Finally, I managed to actually read a crochet pattern. I had managed to make the basic stitches in a program at our Dallas Hand Knitters Guild but that was just making rows of the same kind of stitch. The more confusing part to me is reading the patterns.
With knitting you have to do something to each stitch on the needle in sequential order, even if that's just slipping them. For crochet, trying to figure out how to skip around all over and work different stitches into different places just lost me. So after reading several tutorials and just sitting down and making several attempts I finally started to figure it out! Yeay!
I have seen several crochet patterns over the years that made me yearn for the skill. One I had in my queue, figuring I would try it, was the cute simple Crochet Necklace by Creativeyarn. I used the flower pattern here.
I used the very last bit of my Peru Naturtex Partners Pakucho Organic Cotton for this. It made me think about this yarn's "journey". I originally got it for my first design, Topi. I liked this yarn so much I used it for my Mouse Pad Wrist Pillow as well. It then worked nicely for making cords for my Reniasance/pirate chemise too. Does anyone else have a yarn that continually shows up in their projects?
With knitting you have to do something to each stitch on the needle in sequential order, even if that's just slipping them. For crochet, trying to figure out how to skip around all over and work different stitches into different places just lost me. So after reading several tutorials and just sitting down and making several attempts I finally started to figure it out! Yeay!
I have seen several crochet patterns over the years that made me yearn for the skill. One I had in my queue, figuring I would try it, was the cute simple Crochet Necklace by Creativeyarn. I used the flower pattern here.
I used the very last bit of my Peru Naturtex Partners Pakucho Organic Cotton for this. It made me think about this yarn's "journey". I originally got it for my first design, Topi. I liked this yarn so much I used it for my Mouse Pad Wrist Pillow as well. It then worked nicely for making cords for my Reniasance/pirate chemise too. Does anyone else have a yarn that continually shows up in their projects?
Lovely! Every now and then I see a piece of crochet that makes me want to learn. I've been avoiding it so far except for the occassional provisional cast on or such. My sister both knits and crochets.
You have expressed exactly my feelings on crochet! And it doesn't help that I learned to knit as a child, so I don't remember the ugly, awkward results of being a newbie. Crochet has been hard for my crafting self esteem, but I'm determined to persevere... one of these days. Your necklace is definitely inspiring me! It turned out beautifully.
Kudos on your crochet! For me, the yarn that keeps showing up again and again is Cascade 220. No wonder it's the most popular one on Rav. So versatile and affordable
This looks so easy to do and yet so elegant on your neck. Yes, understanding the pattern abreviations has always been a trouble spot for me. Love the necklace!
Yes, Plymouth Encore. LOVE IT! Doesn't matter what weight, I just love it to bits.
Nice necklace!
This is so lovely, you have done well to tackle crochet. I have only ever done the very basic stitches.
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