educe me

Ridiculous

I taught myself to knit, but I can’t seem to be able to teach myself to crochet.

You can leave a response below, or trackback from your own site.

Relatedly:

  • No Related Post

    9 Comments

  1. pea said:

    I don’t know how long it took you to learn to knit, but I have no doubt you’ll get the hang of crochet.

    I never graduated past making hats for my dolls but I still have the needle that I used back when I was seven. :D Ridiculously sentimental but it’s one of the few things I have from the move from El Salvador to the US and it makes me happy to still have it even though I’ve not made a thing in more than two decades.

  2. Amanda said:

    Me neither. I just end up with a tangled mess, and nothing even resembling crochet.

  3. Well that class will set you straight! Or is it knotted? Or looped? Or whatever crochet resembles.

  4. Anne said:
    @Pea: I think it probably took me a week to learn to do the knit stitch, then another week to learn to purl. Now I’m at the point where I can teach others to knit, so it’s frustrating not being able to pick up on crochet as easily. It’s just one damn needle! Just one!

    I don’t think I’ll be using crochet to make any clothing items, as crochet takes up 1/3 more yarn than knitting, and that’s a horrible waste as good quality yarn costs lots of money. I need every inch of yarn I can get! But, I am really enamored with the toys you can make with crochet. Such as the Amigurumi stuffed dolls. See Flickr for Amigurumi. Aren’t they awesome?!

    @Amanda: River Knits is having a Learn to Crochet class June 10th. I signed up for it yesterday.

    @TP: Crochet is, I believe, like knitting; I’ll be making lots of loops. So, it’ll set me loopy. Hm.

  5. Well, don’t get too loopy! You may never untangle. ;-)

  6. pea said:

    those are really cute!
    makes me think I should put that needle to its intended use again.
    think i got time to learn and make a bunch to give away as christmas presents??
    :D

  7. Anne said:
    Pea, let’s hope there’s time to learn and make them, because some xmas gifts are what I had in mind!
  8. Amanda said:

    Do they have an online sign up, or do you need to go in?

  9. Anne said:
    You need to go in to sign up. Her hours are limited (latest is 6:30pm on Tuesdays, otherwise it’s 5pm, or 3 on Saturdays), so if you need me to go in for you, let me know!

Leave Your Own Comment

XHTML: You can use these tags: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>

Gravatars: Curious about the little images next to each commenter's name? Go to Gravatar.