After having success with a chain stitch. (The base stitch for any crochet project) As soon as I got that, stuff got a lot easier. I sat on a bus for an hour crocheting with just the single crochet stitch. (Why was I on that bus? Well if you really want to know I'll put it at the bottom.) I like to think that I'm pretty well versed in the art of the single crochet.
(Excuse my bad photography skills. My project is crochet, not photography.)
That's a single crochet.
Sunday (today) I picked up this long thing-y (it was not intended to be a scarf, or long enough) and some red yarn and tried to do a color-change.
Not bad if I do say so myself. I started trying some new stitches towards the end and I have to say that it wasn't so hard.
Once I finished that thing-y, I started on something else! (Oh wow, I really need to get a life.) A circle! I can officially say I hate circles because they are just really tedious and bothersome because you have to constantly increase. You don't have to do that in knitting. I guess this means I've learned how to increase too (yay!).
(Look at that fancy kitchen table backdrop!)
(some horrible close-ups)
Pardon my terrible picture taking skills. I just wanted to get all this onto a blog post so all my lovely followers can look at my progress.
To sum all this nonsense up; I've learned to do a chain stitch, a single crochet, a half-double crochet, a double crochet, basic finishing, and a circle.
Does this mean I'm done my project and I can get an A+?
You know what that means for the next step!
A pattern!
For my first ever pattern (in crochet). I am embarking on an adventure to make...
Isn't he adorable?
Stay tuned for updates on how reading a pattern is going. (Maybe it'll even count for my reading time!) Let's see how cute I can get my octopus to be!
----- Becca
Reading sources (there are a lot this time and it hasn't even been that long since my last post)
- Arts, Inc. Beginner's guide crochet stitches & easy projects. Little Rock, Ark.: Leisure Arts, 1999. Print.
- Brittain, Susan. "Crocheting in Circles - For Dummies ." How-To Help and Videos - For Dummies . N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2013. <http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/crocheting-in-circles.html>.
- "Free Crochet Pattern: Amigurumi Octopus." Lion Brand Yarn. LIon Brand Yarn, n.d. Web. 23 Feb. 2013. <cache.lionbrand.com/patterns/70588AD.html>.
- Kurtzman, Edna. "Single Crochet - Learn the Single Crochet Stitch Video." How-to Videos: How-to and DIY Videos - About.com Videos. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2013. <http://video.about.com/crochet/Single-Crochet.htm>.
- Kurtzman, Edna. "Crochet Chain - Starting Crochet Chain Stitch Video." How-to Videos: How-to and DIY Videos - About.com Videos. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Feb. 2013. <http://video.about.com/crochet/Crochet-Chain-Stitch.htm>.
- Marshall, Sandi. "How to Make a Crochet Starting Chain." About.com. About.com, n.d. Web. 22 Feb. 2013. <crochet.about.com/od/learnbasics/ss/stchain_8.htm >.
- Solova, Amy. "How to Change Colors in Crochet." Crochet -- All About Crocheting -- Free Patterns and Instructions. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Feb. 2013. <http://crochet.about.com/od/skillstechniques/tp/Changing_Colors_SC.htm>.
- Solovay, Amy. "Working Single Crochet in Rows - Tip for Beginners." Crochet -- All About Crocheting -- Free Patterns and Instructions. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Feb. 2013. <http://crochet.about.com/od/learntocrochet/ss/Single_Crochet_6.htm>.
- WikiHow. "How to Crochet in the Round: 8 steps - wikiHow." wikiHow - How to do anything. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2013. <http://www.wikihow.com/Crochet-in-the-Round>.
I love crocheting circles! They're so fun to make. How do you make circles in knitting? Is it even possible? And triple crochet is pretty easy, it's just that there's a lot of loops on your hook to keep track of.
ReplyDeleteI'm crocheting an octopus too!! It's different from yours, though, because the tentacles are curly, not straight. I'm sort of regretting choosing that pattern because to make them curly, I have to do three half double crochets in one single crochet, and it's infuriating trying to make them all fit. And then I forget whether I'd done one or two or three, so I pull it out. :P There's so much counting involved in crochet. Knitting too, but for the most part in knitting all the stitches are on your needle, but with crochet you have to hunt for them sometimes. And then I forget what number I'm on while I'm searching. Still, I love crochet! Are you enjoying it?
For knitting circles you just need to use circular needles (cables) and not stop knitting in your circle. The reason I don't like making circles is because you have to put 2 stitches into 1 which is tedious and bleh. I like crochet, but it's very different from knitting in the methods. Also I have recently discovered the pain that is a stitch marker. In knitting you can just tie a piece of yarn to your needle and move it between needles, but for crochet you have to attach it to your yarn and that's so much work.
DeleteAre you enjoying crochet and knitting o mighty Jess?