Hi Laura! I actually had another person reach out to me with a similar experience. What ended up being the problem was the individuals crochet stitch tension with the January Crunch Stitch. Their stitches were so tight with the crunch stitch that when they started working the Bead Stitch in February the beads needed more room and just pushed each other causing an over flow on both sides.
When this person re-did their crunch stitch rows with a looser tension their bead stitches laid very nicely.
You are in a great position right now where we are still early into this project. If you did need to start over with the crunch stitch and maybe go up a crochet hook size to help with your stitch tension, it would be annoying but not the end of the world to do so. Many people are just getting started on their temperature/sampler blankets right now. Having the ability to already know what the weather will be for all that time should help make the project fly. Let me know if this helps.
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Mar 15 at 12:53 PM
Oh my goodness WELCOME Alexandria!! Wow, you are brand new and looking for crochet guidance. I'm so excited you are here! I am currently building my Crochet Club with more and more exclusive
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It's not ready yet but I have already started working behind the scenes on building a STARTING FROM THE GROUND UP crochet short videos that would be helpful for you.
But until that is ready I'll direct you to my Crochet Getting Started Series on YouTube as well as my Crochet Basics Playlist. That will get you started and help build your foundation. I also have a video on what tools I would recommend someone who is just wanting to get started to have.
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I'll add links in next post.