Greetings Crochet Lovers!
Hello fellow lovers of crochet! Thanks for the blog visit. As you can see, this is my first post and things are a little bare bones around here. However, you can expect lots of goodies in the future!
A little bit about myself to start: I am a thirty something year old wife, and mother to a beautiful 9 month old precious baby girl. She’s actually the whole reason I learned to crochet! I wanted to make adorable little hats and booties for my little lady. Now, to be sure, I had tried to teach myself at least 5 times prior in my life. I scoured so called beginner books and even with illustrations I couldn’t figure it out. Couldn’t tell front from the back, I crocheted my chains way too tight, was terrified of even patterns written for beginners (what IS that foreign language!), and was probably using the wrong combinations of yarn and hook. This resulted in me throwing the yarn and hook against the wall on more than one occasion, vowing I’d never even attempt to crochet again. A bit dramatic, I admit. Fast forward to summer, 2012. I am full bellied and waiting for my little bundle of joy to arrive. Officially done with my day job, I need something to fill in the time so I don’t make myself crazy thinking about how the delivery will go. So, in the middle of the hot August sun I waddled myself to the nearest A.C. Moore and bought a variety of crochet hooks and about $50 worth of yarn. No turning back now! This time I was a bit smarter about how to learn though. YouTube, ah glorious YouTube. A picture may be worth a thousand words but actually seeing someone do it while explaining it to you is priceless! I started out with a simple bow, cute to put on a hat or something. Next I moved onto arm warmers, which was very exciting because I love me some arm warmers, they make a great accessory. Plus, it was so easy!! I’ll share links later for any beginners or wanna-be crocheters out there. From that point onward my confidence grew and I was actually starting to make items from written patterns. Hats and booties for my baby gal, scarves for the ladies in the family, all sorts of goodies. I was definitely hooked!
So that’s my story. It’s a year later now, I have boxes full of yarn and there is no end in sight! And now I get to share my crochet adventures with you!
Hiya,
My gran taught me when i was a kid but I soon forgot, I have a large granny stripe blanket which she made me and I have kept it for over 20 years, I wanted to do something similar for my own Daughter (she is 8 now) so two years ago Ii bought a magazine which had the free yarn and hook with it, like you I couldnt make sense of it so I turned to youtube and I was off. Daughter is inundated with blankets now lol.
Hiya,
My gran taught me when i was a kid but I soon forgot, I have a large granny stripe blanket which she made me and I have kept it for over 20 years, I wanted to do something similar for my own Daughter (she is 8 now) so two years ago Ii bought a magazine which had the free yarn and hook with it, like you I couldnt make sense of it so I turned to youtube and I was off. Daughter is inundated with blankets now lol.
Hello! Thank you for your comment! Good luck with your blog. We will definitely be featuring you on the blog. You are very kind to give us permission. That bottle holder is beautiful and should be featured this week!
Hello! Thank you for your comment! Good luck with your blog. We will definitely be featuring you on the blog. You are very kind to give us permission. That bottle holder is beautiful and should be featured this week!
Welcome from another crochetoholic 🙂
It’s only been a year since I, too, started that whole scary business of turning yarn into something amazing (hey, scarves are, too, amazing!).
Like you, the whole pattern thing had me perplexed, scared, enraged, and every other emotion, when I first attempted to try crochet and, also like you, I made the amazing discovery of YouTube 🙂
My all-time-favourite tutor has got to be Clare from bobwilson123 fame, as she has that amazing ability to show even daft ones like me how to make something recognisable. Her easy manner and really cool style of tutorial has been the main springboard for me to try ever-harder patterns, and I couldn’t go a week without watching something she’s filmed for us all 🙂
I’ve made a lot of things for my daughter from Clare’s patterns and, although she’s 29 years, and not the 9 months of your sweetheart, I still get as much joy in making her things – isn’t it lovely to have a daughter to spoil? 🙂
I’ll be following your Blog with real interest from now on 🙂
Welcome from another crochetoholic 🙂
It’s only been a year since I, too, started that whole scary business of turning yarn into something amazing (hey, scarves are, too, amazing!).
Like you, the whole pattern thing had me perplexed, scared, enraged, and every other emotion, when I first attempted to try crochet and, also like you, I made the amazing discovery of YouTube 🙂
My all-time-favourite tutor has got to be Clare from bobwilson123 fame, as she has that amazing ability to show even daft ones like me how to make something recognisable. Her easy manner and really cool style of tutorial has been the main springboard for me to try ever-harder patterns, and I couldn’t go a week without watching something she’s filmed for us all 🙂
I’ve made a lot of things for my daughter from Clare’s patterns and, although she’s 29 years, and not the 9 months of your sweetheart, I still get as much joy in making her things – isn’t it lovely to have a daughter to spoil? 🙂
I’ll be following your Blog with real interest from now on 🙂
Hi, I just discovered your blog and I love it. I have a similar history of trying to learn and giving up many times, but I finally got the hang of it nearly two years ago, and now I can’t stop. I crochet all the time–my friends and family think it may be a bit much, except they love the gifts, ;). Also, the yarn is taking over my house, lol.
Haha, I hear you about the yarn! When I first started crocheting I went a bit yarn crazy without really even knowing what yarns I should be buying or what I was going to use them for. Now I find myself using up as much of my “old stock” as possible before buying new. However once in a while I find a deal on eBay I can’t pass up. Soon though, a trip to the yarn store IS in order…how else will I be able to make holiday gifts for everyone! Lol.
Happy hooking!
Hi, I just discovered your blog and I love it. I have a similar history of trying to learn and giving up many times, but I finally got the hang of it nearly two years ago, and now I can’t stop. I crochet all the time–my friends and family think it may be a bit much, except they love the gifts, ;). Also, the yarn is taking over my house, lol.
Haha, I hear you about the yarn! When I first started crocheting I went a bit yarn crazy without really even knowing what yarns I should be buying or what I was going to use them for. Now I find myself using up as much of my “old stock” as possible before buying new. However once in a while I find a deal on eBay I can’t pass up. Soon though, a trip to the yarn store IS in order…how else will I be able to make holiday gifts for everyone! Lol.
Happy hooking!
Hi, I just discovered your blog and I love it. I have a similar history of trying to learn and giving up many times, but I finally got the hang of it nearly two years ago, and now I can’t stop. I crochet all the time–my friends and family think it may be a bit much, except they love the gifts, ;). Also, the yarn is taking over my house, lol.
Haha, I hear you about the yarn! When I first started crocheting I went a bit yarn crazy without really even knowing what yarns I should be buying or what I was going to use them for. Now I find myself using up as much of my “old stock” as possible before buying new. However once in a while I find a deal on eBay I can’t pass up. Soon though, a trip to the yarn store IS in order…how else will I be able to make holiday gifts for everyone! Lol.
Happy hooking!