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Here are a couple of links to teach you how to crochet if you don't know how, or to use as a reference for the less common stitches if you do know how.
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Thorn, thanks for the site, helped refresh my memory. Stopped crocheting for a few years and picking it up again wasn't as easy as I'd thought it would be
crochetville is good...they help you pretty quickly (they helped me solve my rosary pattern)
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Thanks for the links, I got a couple of books last christmas from my mom and can't seem to get the concept down! i guess I just need to practice more!
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I'm so glad this came back up top - I've been wanting to re-learn crocheting, without having to pay the $15 that Michael's gets for the class, not including yarn!
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ok - I just spent the past hour trying to figure this out - finally got the chain stitch down, got 1 single stitch row down, and can't get the hook into the row! This is supposed to be fun???
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Thanks Rita! I ripped it out AGAIN, and went back to knitting - my right hand was cramping up!!! And I want to get a few more rectangles finished by Sunday for the Warm Up America program. I wanted to give crocheting a try, because I've heard it goes much faster, and I was hoping to get more finished than I could with knitting.
After dinner, I'll try your link. For now I just need a break!
(editing myself! ) Which one of those stitches is your basic easy stitch???
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I use the double stitch.. Love the video visual it gives you!! Double stitch..
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Don't forget there is also a Crochet 101 thread here in Hobbies.
Merme
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Lynne, sorry you are having such a hard time getting it to work right. Once you find the tension you can work with, it will go a lot faster for you.
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Well then... I definitely have the hang of the single stitch now - Hooray!!!
But... when does each stitch stop being such a deliberate action, and when does the piece stop curling???
Here is my first rectangle attempt about 1/2 done. The yarn is from an old store bought sweater that I ripped. I just loved the color, and didn't want to throw it out or give it away. Did you know that when you rip out a yarn craft it's called FROGGING - because you rippit, rippit, rippit!!!
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i havent done this in a long time! i put some of thoses sites in my favorites! now i gotta get some yarn!!!and re-learn! lynne i love that color too looks like teal.?
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thanks sibyl - yes, it's a turquoise - looks a bit darker in the picture than in real life.
I, too, had not crocheted for many many many years, but took up knitting again 2 years ago, and decided it was time to re-learn crocheting now as well. I worked on it all morning, and I must say that it is definitely getter better with time and practice.
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Thanks, Penny - now you know why I had to unravel the sweater - so I could use the yarn! It really wasn't that hard to do, and I got a few good balls out of it. I made myself a little scarf with it too.
I wish I could find some yarn in the stores that color - I'd make a whole blanket with it! It is my all time favorite color - have lots of clothes and jewelry in that color too!
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Looks good Lynne!!! Glad you are getting the hang of it again. That is a great color.
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