Monday, May 31, 2010

Monday Micro: Crochet

Saturday a friend from church hosted a "Craft & Chat" night. Several of us ladies got together to eat and chat, and my friend taught some of us to crochet. When I was a little girl, I learned to do a chain stitch (just a long line of crochet stitches, not good for anything unless your Barbie needs a scarf!) Saturday I re-learned the chain stitch and also learned to do a single stitch and a double stitch.

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My stitches are very loose, but that made it easier to learn. It was really fun! Yesterday I picked out some pretty yarn and let Chickie pick some out too. I think I will start out by making scarves for us, and if I'm still interested in this craft, I may branch out from there. It's an inexpensive craft, so I feel "safe" trying it out without any obligation to continue if I end up getting bored!

3 comments:

nopinkhere said...

Cool! I love knitting and crocheting! Crocheting is so much faster too! Just a warning, the start-up costs may be low, but it can get pricey if you become yarn addicted. Right now I'm trying to only use yarn I have, but there's always some special project I want to make that I don't have the right yarn for . . . .

forever folding laundry said...

Nice work! My mamma taught me how to crochet when I was young, but I've long since forgotten. I'd like to take it up again, too. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with!

~Keri

2cats said...

I just used up the last of my yarn making baby things for a friends new grand daughter. I love to crochet. It is much faster than knitting. I can't wait til I get to a yarn place to refill my stash.