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| fromscratchhomemadelife |
Posted - Jul 20 2012 : 07:10:32 AM
Crochet and I weren't even on speaking terms. I'm a knitter. I tried crochet and just couldn't get the hang of it. We parted on bad terms. Yesterday I sat down determined and taught myself to crochet with the help of youtube. I'm crocheting a granny square type blanket!
Cassi
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| atkinst2 |
Posted - Jul 22 2012 : 5:12:36 PM
Way to go Cassi!!!!
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| SallyT |
Posted - Jul 22 2012 : 4:37:53 PM
I knit and want to learn to crochet. Great that Youtube worked for you. I will go on and see if I can be helped.
Sarah
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| fromscratchhomemadelife |
Posted - Jul 22 2012 : 2:13:38 PM
Rag rugs are crochet! That's part of the reason I buckled down and got to learning it. There are rag rug tutorials on youtube!
Cassi
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| pinkroses |
Posted - Jul 22 2012 : 2:12:05 PM
I do both and love both ; you will love crocheting ; hugs
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| delicia |
Posted - Jul 21 2012 : 10:16:02 PM
I want to learn to crochet. I want to make rag rugs and I think it is by crochet? I will check out you tube. thanks and good luck with your blanket. |
| jan49829 |
Posted - Jul 20 2012 : 9:23:08 PM
Good job Cassi!!!!!! You will get hooked on crochet. I both knit and crochet and knit most of the time, but when I get bored with that, I get out the old crochet hooks and go to town. Most things I make I do not use a pattern, make up my own. Enjoy your new hobby.
Janet
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| fromscratchhomemadelife |
Posted - Jul 20 2012 : 1:19:45 PM
Um...It's fixed now. Have a mentioned computers and I don't get along? LOL!
Cassi
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| fromscratchhomemadelife |
Posted - Jul 20 2012 : 1:18:20 PM
I have a pic up on my blog. I fixed the address on my signature. Silly me tried to create before I had my morning coffee. New rule: no typing before the coffee is brewed up!
Cassi
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| soapmommy60543 |
Posted - Jul 20 2012 : 11:55:33 AM
Way to go!
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| shanda |
Posted - Jul 20 2012 : 11:34:52 AM
Don't you just love utube. Anytime I run across something in a pattern that I can't figure out, I type it into utube and viola! a video!
I knit and crochet...sometimes I have to sit and focus on which one I'm doing and remeber how to get started, but then it's easy-peasy! Next you should learn Tatting! or Tunisian! there is soo much to learn!
Shanda
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| rphelps4 |
Posted - Jul 20 2012 : 10:32:35 AM
Good for you, what a great feeling when you learn something new, can't wait to see pics of your granny squares. |
| cori1312 |
Posted - Jul 20 2012 : 10:18:36 AM
Here's to YouTube! I used to have no ability to understand knitting at all, until I discovered the videos there. So helpful to be able to watch over and over until you get it.
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| fromscratchhomemadelife |
Posted - Jul 20 2012 : 10:17:31 AM
Thanks y'all!!
The two needle crafts really are very different. I'm already slightly addicted to the granny square blanket. I love love love the youtube tutorials! I am a visual learner. I need to see it done several times before I pick something up. I'm becoming ridiculously crafty and I love it. I love being able to make things with my hands!
Cassi
Farmgirl #4371
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| prayin granny |
Posted - Jul 20 2012 : 09:25:32 AM
I used to do both......began knitting again a couple years ago. Want to crochet again as well????
Aren't the tutorials on you tube the best?! I go to them often to learn new knitting stitches!
Have to try the ones for granny squares which I used to love to do.
Farmgirl hugs,
Linda
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| FieldsofThyme |
Posted - Jul 20 2012 : 08:56:48 AM
Awesome! Hands up to you! You may get addicted to it :)
I taught myself to knit and crochet - things I should have paid attention to when my grandmothers were both alive. Silly me, as a teenager, I went to school and work and didn't care about handmade items. Now I knit, crochet, and have done a bit of needle tatting. I hope to learn to quilt next.
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| Sabrena Orr |
Posted - Jul 20 2012 : 08:11:51 AM
Congrats, Cassidy!!
I love to knit, but have not tried to crochet. I also want to learn to tat!
Sabrena, Olympia |
| forgetmenot |
Posted - Jul 20 2012 : 07:39:05 AM
Yay! Doin' a happy dance just for you! There's a reason why God invented Youtube.
I learned new crochet stitches on You Tube.
And, I learned to knit from the same.
Now, I want to learn to tat.
You go girl!
Farmgirl sister #3926
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| Fiddlehead Farm |
Posted - Jul 20 2012 : 07:17:07 AM
Persistance pays off! I am just the opposite. I am a crocheter that took some knitting classes last year, but need a refresher course. The two needlecrafts are so different from each other.
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| Bear5 |
Posted - Jul 20 2012 : 07:15:48 AM
Wonderful. I'm the opposite, I can crochet by can't figure out the knitting. Keep us posted on how the granny square blanket in coming out. Good luck.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
