Skill Acquisition is a Process

[kendiefox]

I got an early birthday present from my mom! A little book(let?) about How to Crochet (along with a note and some cash, which is super nice and I'm excited to use that on prescription sunglasses). So I picked up the cotton yarn and crochet hooks that have been chilling on the coffee table for a while and started working on that 'single chain to begin a project' thing. What even is tension? How do hold yarn? I'm pretty sure I'm not supposed to be mucking about with how I'm holding everything as much as I am. And then I had to switch from the variegated green-and-white for a solid purple because I am not really good at determining where stitches are yet. So that attempt went slightly better because I could see the front and back of stitches. But tension is a thing for other people still and I skipped several stitches I should have worked so managed to decrease by about a third for the second row.

Well, at least the yarn isn't offended when I rip it out a thousand times and keep trying. :P

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Resource Suggestion

[thaddeusly]

I'm not sure if watching video works for you well or not, but I tend to think of it as a very good idea to check YouTube videos about anything I get confused about. There are so many great crocheters out there who upload their work and can talk you through basic stitches and how to set yourself up! Good luck on this adventure!!!

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[kendiefox]

Video has worked well for knitting skills, but for some reason I'm just not getting crochet via video. The diagrams in the book actually make sense to me? Which is the opposite of when I was learning to knit and the books could have been written in Ancient Greek for all I understood them.

But once I have the basics down I will try videos again for 'fancy' stitches and patterns.