A few years ago I was designing this popular Bow Arm Warmers crochet pattern, when I hit a problem. It's something that happens often, but because my projects were wider, it wasn't an issue before: the diagonal seam. These arm warmers had a seam wrapping around them like a spiral, and I didn't like it one bit. But what to do? I wasn't willing to change the stitch, hdc will always be my favorite, pretty little stitch. I didn't want to crochet in continuous rounds either. So I experimented. I am pleased to say that I found an easy way to fix the problem: how to crochet a straight seam with Click for more
