How do you fix a crochet blanket that is not wide enough?

There are other options to increase the width of a blanket, some of which you can do even before you pick up your crochet hook to start your project. Those include using a thicker yarn weight, a larger crochet hook, or starting with a longer foundation chain.

Why is my crochet blanket uneven?

Crochet blankets can come out slanted, crooked, or warped for a number of reasons. You may have accidentally missed making or added extra stitches into the beginning or the end of a row. Your tension could have changed due to your position, a change in the hook you were using, or a change in yarn color.

How can I make a crochet blanket wider?

If you want it wider you sort of add a border just to the sides – it is the first row that feels tricky since you are crocheting into the side stitches, then chain and turn. Go back and forth until that side is wide and then do the other side for symmetry.

Where do you start crocheting on a row?

Here are some general rules: Single crochets start in the first stitch of the row, directly next to the chain. Double crochets start in the second stitch of the row, one stitch between it and the chain. Count your stitches!

What are the rules for crocheting a single stitch?

Here are some general rules: Single crochets start in the first stitch of the row, directly next to the chain. Double crochets start in the second stitch of the row, one stitch between it and the chain.

Why does my crochet blanket keep getting narrower?

If you didn’t, you’d be losing a stitch, and every single row after that, you’d lose a stitch, too, and your blanket would start to get narrower. This piece of crochet starts missing stitches as you go upward, causing it to narrow.

How do you count stitches in double crochet?

Double crochets start in the second stitch of the row, one stitch between it and the chain. Count your stitches! I know counting your stitches can be really tedious, but count the number of stitches you made in the first row, and then when you hit that number on the second row, stop and turn.