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>>I have emailed over and over about this hot pad but >>have not gotten an answer from crochetnmore, which is >>unusual. >> >>I also have emailed her about the dog sweater I made >>which turnout great. However one thing I need to know >>why does the sweater stretch out so much? My dog can >>only wear it about 3-4 days it stretches too much for >>a male dog and he gets pee on it, yuk. >> >>Anyway back to the hot pad, the directions are easy >>however I have not done a turn ch1 and sc in same >>stitch before. It's always been the next st. >> >>So when I do sc in same st it gets wider and wider at >>that end kinda at an angle. >> >>Plus I am using the recommended hook, and yarn but the >>start chain still does not come out to the 9 1/2 inch >>wide as stated in pattern. No matter how loose I make >>the chain it will not come out to the 9 1/2 inches >>wide. >> >>Just a note though as I crochet each row and that row >>that gets wider at a slant does start to gain inches. >>Can someone please help and tell mw what I am doing >>wrong. A video on this one would be a great help... >>have a Blessed Day! > >Hi Pam: >I'm sorry I haven't been here for you. >I've had alot going on in the past couple of weeks and >have just gotten so behind in my emails and website >work >that it's difficult to catch up. > >I promise to get to your other emails as soon as I can. >Again... I apologize. > >I'm glad the dog sweater pattern worked up well for >you. >Yarns do tend to stretch and I remember the first >sweater I made >would "droop" around the waist area after our dog had >worn it a while too. >For a "quick fix" you could add a draw string through >the waist row to cinch it up... >but that would involve tying it and strings left to >hang. Not sure how beneficial that would be. > >For a long term solution you could sew elastic into >the waist area. You can fold up the bottom of the >sweater enough to make a "casing" to hold the elastic >and thread it through... or simply cut the desired >length of elastic and weave it through then overlap >and sew the ends together. > >Our first dog also had a jacket... looked like a >jogging suit jacket with a hood >and everything. It snapped up and also had velcro >around the waist area. >I loved that little jacket on him. > >As for using velcro... that's not a good idea with >yarn. >The velcro is a definite possibility for any use but >in yarn related items. >It sticks extremely well to yarn fibers but doesn't >separate from them easily... >leaving the yarn fuzzy looking. > >I will add a new dog sweater to my future design ideas >list.... maybe I can come >up with a good design that has buttons or some other >type of closure. > > H O T P A D.... >Question > I have a pattern for the Easter hotpad and I ch 20 >and sc in each st for row 1. > >Row 2 I turn and ch 1 and sc in same st...???? Can you >explain this as usually after you ch1 you sc in next >st..... or is that sc in same st the same thing? > >Answer > Once you chain 1 you work into the very first >stitch. > >Question > Everytime I do this the hotpad gets wider and wider, >so what am I doing wrong? > >Answer It shouldn't get wider... make sure you are >only placing one stitch in each stitch. > >Question >The hotpad is suppose to be 9 1/2 wide but no matter >how loose I ch 20 I do not get 9 1/2 inches wide. >However as I do the sc in same st the rows start >getting wider and wider but it looks odd because the >starting chain is shorter than the hotpad being >worked.... > >Answer > Are you using three strands of yarn at once? It >could just be your tension... all crocheters crochet >at different "tensions", meaning that the crochet >stitches can be tighter or looser than another >crocheter's stitches. You can adjust your hook size >to help you achieve the correct size. However, with >the Easter Hotpad... as long as it's large enough to >set your pan on the size is ok. > >Question >The directions seemed easy enough but it doesn't look >right, please help as the hot pad is on hold... > >Answer > Here's the pattern... let me explain it. >R1: Holding one strand of each color together >throughout the pattern. >(Three strands at once) >Ch20, sc in the 2nd ch from the hook and in ea rem ch. >(19sc) > >Plain English > > This means you work with three strands of yarn at >once for the entire pattern. >Chain 20 and work a single crochet in the second chain >from the hook. >Now work a single crochet in each remaining chain. >You should have 19 singles when you finish R1. > > >R2: Ch1, turn. Sc in same st. *Lsc in next st one row >below. Sc in next st. Rep from * across. > >Plain English > > This means you chain 1 and turn. Now single >crochet in the same stitch (this is the first stitch). >*Work a long single crochet in the next stitch one row >below >(that means you work over the single crochet... into >the stitch you made that single crochet in) >Single crochet in the next stitch. >Now repeat from the asterisk across the row. > >Plain English > >R3: Ch1, turn. Sc in next 2 sts. * Lsc in next st one >row below. Sc in next st. Rep from * across to last >2sts. >Sc in last 2 sts. > >Plain English > > Chain 1 and turn. Single crochet in the next two >stitches. >*Work a long single crochet in the next stitch. >(again... that means you work over the single >crochet... into the stitch you made that single >crochet in) >Single crochet in the next stitch. >Now repeat from the asterisk across to the last two >stitches. Work one single crochet in each of the >last two stitches. > >Rep Rows 2 & 3, until desired size... ending with R2. > >Plain English > > Repeat rows 2 and 3 until you get the size you >want... ending with Row 2. > >EDGE >Do not turn. Sl st in ea row end and st down side, >across bottom and up other side. >Join with sl st in first sc made on the last row. > >Fasten off. > >Plain English > >Do not turn... slip stitch in each row end and in each >stitch down the side, across the bottom and up the >other side. >Join with a slip stitch in the first single crochet >you made on the last row. >Fasten off

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