Crocheters?

[GodFlute2]

I've been looking for someone with the same interest in the arts and crafts section to talk to. Are there any crocheters(if that's even a word) that have IM or would like to talk to someone with a similar interest in crocheting?

 

[hischildsindik]

I have crocheted for many years.... you can always contact me any time. I use mostly Yahoo Messenger for IM and sometimes MSN messenger.

I think crocheting is my favorite arts and crafts... but then again it is usually whatever I am working on that is my favorite. I expect to hit crochet "burn out" soon and will move onto reading or the like for a while.... who knows.

Please feel free to PM me if you'd like to discuss crochet or whatever.

 

[beetlequeendiva]

I do crochet - I'm pretty new to it too though but I love meeting new people!!! PM me if you like I am msn and yahoo messenger!!! My blanket is really small right now

 

[GodFlute2]

Lol. You and I are gonna get along great by the sounds of it so far. I'm kinda new and my blanket is small at the moment, even for a baby blanket. =D

 

[Westvleteren]

Hi, I love to crochet! I'm self-taught, though, so if a pattern isn't written for a complete dummy, sometimes I have trouble following it. Maybe next time I'll come here and borrow some smarts...

 

[GodFlute2]

Lol, I'm kind of self taught. My grandma started teaching me several years ago, but I never really got interested till latly and now I'm teaching myself.

 

[Westvleteren]

Lol, I'm kind of self taught. My grandma started teaching me several years ago, but I never really got interested till latly and now I'm teaching myself.

My mother is a huge crocheter, knitter, sewer, etc. -- made all our clothes and everything when we were growing up. She tried for years to teach me to crochet, but I didn't learn until I was 30, when I decided I wanted to; I picked up a book at the library and followed the diagrams. Luckily, she found it funny instead of insulting!

 

[GodFlute2]

Lol.

 

[GodFlute2]

boy at home I feel old, but I feel really young here...I'm the youngest.

 

[Westvleteren]

boy at home I feel old, but I feel really young here...I'm the youngest.

Don't imagine crocheting is a big trend among the iPod generation...

When I take my crocheting on the train with me, fifty- and sixty-year-old women look at me and say, "I didn't think young women did that anymore."

Too bad, too. With the popularity of ponchos among "them young folks," you'd think more would want to learn. Instant gratification, I guess...

 

[GodFlute2]

Na, they look for the easy way out. Lol. I had a guy tell me that I wasn't s'posed to be doin' that(crocheting). It was for old ladies. I smiled and thought, yeah, sure, if ya say so, I enjoy it.

 

[beetlequeendiva]

Yup I get funny looks when people see me knitting or crotcheting but I don't really care - I think it's very relaxing!!!

 

[GodFlute2]

Relaxing and doesn't take up much energey so you can do it and other things at the same time.

 

[hischildsindik]

I've not gotten too many funny looks, in fact I was at the hostpital in the waiting room waiting for my mom to get back from her appointment a few weeks ago, when a lady came across the waiting room to me and just had to know what I was making and the thread/yarn I was using. I figure if they want to give funny looks then they just don't appreciate what it is we do, crochet, knit... any hand craft really and thus they are not candidates to receive.

My mom tells me I taught myself crochet, I don't remember for sure, but she said she was trying and failing to teach herself when I just said I could do it ...and then I did. I've been crocheting for at least 20+ years. And I still love it. I am not working on knitting too.

 

[country woman]

Hi and welcome to the forum I to love to crochet I have made baby blankets scarves, and blankets for couches and beds

 

[beetlequeendiva]

how do you crochet a scarf? that sounds nice!!!

 

[GodFlute2]

well, you start at one end at work to the other...not much to it.

 

[beetlequeendiva]

I only know how to start in the middle of a blanket!!!! LOL - I'm not experience at crotcheting!!!

 

[GodFlute2]

Oh, I've been wondering how you do that.

WEll, you start with a chain, of either the length or width you want the scarf, and then kind of build a wall to the other side. I'll have to look up the exacts. Give me a minute.

 

[GodFlute2]

Sorry it took me more than a minute to get it up, but here ist is.

Size: Approx 7" wide x 54" long.

Materials:
Lion Brand Chenille Think and Quick, Art. #950 (100 yd. skeins): skein in #108 Dunsty Blue or the color of your choice. Crochet hook size N or size needed to obtain gauge.

Gauge: 3 sts = 2" in pat st.
TO INSURE PROPER SIZE, BE SURE TO CHECK YOUR GAUGE.

Patter Stitch:
Pat Row 1: Sc in first sc, sc in back loop of each sc across to last sc.

Scarf:
Ch 82.
Foundation row: Sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across. Ch 1, turn.
Work pat Row 1 8 more times. Fasten off. Weave in ends.

For wider Scarf: Work additional rows with additional Loin Brand Chenille Thick and Quick.
For Shawl width: Work additional rows with additional Lion Brand Chenille Thick and Quick until piece meas approx 22" or as desired. Or keep going for a most luxurious throw.
For longer Scarf: Add 3 ch for each additional 2" of lingth desired to initial ch 82. Then work pat above with additional Lion Brand Chenille Think and Quick.