I can’t stand Beyoncé but whenever I hear or see the term “single crochet”, her song pops on my head and then I’m all like…
If you like it then you shoulda put a hook in it! Oh oh oh…! and so on.
Ok! SO! Single crochet means going through BOTH loops when you’re working across! Riiiight!
Good news? Got that DOWN! *high five!*
Bad news? The edges of my swatch are angled! Grrrrr….why?!
Forget this noise with swatches. Ima start making hats and see where that takes me. I love hats! Love them!
The Knitting Neurotic 
Do you do a turning chain when you’re starting a new row? You might not be picking it up & single crocheting in the turning chain stitch when you get to the end of each row. This would make each row 1 stitch shorter.
You can probably make a hat without doing a swatch. I almost never…okay make that never…make gauge swatches. Color me lazy!
Whaaat? I’m probably not doing that at all. Thanks!!!
That’ll make a difference for hats too. I would recommend learning the double crochet stitch & trying a basic hat using that stitch first. It’ll work up faster and is easier to count stitches to make sure you’re staying on track.
When you turn, chain one, then sc in the first stitch – it’s REALLY easy to miss the first stitch when you’re first learning, so it’s best to count stitches at each row. 🙂
Count stitches. Why didn’t that occur to me before?! *forehead slap*