Learning to crochet

SueB

Woooo go you nuttybabe. What a difference a week makes! Doen't it make you feel good!
Thanks for everyone on here for all the lovely comments and moral support. It really has made all the difference xxxxx

greenpixey

nuttybabe wrote: »

Thanks sue. Cant wait to see your elephant!! Its great when you follow the pattern and it turns out how its meant to isnt it?!

anyone know of a horse pattern (i found 1 but it looked a bit hard)? my cousin is horse mad and has asked if i can do them - i will give it a go if i have a pattern!! :P

Is this free pattern any good?
http://www.crochetville.org/forum/showthread.php?t=28932

If you are willing to pay there are loads here
http://www.etsy.com/search_results.php?search_type=handmade&search_query=horse+amigurumi

nuttybabe

Thanks Greenpixey, he is brilliant, exactly what i want. looks complicated but i am up for a challenge!! maybe not tonight though!! i am dreaming of crochet animals so think i may need a break from them!!!!!!!!!!! :P

SueB

Eli is finished

I made her using the pattern greenpixey kindley posted. The only thing I'd say is I had to shorten the trunk by quite a lot. It meant unpicking it. My suggestion would be to make the trunk but not fasten it off until you have made the legs and attached them. That way you can see if the trunk is too long or too short.

kinkyjinks

katiejones wrote: »

Hi guys, have been watching this thread for a while now. Well i went through my late mums knitting needles (hundreds lol) and found a 3.5mm crochet hook. Have been practising and have done a chain of 20 stiches ....yay me lol. Keep undoing it and re-doing it - hubby thinks i'm mad.......but its great. Am loving it. Keep going with the inspiration please xx

That's what I did too. I've finally finished the first square in the magazine and I started it 5 days ago It was a huge relief when I finally got to the bit of wool that hadn't been unravelled several dozen times.

Next project will be mastering that blasted granny square. So far I've not been able to make sense of any of the countless videos or online tutorials I've looked at but it'll click eventually.

Keep up the practise, it'll defo click

ginandtonic1988

Well im now sorted on double crochet and treble crochet if only I could read those blessed patterns! Loving everyones pics, I'm so jealous all I have to show is ravelled wool at present!!

luce181

I wondered if anyone could help me...

I'm following a hobby craft pattern for some children's mittens;

http://www.hobbycraft.co.uk/Pages/Ideas/Idea.aspx?id=1073

Ive done the first part for the cuff and got to number 4.

'For the main part of the mitt, turn work to enable you to work along row ends of cuff:
1st row – 1ch, work 1dc into each row end, (27 sts) Turn.'

But I can't figure out where to put the stitches

Any ideas?

Your help would be much appreciated, Lucy

greenpixey

luce181 wrote: »

I wondered if anyone could help me...

I'm following a hobby craft pattern for some children's mittens;

http://www.hobbycraft.co.uk/Pages/Ideas/Idea.aspx?id=1073

Ive done the first part for the cuff and got to number 4.

'For the main part of the mitt, turn work to enable you to work along row ends of cuff:
1st row – 1ch, work 1dc into each row end, (27 sts) Turn.'

But I can't figure out where to put the stitches

Any ideas?

Your help would be much appreciated, Lucy

Dont know sorry, but I know there is a crochet thread on the old style forum here http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1402877&page=17
they are a friendly bunch and most of them are not beginners and can most likely help

SueB

What you are basically doing is turning the work sideways and doing a double crochet into the end of the 27 rows you've just made.
Did that make sense?

luce181

SueB wrote: »

What you are basically doing is turning the work sideways and doing a double crochet into the end of the 27 rows you've just made.
Did that make sense?

Thanks Sue,

I've turned it, but I don't know which part of the ends to work into. The pattern makes a ribbed effect for the cuff and so the rows have different endings ifkwim so it's hard to see exactly where I should be putting the hook :rotfl: