Discover Crocheting in Turned Rounds and Patterns to Practice

Are you a crocheter looking to take your skills to the next level? Working in turned rounds in a crochet pattern can take some patience if you never encountered that before in a pattern. This article will delve into mastering turned rounds in crochet patterns.

Whether you’re a beginner or have some experience under your belt, turned rounds can be tricky to navigate. But fear not! This post will help guide you through the process and provide you with tips and tricks you need to achieve flawless turned rounds in your crochet projects.

From understanding the basic concept of turned rounds to tackling common challenges like maintaining the correct stitch count and avoiding any gap, it’ll be covered. With some detailed explanations, you’ll gain the confidence and skills to tackle any crochet pattern that involves turned rounds.

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Why Crochet Patterns Use Turned Rounds

Working a crochet pattern in turned rounds means that after completing a round, you turn your work and start the next round in the opposite direction that you were just working. When you work in turned rounds, it is like working back and forth in rows but with a join between the rows/rounds. Joining a round with a slip stitch will always be the same when working in turned rounds or working in regular non-turned rounds.

There are several reasons as to why a pattern designer would choose to have a project worked in turned rounds.

Less Visible Seam: When a crochet pattern is worked in turned rounds the seam can be a lot less noticeable.
Straight Seam: Working in turned rounds also keeps the seam straight. Some stitches worked in regular rounds tend to have the seam slant or spiral at an angle that is very noticeable.
Consistency in Stitches: If a specific pattern has parts that are worked in rows and rounds, the ability to work in turned rounds allows for the rounds section to look the same as the section that is worked in rows.
Stitch Combinations: Some stitch patterns can achieve their specific look only by working in rows. In order to achieve the same look of a specific stitch pattern in the round then turned rounds allows for this to happen.

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Challenges of Crocheting in Turned Rounds

There are a handful of challenges that come along with crocheting in turned rounds.

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Maintaining proper stitch count can be a challenge. Crocheting in turned rounds involves joining each round with a slip stitch. That slip stitch is not counted as a stitch to work into and can easily be crocheted into when working around. So make sure to keep track of that slip stitch so it does not get worked into accidently.

When approaching the last stitch to work into it can be hard to decipher sometimes where it is at because it will most likely be the stitch that has a join slip stitch in it so it can look like it is already worked into even though it is not. Whenever you join to turn a round, add a stitch marker to the stitch that you joined to. That will let you know where the last stitch of a round is to be placed.

I hope the information within this post gave you a greater understanding of what it means to crochet in turned rounds. It really is a genius crochet technique to use.

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