How To Do False Rounds

FALSE ROUNDS METHOD (can use on cut & tie method when doing a portrait)

Tutorial courtesy of Elizabeth Sheetz

(this is a method that can be applied when doing the cut & tie method on a portrait)

False Rounds: method of always working on the clean side so that the knots always fall on the backside automatically. This works by basically tying off at the end of each row and restarting at the right edge again WITHOUT flipping over your work. It is important that in order for the pattern to turn out correctly you must read the even pattern rows from beginning to end BUT odd row pattern is read from the end to the start, in other words read backwards (if left handed it would be the even rows read backwards). To start a row, pull up a loop, chain 1, follow the row pattern starting in that same stitch. To end a row, finish off on the rows last stitch and weave in the tail and let it hang at the inside edge of the border, same as the rest of the knots. This method creates a flatter looking work due to the slightly different appearance of the stitching. There is also a bias towards the right side of the work (the start of each row) so you will have to block the work when you are finished.

More pictures of what the difference looks like are below. I switched to false rounds after finishing most of the boy on the far left. It creates a flatter stitching and does not affect how the picture will turn out. The entire work photo shows how much bias there is from single crochet stitches so you will need to block your work when finished. The other 2 photos show close up's with the right half showing false rounds. The switch is easy to see on the solid color but difficult to pick out where there is a lot of color changes