Sprite64
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I had a go at crochet today!I inherited all my Nan's knitting and crochet stuff - she was great at both - although I think she liked crochet best. She used to do a lot of very fine work. I've been meaning to have a go for a while now - i've got a book which has a bit of crochet info. in it but for some reason it seemed a bit daunting. Anyways....OH's brother and his wife came to stay yesterday / today and she can knit and crochet - so I asked her to show me the basics. Had a go with some DK wool to start with, then decided to try making a scarf with some debbie bliss pure silk I bought ages ago - coz it feels gorgeous. I've started it about 3 times but I think this time it's kinda working and I'm starting to understand why people rave about crochet so much! My tension is a bit uneven at the moment (I'm guessing silk wasn't the best choice for a beginner haha!). I'll take a photo when I've done a bit more 
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KnittingLadybird
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Sounds fab sprite64....looking forward to the photo. I bet the silk crochets lovely though...I always find smooth or silky yarns work best with crochet.
(that's why sirdar's firefly is the absolute pits) lol
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slowasasnail
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Good for you. I've yet to dabble in the world of crochet. My mum can't crochet so i've never learnt.
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Sprite64
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| slowasasnail wrote: | | Good for you. I've yet to dabble in the world of crochet. My mum can't crochet so i've never learnt. |
I don't think I'm too good at it yet but I didn't find it hard to pick up. It's always nicer to have someone show you though!
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slowasasnail
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Yeah I agree. And someone to show you the mistakes and sort out your knots when you go wrong.
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Sprite64
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| slowasasnail wrote: | | Yeah I agree. And someone to show you the mistakes and sort out your knots when you go wrong. |
Mmmm true! I don't think crochet is so bad though - I've managed to frog mine back a bit a couple of times - no probs. You're only dealing with one loop really so (I may be wrong here - any seasoned crochet peeps please let us know!) I don't see how you can get in as much of a mess as you can with knitting if you drop a load of stitches. I hope that's right anyway as SIL lives rather a long way away so I'm going to be stuck if I go seriously wrong 
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CJ
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I've been doing a bit as my mum was up this weekend. I can now do the basics and increases/decreases. I've got some colinette silk, so you've given me the idea to crochet DD a scarf And I crocheted my first flower too.
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