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fruitsclipper · 10 months ago

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Hello! I'm sorry if this is out of the blue, but how'd you get so good at crochet? Your doily looks amazing! I can knit very simple stuff and I've been meaning to pick up crochet, but knit/crochet language for projects can be confusing lol. Also how's your day been?

ahhh i've been crocheting for like 4... and a half? years or so now ... so i think a big part of my skill is just lots of practice! back when i was starting out (learning the stitches) i would make soooo many little "test" swatches to make sure my tension is even, that all the stitches look uniform etc. ^_^ but even still whenever i do a flat project i always make the foundation chain too tight... sob

some written patterns get really confusing with all the abbreviations and whatnot :( if you're lucky sometimes there's charted patterns which might be less confusing. plus it's kindof like a visual guide to see what and how each row/ round will look instead of just. guessing

i've been meaning to get into knitting but having two needles to deal with instead of just one hook is like @_@ too much at once!! afghan/ tunisian crochet is similar to knitting i've heard but idk enough about knitting to say for sure lol

my day's been alright! i packed up some of my stuff for moving back in2 my dorm... classes start back up for me on monday + move-back-in is tomorrow. yaay 🎉

#messages #sorry this is kind of long i get excited about crochet hehe ^^;#Also one more thing i can say is i don't like working flat (“traditional”) projects #the ones u flip back and forth. it is just annoying to me personally!#working in the round (granny squares... doilies etc.) is soo much easier. Again to me personally #also tunisian crochet is my friend as well. no turning. and the simple stitch (tss) is sooo cushy and soft and lovely #Also also. secret second thing im going to say. the doily i'm doing is like suuuper advanced #of course there's flat ones (one of my favorite patterns is made like entirely out of double crochet + a few chains. it lays completely fla #Now i lost my train of thought oops ^^; i think i was going 2 say start off easy. make as many little projects #as it takes 2 get familiar with stitches. and then maybe do a project with one new stitch to you. popcorn... front/ back post... clusters..#+ if it ends up badly then frog it!! re-wind it into the ball for next time #ohh my god. sorry for the long tags. i hope you're having a good day ♥

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