So today I spent the day hanging out with a friend and attempting to crochet. I've made chains in the past and a scarf with a pattern I have since completely forgotten how to do but that's the most crochet experience I have. I've always wanted to try my hand at it properly though and today I took my first steps towards being a crocheter by crocheting my first granny square.
My friend tried to show me as she's been knitting an crocheting for years (though slowly as the rug she started for her first child is still only 1/3 or so done at the birth of her third child shows) but we decided a youtube tutorial would walk me though it better and include an actual 'pattern' to follow.
Thank you youtube :)
My granny square was created using this tutorial 'Crochet: How to crochet a granny square for beginners' by Bella Coco on youtube. Much appreciated. I am eternally grateful for all the generous crafty people out there who take the time to share their skills, knowledge and designs on the web. It is such a great resource for learning new things that would otherwise be potentially hard to learn without a mentor.
I had A LOT of false starts but the good thing about crochet is you can just unwind it and try again. And again. And again. As many times as you need to. And the same for the youtube video, rewind, repeat and try again.
I used a 4mm hook and some generic acrylic wool that had been floating around not being used for forever and a day. I had to stop and start the tutorial as I went along just so I could work on it at my own pace. But doing that seems to work well for me and I was able to complete my square with not too much fuss.
So behold my first granny square!
Hopefully it will become a rug one day. Hopefully.
And here's one my friend made. She gave me it plus the wool used to be added to the eventual rug. So two whole squares done. Only...??? left to do.
A couple of WIP shots:
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