The lovely lady who is teaching me has the patience of a saint and was sweet enough not to laugh at all the strange faces I pulled while concentrating on stitching this :)
It's very strange getting the hang of how to hold the hook and the yarn, after so many years knitting... but it's lots of fun.
I am slightly worried though that I am now going to spend the whole week practising these stitches and not get any work done!
Looking at the photo, I have the feeling you're really getting the hang of it! I love to see how crafters learn to crochet - a craft I totally love myself. Keep it up!
ReplyDeleteTrust me, once your are hooked (pun fully intended) you won't be able to put it down! Welcome to the dark side :)
ReplyDeleteNICE, you go girl :)
ReplyDeleteJust give it a minute, you will get a hang of this in no time... keep up the good work :)
Oh lucky you, I'm still looking for someone to teach me. ~c~
ReplyDeleteOoh, I'm very envious. I have had to put my crochet ambitions on hold until after the summer, when I might actually have three minutes to spare. I have about a billion crochet projects marked on Pinterest.
ReplyDeleteI love crochet, I do a lot of travelling and it's such a portable thing to do. Hope you're going to show off some of your projects on your blog eventually x
ReplyDeleteCrochet is such good fun! I am sure you will enjoy it ... and yes, it is addictive!
ReplyDeleteI was so lucky to learn crocheting as a kid! It's a great hobby, and I've only recently re- discovered thehooker in me :D My boyfriend was treated to my first- ever amigurumi last week (a little Yoda, so much for the Dark Side!), which I made after deciphering my first- ever pattern. You will love every stitch, promise! Good luck with your lessons, you'll be a pro in no time.
ReplyDeleteI have always wanted to crochet!Love the colour of the wool!
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you + Crochet = will be total awesome {I can't wait to see what you come up with -
ReplyDeleteIt's so coincidental, I just returned from the library with a book entitled "teach yourself to crochet or something like that!"}
I'm doing the exact same thing during lunch breaks a work including making faces trying to get the yarn to behave. I'm slowly getting better at it. If I can figure it out, so can you!
ReplyDeleteLooks like you are doing a fab job! My first attempts were dire, but I was teaching myself from a book....why did I never think of you tube?!?!? Am on holiday at the moment and have picked up a hook for the first time in ages - one large blanket coming up!
ReplyDeleteYou will get the hang of it! Co-incidentlly I just put on my new blog how I got ‘hooked’ and how I’ve come back to it after many years. I don’t find it easy, but I love the finished result.
ReplyDeletehttp://pickingupthethreads.blogspot.com/2011/05/on-first-getting-hooked.html
Thanks for all the comments everyone, they're making me even more excited to start my crochet "journey".
ReplyDeleteSo many of my online crafty friends have taken up crochet recently, I feel like we're all learning together :)