There are many things I want to try out and sometimes I actually make an effort to do them, basically pull my finger out or have a sudden urge to do something new. It was a combination of the two that made me finally get round to trying crochet again. I didn't particularly enjoy learning how to do crochet the first time round, years ago, in fact I gave up pretty quickly because I found it awkward and wasn't particularly inspired. At that time I jumped to learning knitting and got on with that...
But the other day my copy of Mollie Makes landed on my doorstep and I was rather taken with the crochet flower garland tutorial. And so several online purchases and a couple of days later I found myself attempting crochet again.
I actually rather liked it.
I perhaps should have started with a granny square, learn each stitch in turn over a period time till I perfected but this is me I am talking about and frankly I'd much rather try a pattern I like the look of and just keep trying.
I did comprise on this though as I knew I didn't actually know how to hold the hook or thread, frankly had any clue where to begin, so I did a scan round the net, and ended back at Mollie Makes. There they had a very handy little online tutorial from the Making Spot that teaches you how to make a wee little crochet flower. I spent about two nearly three hours last Friday watching and rewinding the little video and attempting my very own flowers, needless to say I got a bit carried away.
So cute....
I certainly found stitching in the round easier than the row, and I found myself not quite content with making thousands of the little flowers, I wanted to try something a bit more complicated and would allow me to try different stitches. So back I went to Mollie Makes...I didn't initially just look there, I did a good search for interesting flower crochet patterns and it led me back, and they have a Flower Crochet Coaster pattern which was rather sweet and I tried out. My attempts are far from perfect, and the one on the right in the image below was my first go and it's not only small but it's uneven a wee bit messy. The second go was a bit better, slightly bigger so it's getting closer to being able to actually use it as a coaster, but still it's not quite right, and I hit a stumbling block at one point where I think I counted wrong. So I shall just keep on trying!
Anyone else attempted anything new lately? Got any good tips or patterns or vids I can try out to keep me going?
Before I succumb to the warmth of my couch and quilt, I have been working on an idea of a stitch along, a project of unknown length at this time, which will show you how to work a variety of stitches but not in the manner of a traditional sampler something more modern.
But I have a question are there any stitches out there that people would like to know? I have some ideas such as:
- Trailing
- Chain stitch
- Satin Dots / Padded Satin
- Eyelets / Padded eyelets
I also have an antique stitch sample book which have a number of older style stitches that might be of interest.
