In one sitting: Every plate is worked and counted at the bench before it is set, and yarn and tension still vary. If a count is wrong, write in: it is re-worked, corrected on the errata, and the plate is reset.
Worked, counted, set — and still made by a person
Nothing is set from a screen. Wren has the piece in one hand and the tally in the other, and a round closes only when the two agree. That is the method, and it is kept to. What it is not is a guarantee: a plate is written by a person, a person can carry a wrong number from the bench to the page, and the honest response to that is the errata log rather than a claim of perfection. Read the counts and the finished measurement as a faithful account of one worked sample.
Tension decides the size
Hand two crocheters the same plate, the same ball and the same hook and their finished squares will differ, sometimes by half an inch. Fibre does some of it; grip does more; being tired does a surprising amount. So the measurement printed on a plate is the measurement the bench sample reached in the yarn named, and it is not a specification you have failed to meet. Coming out small means the next hook up; coming out large means the next hook down. Neither is a mistake, by anyone.
When a round will not come out
Write to hello@crochetaddiction.com, and name three things: the plate, the round, and the number you finished with. It goes back on the bench that week. Where the plate was at fault the correction is dated, printed on the errata and the plate is reset; where it was not, you get the working shown to you. No reader is ever made to feel foolish for writing in — in the press's own experience the wording is at fault far more often than the maker.
Crochet, and nothing beyond crochet
This book knows about yarn. It is not a source of medical, financial, legal or safety guidance, and nothing in it should be leaned on as though it were. Work intended for an infant, a very young child, or anyone with allergies or restricted movement needs a decision only you can make, about fibre content, filling, anything small enough to detach, and anything fastened on with glue or thread.
And the hands doing the work
Hours of the same motion take a toll on wrists and thumbs, and a plate that says “repeat rounds 4–9” is not counting the cost of them. Put the hook down at intervals. That is the one piece of advice on this leaf that is not about yarn, and it is here because it is the one people ignore.
Where plates come from
A few plates in this book began life elsewhere — in the public domain, or in work its author put out freely — and where a line of credit is owed it is printed on the leaf itself. Should you recognise your own work here and want it gone, send the address of the leaf to hello@crochetaddiction.com along with enough to show the work is yours. It is removed, or credited as you would prefer, and that happens first; if there is anything to discuss, it is discussed afterwards.
Where the press's responsibility ends
The book is offered as it stands, without warranty of any kind, and what you do with a plate is your decision. So far as the law permits, Crochet Addiction accepts no liability for loss, expense, ruined yarn, or a square that will not sit flat, arising out of anything printed here. The hook is in your hands.
A line here you cannot make sense of? Write to Wren or email hello@crochetaddiction.com; she answers these herself.