When you turn and sc or dc, do you go into the NEXT stitch or into the base of the one you just finished. I can usually tell, but sometimes it looks funky....
The answer is: it depends on whether your turning chain counts as a stitch. Let's make this simple.
Your guide to starting a new row
1. Double crochet (your usual method)
You chain 3 and count it as a stitch. Turn your work.
Skip the stitch directly at the base of the chain.
Work your first actual double crochet into the next stitch.
At the end of the row, work the last double crochet into the top of the previous row's turning chain, if that chain counts as a stitch.
2. Single crochet
Usually, chain 1 and turn. If the turning chain does not count as a stitch:
Work your first single crochet into the very first stitch, right at the base of the chain.
Don't skip that stitch.
At the end, work into the last actual stitch of the row.
3. Half double crochet
If you chain 2 and do not count it as a stitch:
Work your first HDC into the very first stitch at the base of the chain.
Work across the row.
Finish in the last actual stitch.
If you count the turning chain as a stitch instead, you'll use a different beginning and ending routine.
The easiest way to remember
DC
SC
HDC
One little warning for your chaos blanket: these are the usual conventions, not universal rules. Some crocheters use a chainless starting stitch or a different turning-chain convention.
My favorite trick for you: put a stitch marker in the first actual stitch of a row as soon as you've made it. When you come back across on the next row, you'll know exactly where that edge stitch belongs. No guessing, no gradually shrinking blanket!
And remember: the stitch you just finished is behind your hook now. You don't work into that same stitch again unless the pattern specifically calls for it.
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