The Sweater Attempt

My Crochet Mess

This is my second attempt at crocheting a sweater.  On my first attempt, the pieces didn’t fit together right at the shoulders.  So I remade each part at least three times, then ended up ripping out the whole thing and making a boatload of scarves and winter hats, instead.

But I love this pattern and bought the wrong yarn for one project but just enough for this project,  so I’m trying it out.  As you can see above, I’m having the same luck, so far, as with the first ill-fated sweater.  This was hours and hours ripped out in seconds.

Much better now

I had problems with what the pattern calls a V-stitch but is really a combination of one front post forward slanting stitch and one front post backward slanting  stitch.   My count kept coming out with stitches added, until I figured out that  I should be skipping a stitch on both the left slanted and the right slanted crossover stitch.

After I figured out how to make this work, I looked through a lot of videos until I found these.
How to Make a Front Post Double Crochet

For lefties–How to slant the stitch back

For lefties–How to slant the stitch forward