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I admit, I was afraid that I had finally come back only to find the world gone around me. :-)
Sorry, on a D&D quote kick currently. It is noce to be here and hopefully I will be able to share the project that I have finished, once I have finished it.
I'm getting frustrated, I chose my colors, 4 of them and I either get 3 or I
get more than I want. It also will not give me the colors I choose.
This is a very special project for a friend who lost her little boy.
Can you please help me get it right.
Debbie,
It's both good and bad...we can't figure out how we did something without actually doing it...but there is that muscle memory that takes over!
I didn't knit for a few years, then one day I picked up the needles, figuring I wasn't going to have much luck, but wouldn't you know, I remembered! Couldn't have told you what
I was about to do, but managed to do it!
LOL, it's so different to do something than to explain it. It's like I was telling someone about reading knitting instructions. The instructions usually say to read everything through completely. I've tried, but can never make head or tail out of anything. But if I start working...no problem!
Hee hee, and you're right...we can be very strange creatures!
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I admit, I was afraid that I had finally come back only to find the world gone around me. :-)
Sorry, on a D&D quote kick currently. It is noce to be here and hopefully I will be able to share the project that I have finished, once I have finished it.
Horsesense,
Welcome!
I'll alert
Terry (Support) to your message. I'm not really sure of what's
going on...this sounds like a technical issue.
Laydidi,
Welcome!
Yes, there is a
difference between UK and US crochet patterns. It's like UK is a
step up in sizes of US terms...or maybe we're a step down! LOL.
The chain (ch)
and slip stitch (sl st) are the same for both.
This is a comparison:
UK
US
Double crochet
(dc)
Single crochet (sc)
Treble
(tr)
Double crochet (dc)
Half treble
(htr)
Half double crochet (hdc)
Double treble
(dtr)
Treble (tr)
As for the freePatternWizard, we
sort of tried to include both, by calling it "standard," hoping
there would be less confusion.
For people
who are producing individual patterns, most of the time if they
don't include a notation, I generally can tell the difference (yes,
I have this issue, too!) if I see a lot of treble stitches. That
tells me it's likely a UK pattern. Unless it's meant to be a very
long stitch, US patterns don't tend to have a lot of trebles.
The other giveaway MAY be a lack of single crochet stitches, but that could also be misleading if a pattern is in US terms, but exclusively uses double crochets, sigh.
The other giveaway MAY be a lack of single crochet stitches, but that could also be misleading if a pattern is in US terms, but exclusively uses double crochets, sigh.
And if I've confused you more...argh! I'm so sorry. It's
confusing. I much prefer it when people write their patterns and
say if they're in UK or US terms. At least give us some idea! I
know which it will be if I see it in a UK or US magazine, but
otherwise, it can be hard to tell if a pattern is all dobule
crochet...is that a UK double or a US single? 
Hope that
helps!
I'm getting frustrated, I chose my colors, 4 of them and I either get 3 or I
get more than I want. It also will not give me the colors I choose.
This is a very special project for a friend who lost her little boy.
Can you please help me get it right.
Debbie,
It's both good and bad...we can't figure out how we did something without actually doing it...but there is that muscle memory that takes over!
I didn't knit for a few years, then one day I picked up the needles, figuring I wasn't going to have much luck, but wouldn't you know, I remembered!
Couldn't have told you what
I was about to do, but managed to do it!LOL, it's so different to do something than to explain it. It's like I was telling someone about reading knitting instructions. The instructions usually say to read everything through completely. I've tried, but can never make head or tail out of anything. But if I start working...no problem!
Hee hee, and you're right...we can be very strange creatures!
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