crochet anyone ?

Penelope_Penguin

lifebeginsagain wrote: »

Hi

Does anyone Crochet?

Any hints and tips for getting started? what would I need? how do I learn?

Would like to have a go at doing some squares for a blanket or childs scarf..

Many Thanks

Lots of us crochet :j I'm currently making a scarf, and crocheting lots of flowers

I learnt to crochet from the internet, using leftover wool, and hooks from Freecycle :T

I find Attic 24 very inspirational.

I'll add this to the current thread so that you can read what others are doing :T

Penny. x

npsmama

nuttybabe wrote: »

have you tried a dish scrubbie? I made a sparkly red one that makes me smile everytime i use it!!!! :rotfl:



this is the pattern http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/90540AD.html?noImages=

With the dish scrubbie - did you use any sort of abrasive yarn?

artydoll

lifebeginsagain wrote: »

Hi

Does anyone Crochet?

Any hints and tips for getting started? what would I need? how do I learn?

Would like to have a go at doing some squares for a blanket or childs scarf..

Many Thanks

Welcome to this friendly thread,hope you soon pick up the basics and join us all.
i also reccomend attic24 ,s website,so many ideas on there ,lots of tutorials to help you get started.

jennyjelly

Hi lifebeginsagain, welcome to the thread :wave:

We are very friendly on here and will always try to help you out if you have a problem so never be afraid to ask!

We also love showing off our latest projects and admiring other people's so I do hope we will be seeing yours too.

As everyone else has said, have a look at Attic24 where there are loads of ideas for simple projects.

Nice to meet you!

karmacookie

Hi

i really like this pattern (you may have to sign up to see it, it doesn't take long and the site has loads of free patterns)

http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/90441AD.html?noImages=0&utm_source=20100326_Mar26&utm_medium=Emails&utm_campaign=Weeklynewsletter&utm_content=Tops-SeaBreezeTop

Any ideas for a cheap (very) sub for the yarn?

Note to self - I must not add to my stash

skinnygirlnot

Hi,

Just to let you know there is a free e book to download from reheart.com (an american site).
Hope this link works http://redheart.com/Libraries/DocumentLibrary/Afghan-Patterns-from-Red-Heart-eBook.pdf

jennyjelly

karmacookie wrote: »

Hi

i really like this pattern (you may have to sign up to see it, it doesn't take long and the site has loads of free patterns)

http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/90441AD.html?noImages=0&utm_source=20100326_Mar26&utm_medium=Emails&utm_campaign=Weeklynewsletter&utm_content=Tops-SeaBreezeTop

Any ideas for a cheap (very) sub for the yarn?

Note to self - I must not add to my stash

Hi karmacookie, that's a really pretty top.

I reckon you could knit this in DK cotton and it would be nice and cool for the summer. The pattern says worsted which is the US equivalent of DK so you could use any DK - something like Patons DK Smoothie is a really lovely smooth drapey yarn that would be nice for it, or if you wanted to use pure cotton the cheapest I've found is here

Hope this helps.

jennyjelly

skinnygirlnot wrote: »

Hi,

Just to let you know there is a free e book to download from reheart.com (an american site).
Hope this link works http://redheart.com/Libraries/DocumentLibrary/Afghan-Patterns-from-Red-Heart-eBook.pdf

Thanks so much for posting that SGN, I hasn't seen it before. There are some really nice patterns there, even one with arms like the JML fleeces but about 100 times better!

jennyjelly

Just looking on the Red Heart site and here is another e-book you may like.

npsmama

Can anyone pls explain where I am going wrong?

I was making a VERY simple dishcloth from treble crochet stitches and every row I seemed to lose a stitch - so if I carried on I would get a triangle instead of a square.
I was doing tr in each stitch, turning chaining 2 and tr in each stitch again.

I felt I was growing in confidence with my crochet but the past 2 days I've just messed up everything I attempted!