#crochet math

[somerandommanga]

There’s one thing I’ve learned from crocheting, and it’s that I don't know how to count 🥹

Anyway, I made my first ball... Kkokko's head!

[pomkyn]

Working on the shawl today, I got all the single crochet rows I needed and now I have to switch back to the pattern instructions. The math I'm having to do to divide the stitches to match the instructions is much more fun than most of my math classes combined. It's a small challenge but an interesting one.

[harleythealter]

Crochet Math

I’ve got 71 pieces. All the same size and shape.

Only three color options.

I thought it took 10 minutes MAYBE 15 per piece.

…

It takes 25 without getting distracted by water or pain or my show or laundry or etc.

25 minutes x 71 pieces(not including a five foot rope I have to crochet) = 1,775 minutes of work

1,775 / 60 = 29.58 hrs (without distractions, remind you).

I have 23 pieces finished so I can subtract 9.58 [(23 x 25)/60] from 29.58…

I have 20hrs of crocheting left… at the pace I’m doing it, it will take me 20 more days.

I’m going to try to step it up and do four pieces a day. That makes it 12 days starting tomorrow. (Or procrastinate by doing crochet math)

Then fourteen, one to do the rope, one for assembly and … well 15 because one to sew all the pieces together.

[2021-temperature-blanket]

My sister bought me “surprise yarn,” after I promoted her to buy me surprise yarn when she was at Michael’s the other day. It’s a skein of Red Heart Unforgettable in the color “Candied.” It’s beautiful!

I wanted to try making a shrug. I saw several patterns online, but all of them were paid patterns. After looking at diagrams, it seemed like the shrug I wanted was simply a rectangle with the edges sewn together.

I skimmed through my book of stitches (Crochet Every Way Stitch Dictionary, by Dora Ohrenstein) and decided I wanted to try a basic shell stitch.

The pattern calls for multiples of six plus two. I needed my rectangle to go from one wrist to the other. I started small, chaining 100 to start. It was too small—obviously—so I went to 200. Still too small, so I went to 225, 250, and found 275 was just about right. I added three more stitches to get 278, which is a multiple of six plus two.

I got the first three rows done and I love it! I don’t know exactly how long the sides need to be. I’ll figure it out as I go!