Re: Re: Crafts and Hobbies/Darlene

[Guest guest]

Darlene,

I crochet too, but only know a few stitches - about 4 or 5 which gets me by

for making blankets. Don't think I could attempt anything harder than that.

But lately I've been trying to crochet a rag rug - do you have any

experience with that you could maybe share?

Thanks,

Teri (central WI)

Re: Crafts and Hobbies///Jeanne

As to the crocheting - there is a book w/hooks set up that is called " I

taught myself to crochet " that is pretty easy to follow. There is also,

believe it or not, instructions on either tape or dvd (check with the

library) where it actually looks like you are sitting in someone's lap

and working the stitches. Crochet isn't hard at all. I have been doing

it since I was 9 or thereabouts and truly truly enjoy the relaxation

and enjoyment I get out of creating something from these two hands!

Plus, everything I make is usually given to someone and to date, NO ONE

has ever said " yuck " ! In fact, a dear dear friend, when she found out

she was pregnant with her 2nd child, made sure to tell me so she could

have one of " my blankets " for her 2nd child too! Nothing compares to

that. Ask away on the crochet, I have done model work for several

professional designers, as well as my own amateur stuff, so I

can " hook " you up (pun intended)......lolol....

(((Hugs)))

Darlene

[Guest guest]

I understand. Some don't have patience for it or have a hard time holding the

needles. I guess I have both. It is my vacation away from life, lol.. Before my

cp surgeries, my hands would go numb and I did not do it as much, but not

bothersome now.

ddean228 wrote: ,

Can you believe that I have zero patience for plastic canvas? I love

the way stuff looks, admire how creative it can be, but I think it

has something to do with my hands, which have carpal tunnel and so

maybe for me, the ache I had doing it took away from the enjoyment of

it all? My mom made a huge Christmas sleigh once.....it's beautiful.

I want one but she won't make another one and I have no

desire....lol....to put myself thru that torture!

(((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.

> jeanne in wi

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[Guest guest]

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> I crochet too, but only know a few stitches - about 4 or 5 which

> gets me by

> for making blankets. Don't think I could attempt anything harder

> than that.

>

I'm not Darlene, but what the heck. ;D

There aren't that many different stitches in crochet. If you can do

a chain, you can do a lacet stitch. If you can do a single crochet,

you can do double, half-double, treble, double treble. It's just a

matter of how many times you wrap the thread around the hook, and how

many times you pull up a loop. It's all variations of pretty much

the same thing. A picot is just a chain looped over on itself; you

just have to figure out which loop to put the hook in.

In my 20's, I crocheted a lot but was afraid to try thread crochet.

Now, I do almost exclusively thread crochet, and consider size 10

thread *big* to work with.

Don't be afraid to try new stuff. Nearly every pattern book has

diagrams of the various stitches in the back.

Z

(*ANYTHING* to take our minds off the pain!)