Amigurumi crochet trouble reading pattern?

Question

Hey, i just recently started learning amigurumi .. i been doing regular basic crochet stuff my whole life but nothing as awesome as Softies. I've already made a turtle..it was really fun and easy..now i'm trying to make this new one for my boyfriend and I don't know what they mean by

Line up with SC Cluster.... i never did anything with clusters before..

here is a link to the pattern... any help would be appreciated.


https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/11895622/Magikarp%20Amigurumi.pdf

Answer 1

The pattern looks as though it came from a blog and was written in a way that made sense to the blogger, but does not follow the "rules of writing" that have evolved over the years for yarn companies, crochet magazines, and other crochet publishers.



The author is using the term "2 sc cluster" to mean "2 sc in the same st."



The pattern for creating the egg-shaped body of the fish is fairly standard:

1. Start with a magic circle (so you can pull it tightly closed), double the number of stitches in the second round, increase by 1/2 the number of stitches in the third round, and so on.

2. Since you start with 6 sc in the first round, you sc twice into each stitch for the second round, increasing 6 stitches and producing 12 stitches total.

3. For the third round, put 2 sc into the first st and 1 sc into the second stitch. Then repeat this two-stitch sequence for the next 10 stitches from the previous round. In this round, you again increase 6 stitches, and you have 18 stitches at the end of the round.

4. For the fourth round, put 2 sc into the first st and 1 sc into the second stitch and 1 sc into the third stitch, then repeat the sequence around. In this round, the designer is cautioning you to be sure to line up the 2-sc increases with the first stitch in the 2-sc increases from the previous round. In other words, *don't* deviate and put a 2-sc increase over a stitch with 1 sc from the previous round or in the second stitch of the 2-sc sequence. At the end of the round, you will have increased 6 more stitches and have a total of 24 stitches in the round.



And so the pattern goes for rounds 5 and 6. After that, rounds 7, 9, 11, 13-14, and 16-21 require a sc in each stitch (no increasing), which shapes the oval body. After that, you change to dc stitches.



The basic rounds are the same basic rounds you will use for anything that starts out as a circle, whether it's the nose of an amigurumi animal, a basket, or a hat. The only thing that may change is whether you use single crochet stitches, double crochet stitches, or some other stitch. Well, one other thing that might change is where you put the increase stitches (where you put two stitches into one stitch from the previous round). When you line the increase stitches up, as in this pattern, you will see definite segments form as your project's diameter increases. When you move the increase stitches around and increase over a non-increase stitch from the previous round, you won't see definite segments form. Each method is a choice that produces a different design element.



One thing that might be helpful for you in this project is to mark the first stitch of each round with a safety pin, removable marker, or bit of contrast yarn so you know which is the "first stitch" each time.

Answer 2

I cannot get into the link. As it's been 4 hrs Probably no one else can either as usually YA people are very helpful

Line up with implies that you are joining pieces already made somehow.

The abbreviations should tell you how to do a SC cluster if it does not say at the point you have reached.

Can you provide another link or type out the line you are stuck with.

Answer 3

Is this what you are referring to ? [I've only copied part of the pattern & added it here so that others may chip in to answer, in case I'm wrong]



"Body

Using the red/orange yarn

Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring

Rnd 2: 2 sc in next sc around

Rnd 3: 2 sc in next sc (lined up with 2 sc cluster), sc in next 1 sc around

Rnd 4: 2 sc in next sc (lined up with 2 sc cluster), sc in next 2 sc around

......."



This is what I think it means :

Once you've made the 6sc in magic ring, you start on t he 2nd round. But in the very 1st sc of previous round, you make TWO sc, & then a single sc each in remaining 5 sc.

These 2sc that you've made, are referred to as the '2 sc cluster'. This is to remind you that you need to add one sc [ie make 2sc] in the same space as previous 2sc.

Basically, you will be Adding one st every round.

Hence, Rnd 1 - 6 sts

Rnd 2 - 7 sts

Rnd 3 - 8 sts

and so on.

Since all the increases will be "lined up" (it will be like interconnected 'V's, where each arm of the V represents one sc), it will probably form a kind of spine along one edge & give the fish it's teardrop shape [instead of perfect circle] in the cross-section.



Hope this helps?

Answer 4

To increase evenly you ought to make two stitches in one area, evenly spaced out alongside the row so that you just should not have a wrinkle or bubble in the work. If in case you have seventy seven stitches, i would make them someplace between stitches 18 and 38, and then between stitches forty nine and 69 in order that they are a part of the center of the work. In different patterns you will be requested to broaden evenly across the row. The simplest approach to try this is to take the stitches you've and divide them by the stitches you have to develop (repeatedly it would not come out evenly, so that you have to choose the place to start or finish them in order that they house out good) after which at that number stitch, work a 2nd sew in the identical space.