A Gardeners Forum Forums Members History Forum Life 2006 How To Crochet

Here are a couple of links to teach you how to crochet if you don't know how, or to use as a reference for the less common stitches if you do know how.

Crochet and Knitting Terms

How to Crochet

That's great, Thorny. I have "Learning How to Crochet" on my Things To Do list!

My mom tried to teach me and my patience wasn't there as a child...I am going to see how it is now!

heres some more:
crochetville
learn to crochet
crochet guild

Thorn, thanks for the site, helped refresh my memory. Stopped crocheting for a few years and picking it up again wasn't as easy as I'd thought it would be

crochetville is good...they help you pretty quickly (they helped me solve my rosary pattern)

Glad your mystery stitch is solved!

Thanks for the links, I got a couple of books last christmas from my mom and can't seem to get the concept down! i guess I just need to practice more!

I'm so glad this came back up top - I've been wanting to re-learn crocheting, without having to pay the $15 that Michael's gets for the class, not including yarn!

ok - I just spent the past hour trying to figure this out - finally got the chain stitch down, got 1 single stitch row down, and can't get the hook into the row! This is supposed to be fun??? :p

Great Video site for Crochet

This might help you out!!

Thanks Rita!

I use the double stitch.. Love the video visual it gives you!! Double stitch..

Don't forget there is also a Crochet 101 thread here in Hobbies.

Merme

Thanks for the reminder, Merme - I can't seem to find it?
Didn't come up in a forums search either?

Lynne, sorry you are having such a hard time getting it to work right. Once you find the tension you can work with, it will go a lot faster for you.

Well then... I definitely have the hang of the single stitch now - Hooray!!!

i havent done this in a long time! i put some of thoses sites in my favorites! now i gotta get some yarn!!!and re-learn!
lynne
i love that color too looks like teal.?

thanks sibyl - yes, it's a turquoise - looks a bit darker in the picture than in real life.

I, too, had not crocheted for many many many years, but took up knitting again 2 years ago, and decided it was time to re-learn crocheting now as well. I worked on it all morning, and I must say that it is definitely getter better with time and practice.

What a beautiful color Lynne.....its so vibrant

Thanks, Penny - now you know why I had to unravel the sweater - so I could use the yarn! It really wasn't that hard to do, and I got a few good balls out of it. I made myself a little scarf with it too.

I wish I could find some yarn in the stores that color - I'd make a whole blanket with it! It is my all time favorite color - have lots of clothes and jewelry in that color too!

Looks good Lynne!!! Glad you are getting the hang of it again. That is a great color.