Now that we have learned the mindful skill of crochet we can make our own custom items. You can get creative and design your own clothes, toys, household items, art… imagine all of the possibilities. Imagine a waste-free home… Or at least a reduced waste home. A home without plastic in the cleaning cupboard! All …
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Working with just a crochet hook and a ball of yarn (or 5) you can create many different textures and shapes in your very own crochet project. There are different parts of the stitch in which we can work into. This causes the yarn to be pulled in different directions so you can shape your …
Continue reading Crochet For Absolute Beginners: Sculpting With Yarn
Where do you begin when you want to try your hand at some crochet? What tools do you need? Are there different types of crochet hooks? How many yarns are there?Read on to find out. The Yarn The type of project will determine how thick the yarn should be. Are you making a chunky blanket …
Continue reading Crochet For Absolute Beginners: The Basic Tools To Begin Crocheting
FYI: The video tutorial version of this post is on my YouTube channel here. Welcome, please sit down, get comfy and join me for some more mindful crafting. Today we’re continuing to learn the art of crocheting a circle. In part 3 of the crochet for absolute beginners series we learned how to begin a …
Continue reading Crochet For Absolute Beginners part 4: Continuing to crochet in the round
Continuing on our journey to learn a new skill and practise mindfulness at the same time; it’s part 3 of the crochet tutorial series, how to crochet in a circle. Instead of crocheting rows as we previously learned in parts 1 and 2, we are now going to crochet in rounds. See the video version …
Continue reading Crochet for absolute beginners part 3: How to begin crocheting in a circle
Welcome back for part 2 of crochet for absolute beginners. The video version of this tutorial is at my YouTube channel. I’ll be using US terminology in the main text. In brackets I will place the equivalent UK stitch translation next to each US stitch. In the previous part we made a foundation chain. You’re …
Continue reading Crochet for absolute beginners Part 2: Crocheting in a straight line
There’s a new video on my YouTube channel showing how to begin a foundation chain. I’m a left hander but I learned to crochet right handed so all of these tutorials are right handed. I tried to provide enough background information so that you not only can begin a crochet project but you can understand …
Continue reading Crochet for absolute beginners Part 1: how to begin a foundation chain
Crochet has always intrigued me. People can be so creative with all those knots and loops of yarn. I wanted to learn the skill of creating things with yarn too so at the end of 2018 I watched a YouTube video. Just any beginner How To video that came up. The problem with learning from …
Nothing beats making something yourself. The sense of accomplishment alone is rewarding enough. The time and effort you put into a creative project is worth it because not only have you created something with your own hands but you have also developed your skills. Every minute you spend on your hobby you are improving and …
How good is it to just sit back for a relaxing crafternoon (crafting in the afternoon)? It feels so rewarding when we finish a project and stand back to admire our handiwork, so it is no surprise to hear that there are emotional and neurological benefits of learning a new skill and letting your creativity …
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