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Counting chain stitches—where do you start?

1103 Posts Recent Started
Monday, October 28, 2013 at 2:09 AM
Hi everyone,
I have a question
: when you make
a foundation chain, where do you start counting?
Does the loop at the beginning count as the first stitch, or is the first actual chain stitch number one?
Since I’m now working on more projects that require counting stitches, I’d really like to know.
Thanks in advance!

215 Posts Recent Started
Monday, October 28, 2013 at 11:08 PM
ich zähle die erste Mini-Schlaufe nicht mit.

1103 Posts Recent Started
Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at 1:39 AM
ich bin mir da immer nicht sicher
in meinen schlauen Büchern hab ich da bisher noch nix dazu gefunden.
theoretisch macht es ja nicht so viel Unterschied, ob man diese Mini-Schlaufe als Luftmasche durchgehen lässt oder nicht,
wenn man den Faden fest anzieht, verschwindet sie ja eh fast
aber trotzdem
naja.

143 Posts Recent Started
Thursday, October 31, 2013 at 9:17 PM
Die allererste rechne ich auch nicht mit.

242 Posts Recent Started
Wednesday, February 12, 2014 at 11:45 AM
Ich auch nicht. Ziehe die einfach richtig fest, dann ist das wie ein Knoten :-)

469 Posts Recent Started
Wednesday, February 12, 2014 at 12:13 PM
Wenn Du sie später zum vernähen fest anziehst und vorher als echte Luftmasche mitgezählt hast, dann ergibt das eine kleine Delle, also nie mitzählen, sondern gleich fest anziehen.

108 Posts Recent Started
Wednesday, February 12, 2014 at 12:22 PM
Das habe ich mich auch oft gefragt und hab dann auch wie ihr entschieden, sie nicht mit zu zählen, sondern richtig fest zu ziehen. Wo dieser kleine Knoten entsteht ist für mich dann auch immer gleich ein Anhaltspunkt, wo die Rückseite der Arbeit ist :D

Winke Nici

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