The Stitches

Insert pic of first practice stitches

Learning the stitches

Books are of no help to me it seems. The only way I understood how to do stitches was when my mum remembered them and I watched her do them. I've been practising single crochet, double crochet and treble crochet. They're actually not difficult once you understand them but the terminology is! Especially since the Americans have to change everything.

Getting started...

My mum claims to not remember how to crochet but says it might come back to her -it better! My grandma popped round yesterday and gave me some really old crochet hooks. She said she told a friend about me (:S) and the woman kindly decided to pass her mother's old crochet stuff on to me. Today I dragged my mum to a new craft shop, Inspirations....

I've decided to learn to crochet!

I've recently discovered some artists who create amazing work with crochet! I don't really know anything about crochet, I know a little about knitting as my Grandma unsuccessfully tried to teach me when I was little, but seeing what can be done with it has inspired me to give it a go. My grandparents came to visit me at uni and my grandma told me that my mum crocheted lots of things for me and my sister when we were babies so I'm hoping she remembers how to do it!