crochet anyone ?

Hardup_Hester

I crochet & knit, I make granny squares & when I have enough I sew them together to make a throw, I'm on my 3rd one now.

Patchwork_Quilt

I learned to crochet from YouTube, which is weird but I'm addicted now.

I just do squares and sew them up into blankets. I get all my wool from Oxfam and the Factory Shop if I can - it's expensive otherwise. We have the blankets that match the living room on the back of the sofa (they're quite small, I think they're called knee blankets) and when its a cold night we just snuggle up with one in front of the telly, or whatever.

Butterfly_Brain

I too crochet and knit - I find it really ralaxing. I have just finished a blanket for my son and I am half way through knitting myself a nice thick jumper I was horrified to see how thin the jumpers are in shops now so it is back to making the family's by hand. I have tried teaching my 19 year daughter to knit but she keeps giving up - I haven't given up hope on her yet

champys

Yes I crochet too - I learned it in school when I was little. First we had to learn to knit, next came crochet, and after that boring things like darning socks and repairing jumpers.
I am about to start a crochet project right now: I bought a simple cotton bedspread that is the wrong size and I'm going to cut it into 4 squares and make two strips in a nice crochet pattern to sew in between: to break the monotony of the thing and to get it to fit just right.
I'm off on a very long train journey next Saturday, and it will be a great thing to do on the train, works much better than knitting.

lka200

I crochet have done since i was a kid. The thing with crochet is technique..the holding of the yarn around the fingers to control the tension. Once you have mastered that then its a breeze.

Barneysmom

I can't remember how to do corners, you know when you do squares?
We used to have crocheted waistcoats when I was at school ( a teenager lol) and they were really nice. I wish I could do them, they were lots of squares sewn together.

Happyroly

Barneysmum - my Mum made me one of those crochet waistcoats too, that has long gone but I still have a few of the "spare" squares she made and I think I still have her pattern.
I used to crochet years ago but now mainly xstitch and knit. Thanks to the posters for the links to web sites for patterns and tutorials, I might have to start again!

lka200

Barneysmom wrote: »

I can't remember how to do corners, you know when you do squares?
We used to have crocheted waistcoats when I was at school ( a teenager lol) and they were really nice. I wish I could do them, they were lots of squares sewn together.

When you get to a corner its usually something like 2dc or 2tr into hole then 3ch 2dc or 2tr and then carry on along the side until you reach the next corner. Hope that makes sense!

Barneysmom

They were FAB weren't they mine was orange squares and white edging, I loved it. And we had those white plastic boots with elasticated tops - it's all coming back to me now.
How I loved Donny Osmond

Yes I'm going to have to make a new one. :cool:

Barneysmom

lka200 wrote: »

When you get to a corner its usually something like 2dc or 2tr into hole then 3ch 2dc or 2tr and then carry on along the side until you reach the next corner. Hope that makes sense!

Thanks Ika200, I don't know what the letters mean though, I'll have to see my mom I think!