BYC Crochet Club **ARCHIVE THREAD** NEW THREAD OPENED

[risurocket]

hee hee, it's a hat.

it's really not turning out how it is supposed to... so far... I am hoping it improves. It's my first attempt at a hat.

Ok I am really leaving now, before the professor police get on me.

and my bling above wishes all a good night!

sweet dreams! time for me to burn the candle at both ends and work on my projects. *whip crack*

 

[risurocket]

algopurple - thank you.

Skand is right. If you just keep going around in that first part of your granny square you get one big circle. I actually still don't know how to do granny squares... heh...I can't get past the first circle... A couple of things get confusing with decreasing and increasing stitches in order to give a circle the shape it needs. One day it *might* fit around my head.

I actually found working in the round much happier for me than squares. But you definitely need a stitch marker unless you want to just keep going and going until you are too dizzy to look at the thing any more.

I have found this thread to have the best and most helpful group of hooker sisters I ever did see. If you have a question, never feel uncomfortable asking. We are still trying to teach Skand the "hooker" lingo.

I am still trying to learn a lot of it too. I am by no means an expert, I just happen to be online and catching all the posts right now...

I see the professor police... I better run!

See ya! This time for real!

 

[algopurple]

I just tried to upload a pic under my name. avitar i think is what its called and was told my pics are too big. thats going to be the same problem if i take pics of my blankets. same cam. what can i do to get pics on here?
talk slow, not very puter savy

 

[algopurple]

Going to go work on my squares now, cousin is having her baby in April and unless I make myself stay on it I will not get finnished in time. I will try to get back on here tomorrow if I don't check back later tonight. Got to go to the doctor early tomorrow so prolly wont be back tonight. Glad I found this group. Yall all seem to be a good bunch of ppl and think I could get real comfortable here.

 

[skand]

Lol!
Hey my first attempt at crochet was making a granny square, that would be the ONLY reason I know how to make them.
I found my stitch marker effective when I made the scarves for the girls Christmas. It really woulda helped with the prayer shawls.
It works when you do granny's too. You always have to keep up with your start row, that way you know where your end will be.
With any pattern, like the prayer shawls and the girls scarves, it was a row of sc (single crochet) and three rows of dc (double crochet). The marker kept up with each of my rows of sc. I kept using the same color, got REALLY confusing. Did I do a row already? Hmm guess not, I'll do one,then look back five rows later, got three rows of sc and one row dc. lol It kept track for me....so long as I moved it of course. Which I will admit, I didn't always do...hehehe

 

[algopurple]

Skand, for what you were doing it would be helpful. I always wondered how ppl kept up with what they were doing when they made things with changing patterns. was wondering how to do that..another thing on my to learn later list.

 

[skand]

I found that if I keep my projects down to a 5 day accomplishment, it was easier! That, and I get to learn more things quicker. I stay with one pattern until I feel that I can come back at anytime, pick up where I left off without having to remember, lookup, or recite, then I can move on to a different pattern. Throw in a few challenges next time. Differnt size maybe, different way..like when I turned prayer shawls to scarves..hehe
Now I'm trying out something new, a poncho-kinda shape. lol It started out as doing a scarf, just differently, and viola! I learn something new. hehehe
My accidental experiments turn into bronze! hehe I'm not a Queen, it doesn't come out gold. --yet! ok, time to hide over.....there..^^

 

[Feathers Acres]

Sign me up. I know how to knit and latch-hook etc. But I really never quite
got how to crochet. My grandma tryed to teach, but I was a lost cause. Lets just say I get frustrated really easy at stuff like that LOL

 

[karanleaf]

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That would be great feathers If you got the paients for knitting I know you can master crochet....

I had an Aunt that tried to teach me to knit I finally learned to do it a bit but I can crochet soo much easier. As you have probily read in the last few posts, any pattern or shape, it needs not be purrfect. We love to see newbies bloom into full time crochet hookers

And Purple I was so glad to see that Rocket and Sk

took you under their wing so to say

Just let Queen Scoot in the conversation and Mangled and LC and you will get a great tutoral on Hooker lingo and SE and Maw and untangle any confusion you may have. You are in good hands so just jump in the fun is great and just look here this is a photo of the squares form the fall swap, soo just think how great the spring ones will be with differents shapes.

This is part of what makes this a great thread, the gals, the chat, the patterns, the gals, the friendship, the sharing, the gals, the jokes, the caring, the surprises, and did I mention the gals.. I have to start my day here and end my day here.

That goes for all of yas

Oh I'm gettin mushie

Well gals I need to get a cup of hot tea and go talk to Ms Cluck while I work on my circles.

Karan

 

[Scrambled Egg]

Going to go work on my squares now, cousin is having her baby in April and unless I make myself stay on it I will not get finnished in time. I will try to get back on here tomorrow if I don't check back later tonight. Got to go to the doctor early tomorrow so prolly wont be back tonight. Glad I found this group. Yall all seem to be a good bunch of ppl and think I could get real comfortable here.

We certainly hope you get comfortable here!! Love having you!!

Wow, two new folks in one day!!! Welcome FeathersAcres!!!!!

Awesome to have you here!!! We love new folks, this group acclimates well to new folks, you will feel like you've been here for months in just a short while. I told someone yesterday that several of us belong to crochetville and craftster and other crochet forums but speaking personally, they are too "impersonal" to chat and belong to..great for pattern searches but not a community like this one...so welcome!! Adding you to the list!!!

Ths spring swap will be alot of fun for us with the challenging shapes this time...circles, hexagons, triangles..should be fun!!!

Looked through my squares twice last night, love them!!! Some really nice patterns! Thank you everyone!!