Guest guest Posted February 23, 2008 Report Share Posted February 23, 2008 , Know what I like best about the lion brand site???? They have awesomely easy free patterns **and** give you a supply list **and** if you want to, you can purchase the yarn you need for a project and it comes in DAYS! I like some instant gratification. As an example, I am doing their baby blocks throw right now and plan to do their unsquare baby afghan - 2 of each - for both my grands for Christmas. And you are correct; crochet is extremely portable. I always have more than one project going on so if one becomes " too much " to go with me to the doctor, well, I just take another one! (((Hugs))) Darlene > > > How difficult would it be to teach myself to crochet? Are the > > books to learn pretty easy to follow? I used to do cross stitch, > > just got away from it. I should buy myself a new project to > > begin. The problem is that I cannot relax my back in a chair to > > sit and do it for a while. I do OK in the computer chair, but > > don't want to spend the entire day in it. I have my new TENS unit, > > now I just have to figure out how to hook it up and use it. > > Crochet is not difficult. And inexpensive to start up. All you need > is a hook and a skein of yarn to start. The skein will tell you what > size hook to use with it. There are goo-gobs of instructions out > there - in books and also on the Web. Also patterns. Early on, if I > didn't understand something in an instruction, I would go to one of > the web sites and look it up. > > I don't always sit up to do it. I often lie on the couch, or on my > bed, while I'm watching TV. It's a pretty nice, portable kind of > project. > > http://www.crochet.com/ This is the Crochet Guild of America site. > http://learntocrochet.lionbrand.com/ This is the Lion Brand Yarn > crochet instructions site. I've gotten a lot of help from that site. > > I also learned to do granny squares by doing an online search on > " granny square " . > > Happy crocheting! > > Z > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2008 Report Share Posted February 23, 2008 Darlene I subscribe to there site so I get there newsleters. I can crochet a little but I've been knitting off and on since I was4yrs old. My grandmother taught me. She learned during WWI when the kindergartener had to knit scarves for the soldiers. Different grades had differend jobs to do to help in the war effort. My daughter is a lefty and learned in Fashion class at school. It has been a great thing as she makes baby blankets for herfriends expecting babies and scarfs for her other friends. This year for christmas, I made sweaters for my 2 nieces and one for my grandson. He loves Elmo and I couldn't find any Elmo clothes. I took an elmo doll and copied the features into a red sweater I was making for him. He likes it and has worn it several times. JudyMer ---- ddean228 wrote: > , > Know what I like best about the lion brand site???? They have > awesomely easy free patterns **and** give you a supply list **and** > if you want to, you can purchase the yarn you need for a project and > it comes in DAYS! I like some instant gratification. > > As an example, I am doing their baby blocks throw right now and plan > to do their unsquare baby afghan - 2 of each - for both my grands for > Christmas. > > And you are correct; crochet is extremely portable. I always have > more than one project going on so if one becomes " too much " to go > with me to the doctor, well, I just take another one! > > (((Hugs))) > Darlene > > > > > > > How difficult would it be to teach myself to crochet? Are the > > > books to learn pretty easy to follow? I used to do cross > stitch, > > > just got away from it. I should buy myself a new project to > > > begin. The problem is that I cannot relax my back in a chair to > > > sit and do it for a while. I do OK in the computer chair, but > > > don't want to spend the entire day in it. I have my new TENS > unit, > > > now I just have to figure out how to hook it up and use it. > > > > Crochet is not difficult. And inexpensive to start up. All you > need > > is a hook and a skein of yarn to start. The skein will tell you > what > > size hook to use with it. There are goo-gobs of instructions out > > there - in books and also on the Web. Also patterns. Early on, if > I > > didn't understand something in an instruction, I would go to one > of > > the web sites and look it up. > > > > I don't always sit up to do it. I often lie on the couch, or on > my > > bed, while I'm watching TV. It's a pretty nice, portable kind of > > project. > > > > http://www.crochet.com/ This is the Crochet Guild of America site. > > http://learntocrochet.lionbrand.com/ This is the Lion Brand Yarn > > crochet instructions site. I've gotten a lot of help from that > site. > > > > I also learned to do granny squares by doing an online search on > > " granny square " . > > > > Happy crocheting! > > > > Z > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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