frog your crochet project from the foundation/ beginning/ cast on edge! This is a huge time saver for those of you who are working on a large project and have decided you want to remove a section at the very beginning of your project. This way you don't have to unravel your entire project, hallelujah!!
Enjoy! . .
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This video has saved me from mortification at having to give a new mother a baby blanket with a wider bottom than top. I started with an H hook and made a whole panel of 30 rows with 6 colors; then, without noticing, I picked up a G hook and crocheted 2 more full panels. It made a huge difference. I agonized for 2 days about what to do. Then I checked on TH-cam for a fix. I found this wonderful video! Thank you so much!!!!
My pleasure Fay! Happy to help 😊
What about the side that you want to decrease thanks jacque
You just don’t know how many tears I cried before finding your video! 😭Thank you so much
Hi Kate I've been crocheting for 34 yrs. And ive just learnt something new... Happy hooking..
Hi tracy, it’s a small world your cousin Erin is my sister in-law ❤️
I'm with ya, Ma'am. Been hookin' for 40 years and looks like I can still learn something new about this addiction. :))))
OMG, even with my super vague googling, your video was the first response that came up, and it was the exact issue I was having (I'm basically finished my entire cardigan, sleeves and all, and now I've decided the length is way too long). Thank you so much for this, it's perfect!
Glad it helped! You're so welcome!! 🥰
Brilliant!!!! I am a relative newbie to crochet and I frog frequently the entire project when I spot a boo boo that I had missed seeing earlier. Thank you from the depths of my yarny heart!
This tutorial is great! I’ve only been crocheting a few months and was working on a blanket that ended up shorter than where I started. I used your tutorial to go back and cut off the beginning 20 rows and it worked perfectly! Thank you so much! I will say I was very nervous making the cut lol
Hahah I know all about those nerves Tracy! I’m so glad it worked out for you 😁 thanks for watching! 💕
I usually do the securing with a yarn needle first, which enters much more easily and quickly. After the cutting is done, I can comfortably use my usual hook to do the slip stitches, and not a smaller one, otherwise the new first row will be shorter and crunch (just as it sometimes happens with your first row when you do your beginning chains too tightly). Or if you want to use a smaller size crochet, at least you should be careful of working veeery loosely. This technique can also be used for repairing torn pieces or pieces which have come apart.
Kate, you just saved my Christmas project! I can't thank you enough, and I have limited time until Christmas so I couldn't start the project over again. I love you for this!
Haha my pleasure!! Happy to help 🥰
Thank you so much for this video. I had made a top that was too long and looked frumpy. Now it’s a really flattering crop. 🎉😊
I just tried doing this without knowing that it was ok to do it (I'm new to crochet). I'm glad to see there is an established method.
I was thinking about using my sewing machine to secure the stitches
Hi Kate, was working on an important project for someone, totally screwed it up, and I would really like to thank you for putting this up on TH-cam, project is now back to normal, thank you Lord!
My pleasure!! Glad I could help 😊
WOW - a random entry of "frogging in reverse" with not a hope in h**l of getting results but here we are! You've just saved my life or at least my sanity. My project was also a sweater but it started at the bottom edge of the back, worked to the shoulder area, split and worked down the fronts - ending at the bottom front edges. Needless to say, it is the starting edge at the bottom of the back where I need to remove about 10 rows. Wish me luck
Thank you so much for this video, I’m making a watermelon bag and realized the opening was a bit smaller than I’d like, tried frogging but had forgotten how finicky it is at the wrong end and the stitches became loose, etc. Just incorporated your technique and it looks so much better :)
This saved me from having to redo the very long handle of my tote bag. Thank you so much!!
Happy to help! Thanks so much for watching 🥰
Kate you absolutely taught and gave me a tool that's a game changer. I made a receiving baby blanket for my new grand daughter. I started crocheting the first 3 inches using a granite aka moss stitch with not enough tension. The result was a very wavy and loose bottom. Now I can remove the loose section completely and save the finished product!! Thank you so much and God bless you. 🙏🎅🎄
That’s amazing! So glad I could help 🥰
Game changer! So awesome! This reduces risk so many ways!
