How Do You Crochet An Afghan To Keep It Square?
Crochet is a needlework craft that is a great American past time, and most of us have made a crocheted afghan at one time or another. Many of us have made several afghans in different crochet stitches, and probably eighty percent of us have run into the same issue. As the afghan inches toward completion, it gets wider. When completed, we have a trapezoid, not a square or rectangle. This has a remedy, but it starts at the beginning, and must be remedied from the beginning. You can crochet an afghan to keep it square. Select the afghan pattern for the crochet project. Choose the pattern to crochet an afghan, selected by your ability or crochet skills. Determine the size crochet hook called for in the pattern. Read the instructions, and even make a four-inch square as recommended to see how your gauge matches the pattern size. These are great preliminaries so you can crochet an afghan, but these techniques will not keep an afghan square. Use one size larger crochet hook to make the chain.
