#post stitches

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The Right Round Square is a free crochet 12-inch square pattern that I designed for the Wedding Blanket Crochet Along with the Red Heart Joy Creators!

The Right Round Square is a 12" crochet block made with Red Heart Chic Sheep for the Wedding Blanket CAL - debuting today! ♥ This "spin" on the granny square features tons of texture - and is great for the MooglyCAL too! 

Get it now at https://www.mooglyblog.com/right-round-square/

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Brine Shrimp (draft) and Crayfish. Interlocking crochet

crochet wonk about post stitches after the cut

it only seems fair to mention that i've been using post stitches (or "around-the-post" sts) extensively in these crustacean samples.

these aren't indicated in the patterns because they're optional (and a whole added layer of complication). kind of a secret menu item, if you will. i try to to describe their use in the "optional/advanced" section of my documentation, but you have a lot of options:

and so far my approach has been to just sort of… list those options and let you sort it out.

Basically (??) when working into any visible outline (Colour A in patterns), it often looks better if you work "around the post" or main shaft of that stitch (or around several stitches, if multiple sts converge), rather than working into front and back loops like you normally would. As a bonus, it's often easier to work this way.

Post stitches bundle up all the messy bits of the last row's st, conceal the "joint" where the two sts connect, and create a raised outline that can improve the clarity of your design.

Post stitches are what make Brine Shrimp's longest legs look so smooth (each one comprises three sts across three rows), but they can have drawbacks:

Post stitches are also why Crayfish's claws are a bit muddy: they make for smooth outlines, but they also add texture and bulk, and they can do funny things to the alignment of the two filet meshes.

You also have to extend dc and dtr (but not tr) stitches by one loop in the base when working around the post to maintain gauge, and it's all just more goddamn things to think about.

ahem

You might want to use a post stitch if:

You are using a lighter weight of yarn for outlines (Colour A) than for backgrounds (Colour B), and your stitches look sloppy where they meet up on the front of the work.

You are extending an existing outline (F/T or diagonal) and don't want a "joint" between line segments.

You want a curved (rather than a sharp) angle between two line segments.

you are working into an existing horizontal outline, and working into both loops makes that line look all scritchy, i.e:

You made a stitch and it made the last row's stitch look ugly

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Ugly Christmas Sweater Goodie Bag by Hooked on Sunshine!

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Week 1: Post Stitches - Textured Fun Square Sampler Blanket Crochet Along (CAL)

Week 1 of the Textured Fun Square Sampler Blanket Crochet Along is the Post Stitches Square. See pattern + video tutorial.

It is here – Week 1 of the Textured Fun Square Sampler Blanket Crochet Along (CAL)! Are you ready for this?? – Today we have the Post Stitches Square!

Like mentioned in my previous post, where I explained everything about the pattern and gave the materials needed, week 1 starts of with the first square pattern. Find the previous posts HERE to find the materials and details of the pattern.

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FPdc3tog | Stitch Tutorial

FPdc3tog | Stitch Tutorial

FPdc3tog | Front Post Double Crochet 3 Stitches Together

This photo tutorial will show you how to work a fp dc3tog over 3 stitches. This stitch can also be worked all in the same stitch. So instead of moving to the next stitch when you repeat from * to * it can be worked in the same stitch for the repeat to make a cluster stitch of three double crochets.

I use this stitch in the following post:

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FPsc, FPhdc and FPdc Stitch Tutorials

FPsc, FPhdc and FPdc Stitch Tutorials

These tutorials will show you how to crochet the FPsc, FPhdc and FPdc stitches.

FPsc Stitch Tutorial

Front Post Single Crochet – often abbreviated as FPsc or fpsc

Make a single crochet around the post of the specified stitch by inserting your hook from the front of your work, to the back of your work and then back to the front of your work; around the post.

Step 1:Insert your hook from the front…

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Fun with Post Stitches! :D Today on Moogly: http://www.mooglyblog.com/shallow-post-stitches/

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New video tutorial! Go to http://www.mooglyblog.com/increasing-post-stitches/ for both right and left handed versions!