This is exactly what I was looking for. Made a baby blanket for donation and it is beautiful....except for the first chain. Thought it was doomed but in looking for a fix found your video. My immense thank you for taking the time to post this one.
Thank you so much, Katieree, for this wonderful video - I will now be able to fix the length on two crochet tops I just completed. I thought all hope was lost.
My pleasure!! ❤️
It's a life saver! Lol I was determined not to redo so much work. Thank so much
My pleasure! 🥰
Thank you! I just tried my practice piece and this is much simpler than I imagined. Great tutorial.
Thanks Sarah! I agree it’s not as daunting as you think! 😊 thanks for watching! 💖
You saved my project. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you!
So glad I found this video! I made a top with bamboo rayon yarn and after washing the shirt, it’s now way too long! Now I have the option to shorten it and not have a ruined project. Thank you!!
This is just what I needed to learn right now. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful! 😁
I did it. I was sooooo scared Yay! Thanks for your instructions. It was perfect
My pleasure! Happy to help 😁
Thank you so much for this genius video , saved me so much work. ❤
Absolutely brilliant! Saved me much time & frustration 😊
Glad I could help! 🥰
You saved my life, and the life of my project😅 lol thank you! ❤
This video saved my project that I was making for my Daughter's Christmas present. I used your technique and very carefully cut the first 20+ rows which were uneven and also made the piece too long. Thank you!!!!!!
This was perfect! Thank you! Great explanation 👌 👍
This was great tutorial, I made a cardigan which when washed, the sleeves stretched out too long. Just used this method to take off some length. So easy, I did use a darning needle to help pick up the stitches and slip them on to the hook. Thank you
This is a game changer. I’m also making a cardigan (which I’m testing for a designer) and after I completed the pieces she discovered a change needed to be made to the top rows. I’d done a bunch of color work and did not want to redo the entire front panels. You don’t give instructions on how to add more rows back, but I’m hoping I can just start crocheting in the slip stitches. Thank you.
I need to know for sure how to add back as well!
Thank you so much for making this video ❤ you saved my project
Excellent demo……thanks so much!
Thank you so much! I had cut my project before watching this and thought it was ruined. But after this video I just worked the slip stitch in the next row and it worked perfectly!!! Great tutorial!
That’s great Laura!! Happy to help 😁
I'm sooooo scared to try this but as she said, I really don't want to unravel the whole thing. My darling son got ahold of my scissors and took it to the bottom two rows of my daughter blanket I'm crocheting and I've been racking my brain trying to figure out if I could somehow unravel from the bottom.
I did the same thing 😃
Haven't tried fixing it yet.
I didn't have to cut my work, but this video helped make me brave enough to separate it at a stripe, remove one row of stitches, and then figure out how to crochet (kind of) the pieces back together. Thanks!
Thank you .I copied this technique to shorten a Peter Rabbit jacket. It was marvelous saved me hour of work👏
My pleasure!! Glad you found this helpful 🥰🥰
Thanks so much. You’re a lifesaver!!
Thank you so much! I was able to fix my project that was using a moss stitch (Needs chain 1 in between the slip stitches).
Awesome Kelly! Glad I could help ☺️
I wish i knew how to put up a photo. I will say that being brand new to crochet and being an odd combination of scardey-cat and fearless, and because i had the space to try it first lower than my final intention and in a contrasting color twice so i could really learn all that this technique had for me -- as also not being one to follow directions well, im sure i will need it again! It is a lot of wrestling and a big mess, but both times it worked! Thank you SOOO much for this!!! Tomorrow I'll do it for real in a closer color. It will be tucked inside of the seam of the pillow, so i have some leeway. Awesome trick to know!!!💜💜💜
So glad you found the video helpful! Thanks for watching 🥰
You saved my sweater. THANK YOU!!
Glad I could help! 🥰
Amazing sanity saving tutorial! Thank you!
My pleasure! Glad I could help 🩷🩷
Thank you ... this is perfect!! 🎉
Wonderful. Thank you!!!
Oh wow my first time seeing this and it's a good idea.
This is exactly the video I needed
This is brilliant! Thank you so much!
You're very welcome!
I have been working on a jumper for weeks. It’s a free pattern called The home girl sweater.
