Sobtanian3d ago

#yarn #crochet #knitting friends, and anyone else really, I have a question:

I spotted a mistake in my mosaic crochet blanket so I had to rip out two rows to correct it. I then reused the same yarn to redo the ripped out rows.

When I finished them, I had a ton of spare tail left. As in, 10x longer than the original tails before I ripped out!

See photo.

I triple checked the two rows that I redid and they were all correct with no mistakes nor dropped stitches etc.

I can only assume that yarn stretches when you work it? Or is there some other voodoo magic at work here?

It’s cheap acrylic yarn by the way, double knit weight (which I think is eight strands but I’m not sure)

EDIT: forgot to say, the mistake was in one row and it was just one extra DC stitch. Not enough to explain all the extra yarn.

Show threadAmy Meyers🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇦🇺🇸🐸2d ago
@Sobtanian well, if you had one extra DC and then 1-2 more rows with that extra DC (not clear how much you had to frog), there would be at least 2 extra stitches? It still doesn’t make sense. I’d call it something to do with tension or yarn relaxing and try not to overthink it - life is stressy enough! It’s a cool project, though. Go you!
Show threadSobtanian2d ago

@amyshark oh I’m not stressed about it, it’s tickled me that’s all 😂

I went back two rows, as mentioned in the post. So two extra American DCs = 100 cm of extra yarn 😅😅

Show threadyazzea2d ago
@Sobtanian How long are those rows? Crochet takes a *lot* of yarn, and it‘s amazing what a difference a tiny change in tension makes.
Show threadSobtanian2d ago

@yazzea I call crochet the yarn monster haha.

163 stitches.

Show threadyazzea2d ago
@Sobtanian Then I‘d say: Tension made the difference. Been there.
Show threadSobtanian

@yazzea yeah logically it’s that and yarn relaxation I guess.

Amazing just how much it chews up.

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