Learning to Crochet
For quite some time now, I’ve wanted to learn to crochet. My mother-in-law crochets and tried to teach me once but I wasn’t getting it and I wasn’t really interested in it. But now, I’m ready! I want to learn. Mostly I want to make cool gifts for Christmas and save us some money. Oh, and I want to make my own dishcloths. And one day I’d like to make a rug like this one.
I talked with a lady at my church who said she could teach me since I don’t see my mother-in-law that often. She said she has tons of yarn and we would get together one day and she would show me how it’s done. The problem is, I don’t see this lady outside of church functions and I wanted to learn yesterday! I’m really impatient like that.
Yesterday afternoon, I scoured the internet for how-to videos for learning to crochet. Let me just tell you, there are a ton of them! Most of them are on YouTube. The one that helped me the most was this one. I have saved it in my bookmarks so I can go back to it and learn the more advanced stitches.
I ran right out last night and bought a couple of things of yard and a crochet hook and thought I’d be able to crochet this scarf right away. Wrong! I couldn’t quite get the hang of it and hubby was calling me to come to bed so I quit for the night. This morning, after I worked my lists, I sat down at the computer with my yarn and hook and worked my way through the first few lessons and now I am comfortably doing the single and double crochet! I am so excited!
My first project or two will be some dishcloths for myself and then I will move on to bigger projects for Christmas gifts, like this scarf! I will be sure to post some pictures of my finished projects as I go along so you can see what I’ve learned.
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Congratulations! I also recently taught myself to crochet. It’s so much fun.. check out some of the crochet stuff on my blog for good beginners stuff to make ( I just started maybe a month ago).
http://raisingexplorers.blogspot.com/search/label/crochet
I’ve posted pics of a present I made for my dad’s birthday – a coaster set I designed to look like pool balls for his pool table room, and a very ambitious teddy bear I made for my son.. among more stuff.
Just in case you don’t read my reply to your comment on my blog, I’m posting it here for you as well…
I did double crochet.. but, to make it have scrubbing power, I did something called “Front Post Double Crochet” which I learned from this website: http://www.crochetkitten.com/tutorials/fpdc.html it’s very easy to do, and will teach you a new trick to make interesting designs.
[...] I recently took up crochet. I love it. I’ve decided to make several handmade gifts for family members. I did some searching and found several free crochet patterns online. I’ve also purchased a few patterns on Etsy. Some of the men on our list will be getting one of these beanies and a matching scarf. Some of the women will be getting a pair of these slippers. One of our nieces will be getting one of these hats and a small, inexpensive toy. Her sister will likely get one of these hats and an inexpensive toy. My nephew is a huge fan of Yo Gabba Gabba so he will be getting these. The cost of purchasing these patterns and the yarn is less than we would spend on gifts for each of these people. Hopefully everyone will appreciate their handmade gifts and the hours it’s taking me to make them. [...]