Knitting-Getting started

Tondella

I'm desperate to learn how to crochet but with no one to teach me and no success following instructions off the internet all I've managed to make is a series of irregular sized loops. Can anyone point me in the direction of a really good idiot's guide to crochet? I'd like to make some woollen flower corsages for my jumpers.

stilernin

Tondella, not sure if anyone has mentioned the library as a good source of books on knitting and crochet.

In fact, if I am beginning any new skill I will always go to the childrens section to get something really simple and then progress to a beginners grownup one!

You might even find a knitters group at the library, or how about finding a group of oldies? Many older ladies meet at day groups etc and I'm sure they would love to help. They would probably have all the sizes of needles at home and may even lend them to you.

Colleges that do night school classes often have a one day course of different things on a Saturday. Knitting could be one of them.

Hope you get on OK, once it all clicks (pardon the pun), there'll be no stopping you.

Mariel

Tondella the 'SnB' crochet book mentioned before has excellent plain English instructions in it and it covers everything. I would buy it as the patterns are fantastic as well, usually I will buy a book intending to make things and never do but I've made loads out of that one (it's called The Happy Hooker)

Tondella

Mariel wrote:

Tondella the 'SnB' crochet book mentioned before has excellent plain English instructions in it and it covers everything. I would buy it as the patterns are fantastic as well, usually I will buy a book intending to make things and never do but I've made loads out of that one (it's called The Happy Hooker)

ooh, hadn't heard of that one, thanks.

mirakl

I'm just finishing my very first scarf ever and I'm very pleased, I impulse bought some wool today though and it's "double knit" I have no idea what that means but it's very pretty. Have I just picked something really complicated?

cheerfulness4

Tondella - There is a fantastic book that I saw on Amazon about making flowers to put on clothes, can't remember if it was knitted or crocheted tho. OOhhhh what was the authors name now? Gonna drive me crazy. Will have a search later and pop their name here.

Was intending to search my library online to see if I could order it myself. (Love searching the online library catalogue over a mug of coffee. Saved myself pounds from avoiding buying books that looked great but were disappointing).

saving-grace

mirakl wrote:

I'm just finishing my very first scarf ever and I'm very pleased, I impulse bought some wool today though and it's "double knit" I have no idea what that means but it's very pretty. Have I just picked something really complicated?

Don't worry mirakl, double knit just refers to the thickness of the wool (as in 3-ply, 4-ply, double knit etc)