Finding an old book on crochet is not like discovering “The Secret”. Its more like finding that long lost diary of yours and eagerly reading it to remind yourself of those finer moments...yep should have done that...thought you were over it did you...yeah right. Well that is the same feeling you get when your discover the crochet book.
Taking the cotton in my left hand...oh and then is that in front of the hook or behind the hook...yeah and now we wrap the hook around the cotton and then we do WHAT...
How on earth did people learn to crochet from hand drawn diagrams? You call that a chain...once you pick yourself off the floor you realise we live in a blessed age of visual everything if you want it.
Now take a look at his description “Single Crochet – this is the first of the basic stitches. It is the shortest stitch and results in a firm, flat product. To make a single crochet, make sure the front side of the chain is facing you, then insert the hook through a chain, yarn over, pull the loop through the chain, yarn over again, and pull through both loops on the hook”
Can you imagine trying to learn from that...thank goodness for the modern time we live in. We have video instruction.
But the best is having and on demand mom who is a great teacher...if I can only bite my tongue...there that’s better. Mom showed me that I only need to learn a handful of stitches to get going with my first project. What a great feeling of accomplishment you get when you make something yourself. Yeah yeah cliché I know...you’ll see.
It is really easy to get started when you have the right crochet instructions even if you need to get rid of the ten thumbs like I have got.
Starting a project
Slip Stitch
Double Crochet (UK) or Single Crochet (USA)
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