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	<description>The crafty journal of a crochet pattern designer and multi-crafter with a passion for making cute and realistic animals. See what I&#039;ve been making lately... Crochet, amigurumi animal designs, punchneedle embroidery, polymer clay, sewing and more!</description>
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		<title>By: June</title>
		<link>http://www.planetjune.com/blog/which-is-the-right-side/comment-page-1/#comment-113695</link>
		<dc:creator>June</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 18:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jessica, I&#039;m sorry it&#039;s taken me so long to reply! Your question came just as I was in the throes of preparing to move to South Africa, and I&#039;m only just finding the time to work back through old emails now (oops)...

To answer your question, no the stitches won&#039;t look wrong. If you look at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.planetjune.com/blog/amigurumi-help/fuzzy-to-brushed-crochet/#insideout&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;inside out section&lt;/a&gt; of my fuzzy/brushed tutorial you can see that you&#039;re inserting the hook from inside to outside (with the hook at the back of the opening) when the piece is flipped one way, and from outside to inside (with the hook at the front of the opening) when you flip it the other way. 

The right side of the fabric is still facing you whichever way you flip it, but when it&#039;s inside out, the &#039;right side&#039; is the &lt;strong&gt;inside&lt;/strong&gt; of the &lt;strong&gt;back&lt;/strong&gt; layer of the fabric. When you flip it, the &#039;right side&#039; is the &lt;strong&gt;outside&lt;/strong&gt; of the &lt;strong&gt;front&lt;/strong&gt; layer of the fabric. (I know that sounds confusing, but read it while looking at the pictures and it should be clearer.) 

So you&#039;re still crocheting the same way, and your stitches will still look the same, no matter if you flip your work right way out after about 3 rounds (as I do) or just before you stuff it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jessica, I&#8217;m sorry it&#8217;s taken me so long to reply! Your question came just as I was in the throes of preparing to move to South Africa, and I&#8217;m only just finding the time to work back through old emails now (oops)&#8230;</p>
<p>To answer your question, no the stitches won&#8217;t look wrong. If you look at the <a href="http://www.planetjune.com/blog/amigurumi-help/fuzzy-to-brushed-crochet/#insideout" rel="nofollow">inside out section</a> of my fuzzy/brushed tutorial you can see that you&#8217;re inserting the hook from inside to outside (with the hook at the back of the opening) when the piece is flipped one way, and from outside to inside (with the hook at the front of the opening) when you flip it the other way. </p>
<p>The right side of the fabric is still facing you whichever way you flip it, but when it&#8217;s inside out, the &#8216;right side&#8217; is the <strong>inside</strong> of the <strong>back</strong> layer of the fabric. When you flip it, the &#8216;right side&#8217; is the <strong>outside</strong> of the <strong>front</strong> layer of the fabric. (I know that sounds confusing, but read it while looking at the pictures and it should be clearer.) </p>
<p>So you&#8217;re still crocheting the same way, and your stitches will still look the same, no matter if you flip your work right way out after about 3 rounds (as I do) or just before you stuff it.</p>
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		<title>By: Jessica</title>
		<link>http://www.planetjune.com/blog/which-is-the-right-side/comment-page-1/#comment-109756</link>
		<dc:creator>Jessica</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 04:26:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Out of habit, I&#039;m always working from the inside when doing amigurumi. If I flip it inside out a couple rows before closing, then continue crocheting from the inside, won&#039;t those few stitches look &quot;wrong&quot;?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Out of habit, I&#8217;m always working from the inside when doing amigurumi. If I flip it inside out a couple rows before closing, then continue crocheting from the inside, won&#8217;t those few stitches look &#8220;wrong&#8221;?</p>
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		<title>By: MELISSA KROLL</title>
		<link>http://www.planetjune.com/blog/which-is-the-right-side/comment-page-1/#comment-108639</link>
		<dc:creator>MELISSA KROLL</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2011 22:05:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>HI!
  Thank you so much for clearing this up for me. I have used many different crochet pattern books and I have never been able to figure out what they are talking about when they say wrong and right side, but with the way you just explained it I now know that I will always be able to figure it from here on out. Thank you again!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>HI!<br />
  Thank you so much for clearing this up for me. I have used many different crochet pattern books and I have never been able to figure out what they are talking about when they say wrong and right side, but with the way you just explained it I now know that I will always be able to figure it from here on out. Thank you again!</p>
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		<title>By: Easy Crochet Laptop Sleeve &#8211; Free Pattern &#171; Roses n Lilies</title>
		<link>http://www.planetjune.com/blog/which-is-the-right-side/comment-page-1/#comment-106364</link>
		<dc:creator>Easy Crochet Laptop Sleeve &#8211; Free Pattern &#171; Roses n Lilies</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 08:37:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Row 2: 1 Single crochet (sc)  in second chain from hook, 1 sc in each stitch across, 2sc in last stitch. DO NOT turn your work. (You want to stay looking at the front of your work &#8211; need help knowing which is the front &#8211; click here.) [...]</description>
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<p>[...] Row 2: 1 Single crochet (sc)  in second chain from hook, 1 sc in each stitch across, 2sc in last stitch. DO NOT turn your work. (You want to stay looking at the front of your work &#8211; need help knowing which is the front &#8211; click here.) [...]</p>
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		<title>By: MutantSuperModel</title>
		<link>http://www.planetjune.com/blog/which-is-the-right-side/comment-page-1/#comment-101956</link>
		<dc:creator>MutantSuperModel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 19:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thank you for this! I&#039;ve looked at four sites and it was your note about the horizontal bars that just made it CLICK for me. HA! I feel like a genius now :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for this! I&#8217;ve looked at four sites and it was your note about the horizontal bars that just made it CLICK for me. HA! I feel like a genius now <img src='http://www.planetjune.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: June</title>
		<link>http://www.planetjune.com/blog/which-is-the-right-side/comment-page-1/#comment-101180</link>
		<dc:creator>June</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 19:38:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Nina, I&#039;d assume you should use the &#039;right&#039; side (as defined in my post above) when following a pattern, unless the designer specifically says any different. For example, my fuzzy patterns are all worked with the wrong side out, but for good reason (all the fuzz would be trapped on the inside otherwise!). 