I’m working on an X-Large this jumper is very over sized.” Funny thing is large is the same nearly, same count as XL Much to large. Luckily it works up and down not left to right. I have already altered the neck line because the v neck dipped to low. Now the shoulder is enormous, so without removing everything and staring over I can now adjust the shoulders.! I removed every stitch two times and if I didn’t find this video I would have been doing it again. Thank you so very much for sharing this! Blessings 🙏
Thank you for this video,this work for me I didn't know what to do and this work for me
Amazing! You’re welcome 😁
Thank you so much for this video, i took a long time trying to insert the hook inside the turning chain and i did it a few rows more than the few rows which I have to take just in case i do it wrong- but it worked in the first time and im amazed- tysm for this video
you're a lifesaver! thank you!!
My pleasure!! 🥰
Thank you very much! Designing my very first oversized sweater, but somehow I ended up with 36” of positive ease. 😂 Luckily, I’m working side to side, s this video will help me fix the problem. ❤
Fantastic thank you!!!!
Thank you for your teaching! I'm a newbie to crocheting; learning from all the wonderful videos on TH-cam; I had been working on the basic double crochet stich and was thinking to make a small lap blanket the first 1-2' of the square was going ok for me :} then I didn't realize that I was going into a round from the square I had just made...pretty funny...anyway I must of lost focus on the edges to continue to make them square...the large funny shaped blanket will not sit flat; so finding your video a God send!! I will try this on what I have there is about 4' that I need to remove from the original 2' square that I started with :{ any other suggesting you have for me as undertake this task ... would be greatly appreciated; have a blessed day.
Thank you for this video, it helped me a lot, I was making a bikini top and it too long and I didn’t want to unravel it so thank you soo much !
I dont have any idea that this is possible as i have to repair a top that I just made. Thanks so much!!! ❤️❤️
My pleasure!! 🥰
Thank you so much!🙏🙏🌺🌺
Does anyone know if this would for the sides/width of the project?
th-cam.com/video/69a6JDC7Vsc/w-d-xo.html
tysm for this ily
Life saver.
Thanks
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
You are so welcome! 😁
I accidentally attached both sleeves of a cardigan upside down so when I went to unravel them to add tapering before attaching cuffs I had a miniature heart attack after I realized I cut through the base chain 😭 you're a lifesaver!! thank you!!!
My pleasure! Glad I could help 🥰
Im having the same problem. My stitches have undone and working in the rd!
Please if u have sny suggestions id would be so happy
This helps so much thank you! I do have a quick question for you. I am super new to crocheting and did a single stitch for a scarf. Along the way it got shorter and the it got consistent in width. I need to frog it where it gets consistent at but am not 100% sure hope to frog a single stitch and google is only showing me results on how to crochet a plush frog.
thank you so much
My pleasure!
Wow!!
Thank you
My pleasure! 💕
Great technique, but once you finish the slip stitches to secure you may not have to use a scissors. You can locate your tail that you will sew in then simply unravel the stitches of your 2 rows. Since you are working from the top you can just pull them out and salvage all of the yarn so you are not wasting all of those bits.
Thank you, t h a n k y o u, THANK YOU!!! Gamechanger indeed!! Wow!!
My pleasure!! 😊
hi, thank you so much for this! i have a question, if i want to fix my beginning rows instead of just reducing the length, can i continue crocheting the bottom after i cut the wrong part?
I enjoyed this video on frogging a crochet mistake. I am doing a c2c crochet project and I made a mistake on 2 color change stitches, how can I frog that mistake without ongoing the rows?
Could you please make a tutorial on how to cut double crochet vertically, please? I made a mistake making my cat beanie, and i don't know how to cut it... thanks!! ❤❤❤❤❤
Hey Layla, unfortunately you cannot cut crochet vertically. This method on works horizontally ❤️
@Katieree oh no... what do I do now?? Thanks for helping though...!!
I know its probably not possible to do this but i was wondering if maybe there is a way to secure the project if removing access vertically and not horizontally on the stitch. Don't know if that makes sense but answers would be appreciated
This is much like the knitting process of "steeking." Funny enough, you use crochet to "steek" in knitting, but it's tremendously difficult to find instructions on how to steek crochet (because "crochet" is in the search term for steeking knitting, and knitting has about 5x the number of information crochet does due to its longer history).
