Here is a site that I had put in some time ago. Learn to crochet is the name of it.
http://crochet.about.com/library/blbeginne...PM=ss11_crochet
Thought I would just tack it to the top.
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Learn to crochet
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Posted 11 January 2005 - 06:09 PM
I can't get the hang of it either, but how I wish I could! so in hornor of our inability to crochet...
http://www.crochetcabana.com/tutorials/ltc-foundation-ch.htm
p.s. did you know that wrapping the yarn around your finger is like a tensioner on a sewing machine?! I just learned that.
http://www.crochetcabana.com/tutorials/ltc-foundation-ch.htm
p.s. did you know that wrapping the yarn around your finger is like a tensioner on a sewing machine?! I just learned that.
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Posted 13 January 2005 - 10:59 AM
I do best with someone right there beside me showing me how to do things. I haven't crocheted for years. When my oldest was a baby our nextdoor neighbor taught me. I was making a baby afghan. We talked and crocheted and before I knew it it was a twin bed afghan!
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Posted 13 September 2005 - 02:33 AM
i have been on a crocheting wirlwind lately. i have been making things to sell at the craft fair coming up in novenmber plus all the x-mas gifts i have been dreaming up. i am glad i found this post! great for new ideas. when i take photos i will post them so you all can see what i have been making. thanks all for the links!!!
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Posted 13 December 2005 - 11:42 AM
I have been wanting to learn to crochet but I am left handed and needed to find instructions for left hander's. So....... Here they are for the lefties out there like me.
http://www.crochet.org/lessons/lessonl/lessonl.html
http://www.wonderful-things.com/newcrochet1a.htm
http://www.craftbits.com/html/crochet-left.htm
http://beadcrochet.com/lessons/lessonindex.htm
http://www.crochetaustralia.com.au/webcontent4.htm
http://ezinearticles.com/?Left-Handed-Crochet&id=85876
http://www.marloscrochetcorner.com/crochetondoub.html
http://www.crochenit.com/basic%20stitch%20...hand%20html.htm
http://www.crochet.org/lessons/lessonl/lessonl.html
http://www.wonderful-things.com/newcrochet1a.htm
http://www.craftbits.com/html/crochet-left.htm
http://beadcrochet.com/lessons/lessonindex.htm
http://www.crochetaustralia.com.au/webcontent4.htm
http://ezinearticles.com/?Left-Handed-Crochet&id=85876
http://www.marloscrochetcorner.com/crochetondoub.html
http://www.crochenit.com/basic%20stitch%20...hand%20html.htm
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Posted 21 January 2006 - 08:46 PM
Well, I have been collecting crochet hooks, books and patterns for a few years now. I finally got a book that tells/shows very clearly how these stitches go together, both left hand and right hand. Where to connect them was my downfall previously. I started crocheting a week ago and so far have mastered: chain stitch, slip stitch, single crochet, half double crochet, and will be starting double crochet tonight or tomorrow. I'm just doing practice pieces. I can see where I have hooked into the wrong stitch and it shows on the back. Only a few places, though. The book says I can do a potholder with the stitches I've learned so far. I want to make a scarf with the fancy kind of yarns that I bought already, like eyelash yarn kind of. You mix it with regular yarn for strength and the fancy stuff for the feathery effect. I can hardly wait to get good enough to make it.
The book I got is by Leisure Arts and is titled,
10 - 20 - 30 Minutes to Learn to Crochet.
The book I got is by Leisure Arts and is titled,
10 - 20 - 30 Minutes to Learn to Crochet.
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Posted 22 January 2006 - 12:21 AM
i had a learn to crochet book that my SIL lent me, it was very informative, and had very good diagrams. i cant recall whaat it was called though. i shall have to ask her. another friend of mine gave me a stack of old crochet magazines from eht 60's and 70's. also, mcalls crochet pattern book, there are some pretty good ones in there. i shall have to scan them for you.
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Posted 13 February 2006 - 05:18 PM
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yes, hmmmm...., yes, pattern reading. Hmmm, interesting new project, reading a crochet pattern...and counting stitches, oh my.
is knitting easier???
is knitting easier???
I find crocheting to be much easier, for ME anyway
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Posted 13 February 2006 - 05:42 PM
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is knitting easier???
no
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patterns are easy depending on 2 things
A) the ability of the person writing the pattern to explain things in an easy, non complicated manner.
wether or not you know what the abbriviations mean. basic stitches and thier abbriviations:
sl st = slip stitch
ch = chain
sc = single crochet
dc = double crochet
tr = treble stitch, or triple crochet
here is a pattern stitch that uses a treble stitch.
this is the first pattern stitch i leaned.
if you can make a sampler, or scarf, or something with these partterns, that you are doing good, and can move on to a simple garment pattern.
when you get to more advanced patterns, you will find abbriviations such as these:
blo = back loop only
flo = front loop only
combinations of abbriviations:
dc in ch i sp - double crochet in chain space dc in ch 1 sp
once you master all these techniques, you can make whatever your heart desires.
here is the hat i made that everyone seems to like so much. nubby brim cloche
i changed the pattern just a bit, if you want to make the hat and you want my version just let me kjnow and i'll get it down for you.
hope this helps !
happy crocheting!
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