I Love to Crochet

Thank you. It’s true crocheting is much faster. And being someone who gets bored easily, I always choose crocheting over knitting as I can finish a project much faster. But knitting is so much easier than crocheting. If you make a mistake in crocheting, you have take out everything but knitting is different. You can just address the error down the row except for when you do cable stitches.

@LadyDuck This is why I always have multiple projects that I do concurrently. When I’m bored with one, I will pick up another project. And when I’m bored with that, I will return to the previous one. But at times, I forget what hook I use. And that would be such a bummer.

@UmiNoor I am like you, if I cannot finish quickly what I am doing, I get bored.

Do you mean if I sell the stuff that I made? I used to when I was younger and had friends. Right now, I don’t really go out or make friends so I crochet and knit for fun and some I made for family. I do like to sell them but I don’t want to sell them on Etsy or other online platfoorm.

@UmiNoor oh I see. Your works are good, I think you should sell it out

@rakski My daughters thought so too. But I’m not really into marketing or such thing. Perhaps I could just try to list them on Etsy. I do make amigurumi too. I made a Batman amigurumi for my daughter and an Ironman amigurumi for my son-in-law. They love it. I feel that being appreciated for what I did is priceless.

When I started to look for tutorials online, I didn’t know there are many complicated patterns that had been invented, mostly by Russian crocheters. And since their tutorials are in their language, I can hardly follow their instructions. There are many less complicated patterns that you can do. As long as you know how to make a chain, a single crochet, double crochet and triple crochet, I think you’re good to go. Most crochet patterns just use these basic patterns especially amigurumi which only use single crochet stitches.

@averygirl72 Even though there are two colours, I crocheted one colour at a time. It’s like magic. Hehe. That is the magic of entrelac stitch. It looks like the colours are next to each other but in fact, they are crocheted one at a time.

@UmiNoor The one in the picture you post, the bag looks complicated to me because it uses two different color of yarn. I know all the basics. I enjoyed crochet before but now I lose interest. Maybe I will try to revive my interest in crocheting

Thank you. I crocheted this for my daughter. She bought the yarns so many years ago but didn’t do anything with them so when she spring cleaned her room, she gave all the yarns that she had bought to me so in return for her generosity, I made her this bag.

It’s all in the pattern and stitches. Knitting stitches are much more compact and close whereas crochet stitches are not that much compact. It takes someone who has knitted and crocheted to tell the difference. If you haven’t done either, it’s understandable that you can’t tell the difference.

@sol_cee Yes, the yarn would be the same except crocheting uses crochet hooks while knitting uses two needles.

@UmiNoor and you use the same material for both, right?

My mom taught me to crochet and knit. I’m self-taught. She only taught me the basic stitches and I learn the rest myself. YouTube is a great teacher and has many amazing tutorials that are easy to follow.

@UmiNoor yeah...this is true. These days technology has made us all beru self dependent

Thank you. Moms are usually good at crocheting and knitting. I try to teach my children how to crochet but they find knitting easier and they’re all very busy with their daily life that they can’t indulge.

Thank you. I’ve never done this before either. This was the first time I tried the entrelac crochet stitch. Thanks to YouTube tutorials.

I’m sorry to hear about your fingers arthritis. I won’t know what I would do if I can’t crochet or knit anymore. I used to get joint pain when I crochet or knit for too long but not anymore after I take glucosamine tablet daily.

I tried cross-stitch once but never got the hang of it.

Thank you. I try my best.

That is great. You must be a master at crochet.