I Loathe that flipping slip knot on the foundation row and was searching for a way to blast that guy out of my projects. Think I found it! :) There is another method where you use a needle and length of yarn to hold the stitches, then you can slip stitch, sc, dc, whatever it is you need to do, on that length of yarn. I think I'm going to use one or the other method on every project possible from now on so I don't have to look at / deal with that slip knot nub that sticks out and is Never as tight as the rest of my stitches. Oddly, my foundation chain often ends up Floppier than the rest of my project, rather than tighter. I've been known to undo the slip knot and retie it, but firming up the entire foundation is enticing, even if it is a lot of work. I mean, why take all this time to make a beautiful creation only to have that One part exist as a blight? 😆
Guess I'll be making some more dishcloths to practice . . .. Anyone need any dishcloths? 🤦♀
I WAS ON THE VERGE OF TEARS.
I tried to fix something and then I made a stupid thing, and to solve the stupid thing I CUT MY ALL MY ROW STITCHES and then I panicked and and then I found this video and now I'm in peace
Glad I could help! 🥰
Brilliant idea! I may need to use it very soon. I’m making a blanket and one of the colours was a slightly different dye lot. Didn’t notice until I’d finished and by then it’s too late!
I think I should be able to do this though, cut out the section, tie the lower half off and then stitch the two together with some sort of hidden stitching so it just looks like a continuation. *hopefully*
Thanks for the inspiration! :D
My pleasure Sam. All the best! 💛
Can I add on to the beginning after doing this step you showed?
Thank you for posting! Question, I made a hat for a friend and actually added too many chains in the original line. I chained 34 and should have chained 26-28. Is this technique still possible if I'm cutting from the sides instead of the bottom?
Hey Taylor,
I don’t think this will work if cutting from the sides as I’m unsure how you would go about securing the stitches. You could give it a go but I don’t think it would work ☹️
Very informative! Can I do the same thing somehow to take off width instead of length? My project turned out wider than I wanted it to be and I don't want to go through frogging a whole sweater vest :(
Unfortunately not 😔
If i sewed one part of a project to another part of a project, would i be able to cut the extra without it unravelling? or would i still have to follow this method?
Is there a way to fix a blanket from the sides and not taking off from the bottom? I am needing help for my first blanket and do not want to start over. A lot was done in the car. learning as Im going
Can you divide a long crocheted blanket horizontally? I made mine very long and rectangular. I would like to divide it into two but I am not sure what to do.
would i be able to do this if I was crocheting in the round?
My yarn is a baby weight so its very thin to use a slip stitch, do u have any suggestions for me?
Thanks
C
What if I want to lengthen my project?
I have cut off the bottom section of an afghan and had to redo that section. Now I need to graft it onto the top section that is secured with a lifeline. Do you have a video on how to do this? It's single crochet.
About to try on a blanket that is wider at the bottom and as it is colored stripes and different stitch patterns, I hope it will work as I am about a metre into the project….
Goodluck Ruth!! ❤️
Can you also apply this for Granny stitch too
How will I use this technique on a corner to corner blanket. I didn't have enough to make the corners the same color and decided to change the beginning corners color. But now it's a disaster!
What would you do if you have worked in the round with a ribbed cuff? I crocheted a cuff and joined it with slip stitches, then crocheted around , but I didn’t realise I added some stitches and it gradually got bigger. Then later on I fixed it but now for the second sleeve I have to get that amount of stitches and increase but it’s just not adding up. I want to fix the bottom of the previous sleeve but not sure how.
Hi, similar to my question, I have a ribbed cuff (fphdc bphdc) worked in the round, it's just too long... I wondered if this would work ?
Do you have suggestions for cutting off length where it is single crochet, not double crochet. I can't figure out where to put the yarn to protect the rows above where I need to cut.
Hey Darlene! The technique will work exactly the same for the single crochet. You will go in through the bottom of the stitches to secure them 🙂
@@Katieree Thank you for your reply!
