When I was little, my mom would try to get my sister and I to sit still long enough to teach us to knit, crochet, embroider etc. All those Little House on the Prairie skills. We always wanted to play outside instead and never learned a thing.
Years later, I taught myself to cross stitch (monkeys can do it, no offense Louise) and today I bought myself this book
Know why? No. It's not to make jaunty sweater vests like this
or a new pair of shorts
I wanna make amigarumi. Know what those are? They are these type of things
HOW cute is Gir?
Anyone else crochet? Louise? Pearlgurl?
espelling
This message has been edited by jeannien on Sep 25, 2009 7:58 PM
I can knit but I'm not very good at patterns because I lose track of the stitch. I was looking through a craft magazine and there is a beautiful afghan for crocheters in it. I thought about taking it up. Would be a good winter activity no?
I think so Bider. I was thinking it might be my next kookie get rich quick scheme.
Hmm...a duck, eh? Well I already have a request for a polar bear and a duck so maybe I could fit you in. It may come next year and may be lopsided or have 3 eyes or something tho.
My mom crochet's like a mad woman. For a few years I got a new crocheted stuffed animal for my birthday every year. She stopped doing this after my 17th birthday. She probably thought I no longer wanted home made ducks now that I was a "grown up."
I can do all that stuff - knit, crochet, cross-stitch (although I mostly only knit. The cross-stitch I sent you was a rarity, Arwen. Only on special occasions). My mom taught my brother and I when we were kids, then I totally forgot how, and then bought a book and re-learned about 10 years ago. Those look like super-cute patterns, Arwen (although POSSIBLY not the first thing you want to make).
ETA : Duh, obviously why you purchased the beginner's crochet book
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This message has been edited by jeez_louise on Sep 25, 2009 8:36 PM
Way back when my mom got seriously into crocheting. Her thing was blankets, bedspreads, etc. I still have three blankets that she made for me and still sleep with one of them every night to this day.
Arwen, I have three words for you...
Make...that...puppy.
That thing is too cute.
Louise, your cross stitch is displayed most prominantly on my kitchen counter. Be rest assured I LOVE IT!
I wish we lived near each other so I could take lessons from you.
LOL!
I'm practicing and my friend's youngest son (3yo) asked me "are you making a brochure?"
He remembered the "sh" sound but didn't remember the whole word.
Earlier this week, he came home and told his mom "I know how to say "8" in French."
"How?"
"Oats"
I used to crochet doilies and snoods and such. Now, I prefer knitting but occasionally crochet a hat when I want a more folksy-homemade look. The shell-stitch panties are rather tempting, but that would take a lot of yarn to cover my big behind. Interweave Crochet has some lovely patterns that are quite stylish and I adore the mosaic afghan in the new edition:
http://interweavecrochet.com/
also, aren't you a little concerned that amigarumi is a gateway to making poodle-patterned toilet-paper cozies? Which is really a gateway to collecting actual poodles. Thirty of them. Just saying.
Those look pretty damn scary Arwen. My grandma was teaching me how to knit and crochet when I was little but I could never sit still long enough. Now I regret not getting good at it and want to learn. So, I am going to look for a class.
Haha, John keeps saying I better learn before 2012 cause I am gonna need all the skills I can get.
I knit, but I haven't been able to get my fingers to learn how to crochet. Let me know if that book is any good cause I would like to learn. It took me FOREVER to knit a blanket for a queen size bed.
I think it 'should' be easier since you're only using one "needle" but it's my hand that's not using the hook, I can't seem to get my fingers to have the right tension on the yarn and what not.
I'm left-handed and first learned to crochet with the hook in my left hand and tensioning yarn with the right. I then learned to knit right-handed, English-style. Since then, I've tried to learn to knit Continental because it is supposed to be faster, but can't adjust to tensioning with my left hand. I did learn to knit backwards really fast, which is essentially left-handed Continental. Maybe try tensioning the yarn with whatever hand you do when knitting and hook with the other, regardless of which is your dominant hand?
I picked up crocheting just before my first nephew was born.
Learned with blankets and shawls... moved on to fancier blankets and tiny little animals - cause they distract yelly children long enough for me to pass them off.
I like it better than knitting as you can pick up and put down easier.
My Mother taught me how to crochet and cross-stitch. She used to make beautiful afgans, sweaters, etc etc and thought she would pass down her talents to me. Not so much. All I managed to crochet were pot holders and scarfs. I made lot's of scarfs for family members, mostly because I could only crochet up and back for a really long time.
