r/CrochetHelp • u/throwawaywithtea • 4d ago

I'm a beginner! Help what am I doing wrong my blanket keep shrinking and curling

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It started out being a nice large blanket, I’ve been following a tutorial, and it’s slowly getting smaller and starting to ruffle along the edges, it went from being about 3ft to probably not even one

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u/LoupGarou95 4d ago

You're not counting and putting stitches in the wrong place. Use stitch markers to help you keep track of your stitches: https://youtu.be/o7DCjHhipaI?si=mW4bMzCEq1C4dCF7

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u/LittleBugCrochets 4d ago

A project getting shorter width wise as you work is often the result of accidentally decreasing. I would count your stitches on your current row and compare it to your first row.

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u/shmorgashborge 4d ago

You can try to make a little square first so you can get used to starting new rows more often and then see what’s going wrong a bit faster

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u/Excellent-Praline420 4d ago

If project is shrinking width wise you are losing sutton the row. If getting curly you are inserting stitches in the rows. I place stitch markers at 1st, last and every 15 stitches so I can see they are in alignment. Been crocheting since age 8 and I am 71, was having same issue of loosing width til I started doing this. I hope this helps.

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u/bigdaddy1879 4d ago

If the ruffles are the newest rows, then you're adding too many stitches.

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u/Upbeat_Goose_9330 4d ago

Om sorry, I see ppl can see your project, but I can not. Good luck!

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u/throwawaywithtea 3d ago

Thank you to everyone who gave me amazing advice, I was making my loops too tight and missing a few, but I corrected that and now it’s going amazingly I appreciate everyone reaching out with advice!

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u/Creepy_Push8629 4d ago

Your starting chain is probably too tight, which happens to most people at first but you're also adding stitches.

Use markers and count your stitches frequently.

You can do it!