Crochet Help

babelfish

Ive been trying to teach myself how to crochet and really love it. Ive also been collecting the Art of Crochet magazine so that I can learn all the stitches.

However, I have yet to make anything. I get really confused as to what exactly is the "first stitch" in a row. Then the patterns say to miss the first stitch etc and Im never sure where Im supposed to start. I always get to the end of the row and realise there aren't enough stitches left for me to follow the pattern. Is this common?

Even some of the patterns in the Art of Crochet aren't easy for me, as a beginner, to follow. I wish they had a bit more explanation.:(

artydoll

Try this site lots for beginners
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=crochet+for+beginners&hl=en&tbs=vid:1&tbo=u&ei=_krAS4LIGI3w0gTmj8X2Aw&sa=X&oi=video_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CCgQqwQwAw

Bella79

One site for you http://crochet-mania.blogspot.com/

This is where i learned to crochet , this lady is fab id never picked a hook up in my life before leanring, ive now made blankets,booties, amigurami u name it , and i still refer back to her site loads

Bella79

sorry that site is great, ut i forgot she has her channel on utube which is better as u can watch her doing it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptOiDj1iIv0 theres the beginner one then theres loads more to follow from there

And also tybe "attic24" into google its a blog of corchet by a lovely lady called lucy on there some fab pictures on where to put your hook etc

bellaquidsin

Google attic24 Lucy has some fantastic and very clearly photographed tutorials on her blog,

Bella.