Ohhhhh! I think I understand better now!🤔
Hi, thank you for this video! Very informative! I have a really large Chevron blanket that I've been working on for months, and just noticed that I have a different shade of white in the beginning. Can you do this with the Chevron stitch? I wasn't sure what to do when you get to the skip 2 stitches part in the pattern. Thank you!
Hi! I'm thinking of using this technique to fix the middle of a scarf that I messed up my pattern on, rather than fixing a foundation chain. Do you think I could use this technique to separate out where I messed up, go in and correct, make that new chain, and reattach the other part of the project with something simple like a slip stitch? No idea if that makes sense.
Hi Kathryn!
I’ve never tried reattaching a section after removing it but it’s worth a shot! I would recommend doing it on a practice swatch first just to see if it can actually work before trying it on your scarf.
Goodluck! 💕
Did you manage to do it? I’m considering removing a section of a blanket that I don’t like as the colour doesn’t match properly.
Only just come across this video and then your comment.
It’s difficult to find anything on this subject!
Did you try this? I’ve run across a similar problem.
🎉🎉🎉
How will I use this technique for a short I messed up
Hello dear. Do you know a way I could do this, but in vertical? I mean I measured my underbust and started crocheting my underbust piece, but now that I have to sew the ends together I tried it on and found out it’s way too large and there’s a huge excess chunk that I don’t know how to get rid of 😭
Hi Kate, I've just watched your video. I want to shorten a piece with a "double crochet." I have a practice piece also however I can see the same two loops on each stitch like yours. As I think yours is in treble. I'm a beginner crocheter. Made too skinny at beginning and want to cut the work. So can you tell me where the stitches are for the double crochet please. Thanks
Hi Carol!
This technique will work exactly the same for the single crochet (double crochet in UK terms)😊 The most important thing is to make sure you’re securing the bottom of your stitches. I do recommend doing a practice piece before cutting your work.
Goodluck! ❤️
Hi dear, I would like to ask if the remaining part that was cut off can still be reused?
Of course! Just unravel the yarn and ball it up for your next project 😊
Hi Kate ur tutorial is great for saving time . I crocheted a dress which isn’t finished yet ,I jus have to crochet the layers in,I’ve got the top part and the netting done .I had a pink colour round the neck line of it and decided I didn’t want that colour anymore so without thinking I jus took it out . And only wen I took it out I realised that I had jus removed my foundation chain . So now I’ve got all these loops and don’t know how to add the new colour in. I really don’t want to frog the whole dress as it has taken near 2 full days to get this far . Could you be able to tell me how to add the new colour yarn in through all the loops plz. I’m not great with understanding written patterns , if u have a tutorial that would be great ! Thanks in advance
Hi Lorraine!
This exact method should work for you. The only difference is you have already removed the extra rows before securing your stitches. I recommend going in with a strand of yarn and a yarn needle and threading yarn through the loose stitches to secure them. You should then be able to go in with your crochet hook and pick up each stitch with a slip stitch (just like in this video).
Once you have slip stitched in every stitch you can then remove the strand of yarn and continue crocheting as normal (going into the slip stitches).
I hope this helps! 💛
Kate Polizzi thank u very much , I think and pray this will save my dress . Ur tutorial is great! x
Thankyou so much! Goodluck!! 💛
Kate Polizzi hi Kate Jus wanted to say Thank you for ur guide on how to attach the different colour yarn to the top of the dress I crocheted . I just finished it doing it the way u said and it worked , looks perfect . So thank you very much for saving my dress ❤️
That’s great Lorraine!! 🙌🏼 So glad it worked out 🥰
I used Jumbo yarn for a hand crochet blanket (annoying project, never again). It's so thick, I'm having trouble doing this. >.
Can we pull open the part that we cut off, to reuse the yarn from the cut off piece? Has anybody tried it? This is the only information I need now, to fix my project. Thanks a lot!
Of course you can!
How do you shorten a vertical muti colored scarf horizontally? I made it too long 🫤
Is there possible to extend a front panel of sweater that turned out too cropped?
This should be fairly easy! You would just attach your yarn at the bottom and add a few extra rows 😊
@@Katieree thank you, wil try it ☺️
It is worked vertically