Crochet for beginners

A charming and timely post from Alicia of Posie Gets Cozy, about teaching oneself to crochet.

I, too, never learned as a child; this week marks the third time I’ve tried to teach myself (with from help from my cousin last time). But this time … things clicked.

Credit is due to Alicia’s ripple afghan for inspiring me to give crochet another go, and to Simple Crochet for the scarf-color inspiration (all acrylic from my meager stash, worked in sc on an H hook).

Now I’m ready to try my hand at knitting again, this time following (or at least adapting) a pattern and making more than just a scarf. Then it will be on to more complicated crochet stitches, and then back to knitting … this time on double-pointed needles and circulars. I just need to work up to it, first.

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4 Responses to “Crochet for beginners”

otter on March 12th, 2007 7:08 pm

Stick with the circulars as much as you can, those double pointed needles are a bitch, as least for me, although, admittedly, I am not the most coordinated person. If you do DPNs, get the bamboo, not the metal, because the whole thing will slip off and there will be lots of bad words issuing forth, um, you know, so I’ve heard :~)
LetterB on March 12th, 2007 10:13 pm

Awesome! Crochet is superfun. And the more complicated stitches will click very quickly. Even if they are too much trouble there is so much cool stuff to be done with single crochet. Amigurumi! It’s addictive.

Agree with the bamboo tip above. Spend the extra couple bucks even if it kills you like it kills me.
Alicia on March 13th, 2007 6:17 pm

If you want to knit some cute baby things, DIY’s web site has all kinds of patterns. I just learned how to knit baby hats a couple weeks ago and it made me deliriously happy.
supa on March 18th, 2007 8:42 pm

Dammit! I had already bought the aluminums by the time y’all commented. Helldamnass.

Dude, Alicia, your baby hats are impressive. Please teach me how you do that. I am two rows into a baby hat knitted flat and it’s killing me dead.