Every once in a while, you’ll come across instructions that tell you to ‘flatten piece, and attach’. But, what does that mean? Today (since it’s another Tip Tuesday!), I’ll show you step-by-step.
Let’s assume we’ve followed the crochet instructions, and we have a piece (that’s been worked in the round), and we’ve fastened off. The piece will look something like this one (I’m using a whale flipper from a new design… talk about works in progress!):
Now, we need to carry out the instruction ‘flatten piece’. It’s easy! Simply squish the piece closed, leaving your long tail on one side.
Now, we need to do the ‘attach piece’ part. To attach a flattened piece, the key is that you want to go through both layers of your flattened piece. So, you’ll put your tapestry needle through one stitch on the background work (just like you usually attach), and then put the needle through both sides of the flattened piece, as shown below:
Now, just repeat this last step, until you’ve attached your entire piece! Yay!
Come back next Tuesday, and I’ll share another crochet tip!
OK dumb question.
Do you go back and forth between the piece and the body (like in a zigzag) or more like a circle where you would bring the needle back through in the same direction as the first stitch? Does that question make any sense?
Put another way. In the pic above, the needle is moving from right to left through the pieces. Would the next stitch go the same way or travel back from left to right?
Geesh, clear as mud.
Oh, that’s not a dumb question!
I go in a circle (so, the needle is always moving through the stitches right to left), but I think that’s just personal preference. I don’t think anything would go wrong if you did a zig-zag… I just find the circle easiest!