crochet anyone ?

ZsaZsa

My hooks arrived today and I've been practising with the aid of you tube all evening. When I start on a proper project though, what do I do with it when I stop for the evening? Do I keep the hook in the stitch and hope it doesnt fall out or embed it in a ball of blu-tack?? Its so easy with knitting, it just sits on the needle for months in my knitting bag without unravelling

dibuzz

I usually enlarge the loop then sort of skewer the hook throught the loop, project and wool to keep it all together. The enlarged loops stops any unravelling.

ZsaZsa

dibuzz wrote: »

I usually enlarge the loop then sort of skewer the hook throught the loop, project and wool to keep it all together. The enlarged loops stops any unravelling.

Great, thank you. I'll put the blu-tack down

artydoll

Just finished a crochet scarf made from oddments of yarn ,its really long with a fringe both ends .
Just added it to my homepage
I did try to put an image up but iy came out ginormous :rotfl::rotfl:

ZsaZsa

I'm such a beginner, I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong. (I havent even started a project yet, Im still just practising!)

If I chain 21 stitches, then single crochet into the chain, should I have 21 or 20 stitches?

LolaLemon

ZsaZsa wrote: »

I'm such a beginner, I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong. (I havent even started a project yet, Im still just practising!)

If I chain 21 stitches, then single crochet into the chain, should I have 21 or 20 stitches?

depends if you have done a turning chain, i.e. chain 21 plus one, so u effectively skip the plus 1 and u work in the next hole (chain no. 21) , if u chain 21 and then work in the next chain you will have 20 chains left.

tru

Wool, acrylic, cotton....weights?

Everything seems to be sold by weight but just to be awkward, I want to know lengths. I'm a beginner - can you tell?

How long is a 100g ball of yarn? I've found one that is 30% New Wool, 50% Acrylic & 20% Polymide. Will that be the same length as 100% wool?

lilmisskitkat

Hi Tru

Deramores website sells almost every brand/type of wool and in the description it includes the length in metres per ball.

Eg: i mainly use Stylecraft Special DK (100% acrylic) which is 295m per 100g ball or Rico Essentials Cotton (100% cotton) which is 130m per 50g ball so x2 = 260m. Whereas a 200g ball of Super chunky (100% acrylic) is only 120m in length

Hope this helps

Kate xx

tru

Thanks Kate :beer:

I've bookmarked Deramores, I'll have a good look at it later.

jumblejack

pennib wrote: »

These are a couple of head bands and wrist warmers that my dd has crochet for her nieces. She learnt to crochet watching youtube tutorials. They have little buttons fastenings.

How absolutely lovely!!!!! You must be so proud of her !

I am ashamed to say, I have entered my middle years and am about to buy my first crochet hook and yarn today.:j I saw some great YouTube tutorials last night that have inspired me.

Well done to your DD!!! I'm loving the flower embellishments!