Ultimately, you hope that any designer would include all relevant information (like crocheting in a non-standard manner) in the pattern, but there&#039;s no guarantee of that - some patterns only include very minimal information. If you&#039;re unsure, try looking at the pictures of the finished sample and see if you can tell whether the stitches show the V or pi shapes (pictured above) - that&#039;s a surefire way to tell whether it&#039;s worked &#039;inside out&#039; or not.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nina, I&#8217;d assume you should use the &#8216;right&#8217; side (as defined in my post above) when following a pattern, unless the designer specifically says any different. For example, my fuzzy patterns are all worked with the wrong side out, but for good reason (all the fuzz would be trapped on the inside otherwise!). </p>
<p>Ultimately, you hope that any designer would include all relevant information (like crocheting in a non-standard manner) in the pattern, but there&#8217;s no guarantee of that &#8211; some patterns only include very minimal information. If you&#8217;re unsure, try looking at the pictures of the finished sample and see if you can tell whether the stitches show the V or pi shapes (pictured above) &#8211; that&#8217;s a surefire way to tell whether it&#8217;s worked &#8216;inside out&#8217; or not.</p>
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		<title>By: Nina</title>
		<link>http://www.planetjune.com/blog/which-is-the-right-side/comment-page-1/#comment-100902</link>
		<dc:creator>Nina</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Oct 2010 01:17:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>How can you tell which side a designer means a piece to be worked when you&#039;re working from a pattern?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How can you tell which side a designer means a piece to be worked when you&#8217;re working from a pattern?</p>
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		<title>By: June</title>
		<link>http://www.planetjune.com/blog/which-is-the-right-side/comment-page-1/#comment-93058</link>
		<dc:creator>June</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 14:46:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yes, that&#039;s right - working into the back loop only leaves the unworked front loops looking like a horizonal line. My &#039;fuzzy&#039; patterns are NOT regular amigurumi patterns because they are designed for the challenges and appearance of fuzzy yarns, so a lot of my amigurumi tutorials will not apply to them.

