Freitag, 15. November 2013

Thoughts on Thursday - Chainless Foundations

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I am starting this post of with this great illustration of foundation single crochet (fsc) by Miranda Currie found on the Wild Bird Song Design Blog

Usually we start our projects with an initial chain of x and then our sc / hdc / dc etc. But there is a different way one can use, it´s the so called chainless foundation, because using that one, we start with our stiches without making a chain first.

But why bother? What are the benefits of chainless foundations? 

The first time I used a chainless foundation was when I was making my headband, and I instantly loved this method. It made my headband more stretchy and gave it a nice edging. 

The possibilities seem endless. It is also great method for those to use, who tend to get too loose or too tight  first row using the "old" method. 

The following videos show how to do a chainless foundation for single crochet, half double crochet and double crochet


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Normaleweise macht man eine Reihe von Luftmaschen und fängt dann an mit den festen Maschen, halben Stäbchen oder Stäbchen usw an. Aber es geht auch ohne diese Luftmaschenkette, so dass man sofort mit dem feste Maschen, halben Stäbchen oder Stäbchen anfängt. Sogenannter Anschlag ohne Luftmaschen. Hier unten sind drei Videos auf englisch, die dies für die feste Maschen (single crochet), die halben Stäbchen (half double crochet) und für die Stäbchen (double crochet) zeigen. So wird die Luftmaschenkette und die erste Reihe gleichzeitig gehäkelt. Ich habe diese Methode das erste mal für die Stäbchen gemacht, als ich mein Haarband gemacht habe, dadurch kriegt man einen flexibleren Anfang, was super ist für solche Projekte.


How to make the foundation single crochet

How to make the foundation half double crochet

How to make the foundation double crochet

You can also use it to extend a row, like shown on moogly blog and on the following video. 


How to extend a row with foundation single crochet

Eftir að hafa notað stuðlabyrjun án loftlykkju í hárbandinu mínu, fór ég að skoða aðrar loftlykkjulausar byrjanir, fyrir fasta möskur og hálfa stuðla líka. Ég setti inn skýringarmyndbönd hér að ofan. Auk þess rakst ég á þetta fína myndband og útskýringar frá Moogly hvernig hægt er að auka út eftir nokkrar venjulegar raðir. Möguleikarnir eru margir. Einnig hentar þessi aðferð vel þeim, sem gera oft of fasta, eða of lausa fyrstu umferð.


Have fun trying out those new mehtods if you don´t already know them

Happy Crocheting - the Weekend is near, so I am adding your weekend to-do list ;-) 
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Ef þið þekkið þetta ekki, mæli ég með að ná sér í band og prufa.

Góða helgi, svona lítur helgarplanið út hjá mér ;)

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Wenn ihr diese Methoden noch nicht kennt, solltet ihr die unbeding ausprobieren

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