Finally, my crochet crayon roll is done

I am not good with them either. I did buy a thing of thick yarn though, I want to try to finger knit a cowl. It seems easy enough.

I started with very thin yarn and knitting needles, as I only had them initially, and those made me feel quite struggling at the beginning. Slowly, the more I knit, the more comfortable I feel. Then I found thicker yarn and knitting needles, I found it much easier to knit. Same went to crocheting as well. I started to knit a scarf. I am not sure if it's a good idea to take scarf as the first knitting project, it is a very simple pattern, but it took me very long time to finish it. After that, I learned to knit some simple stuffs and toys for my children to play. Then, I have more motivation in knitting. Perhaps knitting or crocheting something useful to you make it more interesting and motivated to learn. For my son, I plan to make his first knitting project to be a simple ball. There are many free tutorials online, and I found learning from video tutorials (youtube) is easier for me. I usually searched for the one that I find it easier to understand and follow. I just keep watching the video and follow, until I get it right. Hope this helps and inspires you to learn crocheting/knitting.

@ScribbledAdNauseum I think finger knitting should be easier. I haven't learn to finger knit a cowl before, I just finger knitted a string, and it can be converted into a wealth, flower, etc. I have read about arm knitting as well. If you have tried finger knitting, perhaps you can also try arm knitting a scarf. Please share your cowl and tag me when you are done. I'd love to see it.

Thanks. Yes, he likes it. Though he saw me crocheting it, he didn't know it's crayons' home.

@kaka135 He didn't know you were making it for him?

@TheHorse Nope. I always try to keep it secretly when I want to make something for the children, and give them a surprise. As this crayon roll is too big and took me quite some time to complete, so I just had to crochet in front of them, but he didn't know what it's for or whether I'm making for him.

Thanks. I don't think I will ask my son to make it, as the sewing part seems to be too much for a 7yo kid, and my son doesn't have the patience to sew so much. There are something I'd like to make for him.

Thanks. The strands with flowers at the end are actually to tie it up. Actually it can also be done with a button.

@kaka135 Oh okay. I thought the flowers with the strands might be the way to do it, but wasn't sure!

@ScribbledAdNauseum I forgot to mention that in my post.

@JudyEv I guess the adjusting part is very challenging to me, but it's really something good to learn.

Thanks. Yes, I always do not enjoy doing the final part - sewing up. Crocheting or knitting seems to be quite fun for me, then the sewing is always challenging.

@kaka135 I used to do a lot of crochet and learn to adjust patterns for jumpers and cardigans so that they wouldn't have any (or hardly any) seams.

I checked on the post, but I have no idea as well, except for what you suggested her to do. There was once my image didn't show up which is when I added a link to the discussion. But Anne didn't have any links to the discussion, it should be fine.

@kaka135 Thanks for looking at it. Maybe someone else will come along and help her.

Thanks. Yes, that's my intention, hopefully the children will put the crayons back to their "home" accordingly. I am planning to make another for the colored pencils, perhaps just simply sewing, no color matching.

Sorry, can you please reload this discussion? I just added the image using my tablet. I always use my laptop to type, then use my tablet to upload the image right after I posted the discussion.

Thanks. I purposely picked the colors to match the crayons, but I don't have all the colors actually.

Thanks. Yes, my children love the crayon roll. They saw me crocheting the roll, but they didn't know what it's for. When I opened the roll, and showed them the crayons, they were quite excited. They were happy to use the crayons to draw and write.

Thanks. It's simple pattern, but took me quite long to complete it. I prefer to make small items.