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I'm already addicted to this smurf. I've been practicing my rows all afternoon. I've gotten a lot better than when I started, but I'm curious to know if it is normal for your rows to be crooked/wavy at first?

I love ot already, but I'm frustrated that I can't seem to get it perfect. There's always some kind of irregularity and I have to start all over again.  

Oh yeah. Things will look wonky til you can get the tightness of your stitches uniform. That's what causes the lumpiness, pulling different stitches tighter than others   I'm still a super beginner but I've gotten better at it.

Quoting L☮J:" Oh yeah. Things will look wonky til you can get the tightness of your stitches uniform. That's what causes ... [snip!] ... the lumpiness, pulling different stitches tighter than others   I'm still a super beginner but I've gotten better at it."

Does more consistent stitching just come with practice?
I'm learning completely by YouTube which is the only downfall for me. I learn so much better on a 1-on-1 basis, heh.

Quoting Rabbit™:" Does more consistent stitching just come with practice? I'm learning completely by YouTube which is the only downfall for me. I learn so much better on a 1-on-1 basis, heh."

Yeah just keep practicing! Just keep doing rows til you make a nice long scarf or something   Hats are a little easier on the eyes because you're just going in circles so it all kinda blends together.
I'm working on a beanie right now for DH as we talk  

It's normal. You know you're doing it right when the end tries curl up. Keep practicing!

Quoting L☮J:" Yeah just keep practicing! Just keep doing rows til you make a nice long scarf or something   Hats are ... [snip!] ... because you're just going in circles so it all kinda blends together. I'm working on a beanie right now for DH as we talk   "

I wanna make one for DH so bad, but every time I try to even start it I get lost  
I keep telling myself patience.
So far I've made two tiny little blankets for my mice to put in their nests. At least someone is aporeciating my hard work right now  

Quoting Uh-Nis-Uh [EBF]:" It's normal. You know you're doing it right when the end tries curl up. Keep practicing! "

That's my other problem. The finished rows keepp curling up on me. So that's normal?

Quoting Rabbit™:" That's my other problem. The finished rows keepp curling up on me. So that's normal?"

Definitely normal. As it gets longer it'll straighten out.

Quoting Rabbit™:" I wanna make one for DH so bad, but every time I try to even start it I get lost   I keep telling ... [snip!] ... made two tiny little blankets for my mice to put in their nests. At least someone is aporeciating my hard work right now  "

Haha aww little mice blankies  

Quoting Uh-Nis-Uh [EBF]:" Definitely normal. As it gets longer it'll straighten out. "

Okay, I feel a little more confident now, haha.
I was sitting here on the verge of tears (ooooh hormones...) thinking I was doing something wrong  

Quoting L☮J:" Haha aww little mice blankies  "

They love them. My fancy, Buttercup, took hers and set it up as a door over the front of her house. My boy Rascal dragged his partially into the house. I just need to make one for my wild orphan Peanut now, haha.

Quoting Rabbit™:" I'm already addicted to this smurf. I've been practicing my rows all afternoon. I've gotten a lot better ... [snip!] ... frustrated that I can't seem to get it perfect. There's always some kind of irregularity and I have to start all over again.  "

Yes mam! I just started in December myself, and mine are still not perfect. It truly is addicting   I am currently working on my little boy a blanket   it'll be the first thing I ever crocheted   I mess up all the time, but I know I won't be doing it perfectly for a while!

Quoting Due w/ a little boy!:" Yes mam! I just started in December myself, and mine are still not perfect. It truly is addicting   ... [snip!] ...   it'll be the first thing I ever crocheted   I mess up all the time, but I know I won't be doing it perfectly for a while!"

I really wish I'd picked it up sooner. I saw a pattern for a hat with bunny ears but I am no where near being able to do anything like that yet. My double crochet is sloppy as hell, still. Haha.

Quoting Rabbit™:" I really wish I'd picked it up sooner. I saw a pattern for a hat with bunny ears but I am no where near being able to do anything like that yet. My double crochet is sloppy as hell, still. Haha."

I soooo know what you mean!! I definitely wish the same thing. I wanted something to kill time and asked my mom if she knew how to, and she then showed me. I haven't quite finished it or is it even close to being done, but I know it's definitely a skill worth having  . And awesome idea about the mice blankets   that is extremely cute!

If your doing just straight rows, don't forget to count. Your ends will end up all uneven if you are adding or dropping stitches too. You'll get used to how tight each stitch needs to be. Then it's just a matter or learning double crochet and half double crochet stitch. Once you learn those everything else is fairly easy. Soon enough you will be able to crochet and keep count without even looking at what your doing.
Happy crocheting!