Hello and welcome!

Abbeymade · February 19, 2021, 8:28pm

There certainly is! Best way i can help is if you post a photo of the stitches on your hook at each end

Pickled · February 19, 2021, 8:55pm

Well I think I guessed right I was on a return pass. As it looked OK on the next row, but it would be great to know in case I forget again , not sure if this is showing what you want to see? I’m currently on a forward pass
“yarn over, then inserting through next two loops, yo, rep”
The shawl is getting big now so didn’t take a pic of the finished forward pass, but please let me know if you need more…

Pickled · February 19, 2021, 10:14pm

Ahh just re read your msg, **ends!! ** I’ll take more pics when I’m on my next round, sorry

Ok, new pics. Hope they are what you actually wanted

Abbeymade · February 20, 2021, 12:59am

Ok this photo here is half way through a forward pass (FwdP). I can see this because:

the row below is is a completed row - not part of the row you are working on right now.
If you were to start a RetP right now, you would be making a short row!
you haven’t gone all the way to the end of the row I can see on your hook.

Pickled · February 20, 2021, 8:54am

Thanks for replying Abbey,
I understand mostly but hopefully will see it more with time
I took a pic of a return pass this is half way through, so if I put this down and came back to it and say I forgot which way I was going, I’m not sure I’d know it was a return. Looks to be the same as my first pic I posted…?

Abbeymade · February 20, 2021, 10:52am

Nope! It’s different.
Here’s why:
The blue line is the row you’re currently working a RetP on.
The yellow line is the completed row directly underneath. Can you see the difference now?

Abbeymade · February 20, 2021, 10:53am

Sorry I assumed you were working on the round which is why I wanted the ends. You’re working flat so the ends won’t help here. Sorry!

Pickled · February 20, 2021, 10:59am

Thank you again, I think I’m seeing it more now.
Much appreciated.
I will keep watching the difference to get it to sink in

Apologies I should have been clearer what I was doing Hehe

Kelsocrafts · April 14, 2021, 3:14pm

Thanks so much!

Hookallthethings · April 17, 2021, 7:40am

@Abbeymade where would you recommend looking for video tutorials for the more complicated stitches?

Abbeymade · April 17, 2021, 7:54am

Howdy,
Just YouTube will probably get you something. It would depend on the stitches you want to learn.

A few recommendations would be Knitter Knotter and Rachel Henri. Both have blogs. Rachel is more technical and experimental while Arunima (Knitter Knotter) has focussed on introducing beginners to new things.

Hookallthethings · April 17, 2021, 9:07am

Thank you! I will take a look at those.

Hollylovescrochet · August 23, 2021, 7:14am

I won a clover bamboo set and I love them