My &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.planetjune.com/blog/amigurumi-help/fuzzy-to-brushed-crochet/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Fuzzy to Brushed Crochet tutorial&lt;/a&gt; explains (with pictures):
a) why my fuzzy patterns are worked in BLO
b) why those front loops are hidden: because the fuzziest side of the work is the &#039;wrong side&#039; according to this tutorial, so pieces worked in fuzzy yarn (or regular yarn using my &#039;fuzzy&#039; patterns) should actually be worked &#039;wrong side&#039; out!

And yes, the invisible decrease is only for when you&#039;re working into both loops of the regular stitches; it doesn&#039;t give the same benefit if you&#039;re working into back (or front) loops only. In fact, as you&#039;re working my fuzzy patterns &#039;inside out&#039; anyway, the invisible decrease would leave an ugly line of unworked loops (normally hidden on the inside)  on the outside of the work, so it&#039;s definitely not a good choice!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, that&#8217;s right &#8211; working into the back loop only leaves the unworked front loops looking like a horizonal line. My &#8216;fuzzy&#8217; patterns are NOT regular amigurumi patterns because they are designed for the challenges and appearance of fuzzy yarns, so a lot of my amigurumi tutorials will not apply to them.</p>
<p>My <a href="http://www.planetjune.com/blog/amigurumi-help/fuzzy-to-brushed-crochet/" rel="nofollow">Fuzzy to Brushed Crochet tutorial</a> explains (with pictures):<br />
a) why my fuzzy patterns are worked in BLO<br />
b) why those front loops are hidden: because the fuzziest side of the work is the &#8216;wrong side&#8217; according to this tutorial, so pieces worked in fuzzy yarn (or regular yarn using my &#8216;fuzzy&#8217; patterns) should actually be worked &#8216;wrong side&#8217; out!</p>
<p>And yes, the invisible decrease is only for when you&#8217;re working into both loops of the regular stitches; it doesn&#8217;t give the same benefit if you&#8217;re working into back (or front) loops only. In fact, as you&#8217;re working my fuzzy patterns &#8216;inside out&#8217; anyway, the invisible decrease would leave an ugly line of unworked loops (normally hidden on the inside)  on the outside of the work, so it&#8217;s definitely not a good choice!</p>
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		<title>By: Lalena</title>
		<link>http://www.planetjune.com/blog/which-is-the-right-side/comment-page-1/#comment-93054</link>
		<dc:creator>Lalena</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 12:14:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m having a problem getting my stitches to look right.  I&#039;ve made one of your fuzzy ferrets (I love it!  I&#039;m making more for my nephews), but my stitches still look like a pi symbol.  Is this because I&#039;m using back loop only?  Does this mean that invisible decreases won&#039;t work for back loop only?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m having a problem getting my stitches to look right.  I&#8217;ve made one of your fuzzy ferrets (I love it!  I&#8217;m making more for my nephews), but my stitches still look like a pi symbol.  Is this because I&#8217;m using back loop only?  Does this mean that invisible decreases won&#8217;t work for back loop only?</p>
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		<title>By: Amigurumi: Colourful Octopus - divinenanny.nl</title>
		<link>http://www.planetjune.com/blog/which-is-the-right-side/comment-page-1/#comment-87854</link>
		<dc:creator>Amigurumi: Colourful Octopus - divinenanny.nl</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:21:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] and a Clover 2.5 needle. I am really happy with how it turned out. I finally figured out this whole business with the &#8220;right&#8221; and &#8220;wrong&#8221; side, so I flipped my work and now my invisible decreases work. I only still have a problem decreasing [...]</description>
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<p>[...] and a Clover 2.5 needle. I am really happy with how it turned out. I finally figured out this whole business with the &#8220;right&#8221; and &#8220;wrong&#8221; side, so I flipped my work and now my invisible decreases work. I only still have a problem decreasing [...]</p>
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