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18Feb/10

Getting Started

I was remembering how hard it initially was for me to teach myself how to crochet. The real reason I wanted to learn was because I grew tired of making dolls out of sheets of felt, and my sister in law (who is from Japan) had crocheted an Amigurumi bear. She told me it was a common thing that women in Japan do, and that it was easier than it looked. After that day, I was determined to learn to crochet.

But of course, first I had to learn the basics, and I had a hard time finding everything I needed in one place, so I’m hoping to cover most of the basics that helped me, here on my own blog, so that others don’t have to struggle as much as I did.

Now, I’m not claiming to be an expert. I am far from an expert, but I do know some things that I would like to share with others who are trying out crochet.

And check it out!! I learned the art of Amigurumi. This Black Cat was my first completed project, and although my boyfriend mistook the brown triangle NOSE for a little MOUTH, I am satisfied with the look of it. Weird is in, y’know.

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18Feb/10

How to Crochet Waves (pattern)

After attempting a Zig-Zag pattern (which I still can’t quite figure out to my liking)

I accidentally came up with a fairly pleasing wavy/ripple pattern:

17Feb/10

How to Crochet a Hexagon (pattern)

Here’s a pattern I came up with after discovering the magic of Granny Squares:

17Feb/10

Well…

Blogging has been something I’m always “meaning to do”

but who would wanna hear about my life, really?

why would I wanna share?

There wasn’t much to share… until recently.

I’ve been crocheting and thought, hey, why not start a crocheting blog of my own

there’s only around 100 or so others out there, why not give it a shot?

I don’t have a formula to making this thing work, so I’m just going to post whatever I can think up. Sounds mathematical enough to me….

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