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Thank you I will give both a try.
Hi and welcome. I am just north of you in Indiana. I thin you picked a great community to get back into crocheting. Looking forward to seeing your work. I am sure it will be great.
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Tutts,
Welcome! 
I'm sorry to
say that HDC is not recommended. The patterns are keyed to a single
crochet, which means that using a taller stitch would skew any
pattern you make. The only exception would be if your pattern is
abstract and elongating it wouldn't matter to you, but otherwise,
it's recommended that you use a SC instead.
Thank you I will give both a try.
Nichole,
Welcome!
Unless you're
doing Tunisian or filet, the stitch is single crochet; however,
it's labeled "standard stitch" here because in the UK a single
crochet is called a double crochet - we wanted to avoid
confusion.
If you're trying to work to a
certain gauge, you'll make swatches to find out what hook size
gives you the correct gauge with your chosen yarn.
If gauge isn't important to you, then your hook size
will depend on the weight of yarn you're using. The hook size
shouldn't make the yarn so tight it becomes uncomfortable to work
with it.
If not working to gauge, what I
generally do in this case is look at the yarn I'm using and then
pick my favorite hook for that weight. So if working with a
knitting worsted that tends to run on the thicker side, I might use
an I or a J hook.
So it's pretty much about
what you're trying to accomplish and how critical gauge is for you.
Hi and welcome. I am just north of you in Indiana. I thin you picked a great community to get back into crocheting. Looking forward to seeing your work. I am sure it will be great.
Sherry,
Welcome!
Feel free to
list your items here. We think of this area as sort of a "garage
sale," so all transactions will be between you and your buyers, but
we want to be able to get people looking to buy together with those
who are looking to sell.
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