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ScandalAndy 10-03-2012 07:02 AM
bumpity bump! anybody still on this thread? Want to add each other on ravelry?

cinnamongrrl 10-03-2012 07:28 AM
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Originally Posted by ScandalAndy (Post 667089)
bumpity bump! anybody still on this thread? Want to add each other on ravelry?
What is ravelry exactly? I crochet and I'm going to be starting knitting classes....my girls do beading and sewing...we love crafts :)

amiyesiam 10-03-2012 10:16 AM
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Originally Posted by cinnamongrrl563 (Post 667108)
What is ravelry exactly? I crochet and I'm going to be starting knitting classes....my girls do beading and sewing...we love crafts :)
Ravelry.com is a worldwide knitting/crocheting/spinning website. It is awesome and free. There are tons of patterns, groups, contests in groups, you have project pages, a library for your patterns, a place to "stash" your yarns to keep track of them, you can make friends, people are generally nice, there are groups for everything and everyone. I love it!

amiyesiam 10-03-2012 10:23 AM
I put "crochet" in pattern search and it came back with: 89,894 matches.

always2late 11-11-2012 11:46 PM
I taught myself to knit several years ago, and I really enjoy it. I decided to teach myself how to crochet because I found some really cute patterns for crocheting animals. I'm having some trouble though, with crocheting the adjustable ring. I've started working on a scarf, just a basic stitch, to give myself some practice and develop a familiarity with the hook and the basic stitches. Has anyone else here had trouble mastering the adjustable ring?

ScandalAndy 11-12-2012 06:59 AM
I'm not a crocheter, but i did find this. Let me know if it helps, and good luck with that!

Making the Magic Ring







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Originally Posted by always2late (Post 698511)
I taught myself to knit several years ago, and I really enjoy it. I decided to teach myself how to crochet because I found some really cute patterns for crocheting animals. I'm having some trouble though, with crocheting the adjustable ring. I've started working on a scarf, just a basic stitch, to give myself some practice and develop a familiarity with the hook and the basic stitches. Has anyone else here had trouble mastering the adjustable ring?

Ms. Meander 11-12-2012 07:53 AM
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Originally Posted by amiyesiam (Post 667241)
Ravelry.com is a worldwide knitting/crocheting/spinning website. It is awesome and free. There are tons of patterns, groups, contests in groups, you have project pages, a library for your patterns, a place to "stash" your yarns to keep track of them, you can make friends, people are generally nice, there are groups for everything and everyone. I love it!

Good to know!

I taught myself to crochet last winter, aided exclusively by You Tube videos. Now I can read patterns without visual aids, although I admit that I keep it pretty simple, so far. If I ever want to try something new, there is always a video for it. But it might be nice to have people with whom to share ideas, ask questions, and find inspiration.

I was on a piglet-kick for a while. I was thinking that the next one should have wings.

http://i1179.photobucket.com/albums/...eander/pig.jpg

Bèsame* 11-12-2012 07:59 AM
Those piglets are darling!
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Originally Posted by Ms. Meander (Post 698615)
Good to know!

I taught myself to crochet last winter, aided exclusively by You Tube videos. Now I can read patterns without visual aids, although I admit that I keep it pretty simple, so far. If I ever want to try something new, there is always a video for it. But it might be nice to have people with whom to share ideas, ask questions, and find inspiration.

I was on a piglet-kick for a while. I was thinking that the next one should have wings.

http://i1179.photobucket.com/albums/...eander/pig.jpg

MsMerrick 11-19-2012 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by ScandalAndy (Post 667089)
bumpity bump! anybody still on this thread? Want to add each other on ravelry?
Sure LadyMerrick on Ravelry, friend me : 0

girl_dee 11-20-2012 05:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Ms. Meander (Post 698615)
Good to know!

I taught myself to crochet last winter, aided exclusively by You Tube videos. Now I can read patterns without visual aids, although I admit that I keep it pretty simple, so far. If I ever want to try something new, there is always a video for it. But it might be nice to have people with whom to share ideas, ask questions, and find inspiration.

I was on a piglet-kick for a while. I was thinking that the next one should have wings.

http://i1179.photobucket.com/albums/...eander/pig.jpg

Ok this is really cute!

princessbelle 11-20-2012 05:53 PM
Dee, dont mean to be following you around LOL. I bought some "beginner" knitting things today and i'm going to try my hand at it.

I've been reading in this thread awhile and you all are so very talented. You are all very amazing.

I have zero crafting talent in my bones. BUT, i wanted to start doing something. So i'm gonna try and knit a scarf for Bully.

I got a "kit" that has needles and some other things i have no clue what they are and a book and CD.

I got two bundles of yarn.

So far that's all i know. I'm getting ready to get into it tonight though. I'm so excited!!!!

Thanks for this thread and all that post here. You give someone like me real hope. :blush:

girl_dee 11-20-2012 06:20 PM
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Originally Posted by princessbelle (Post 704269)
Dee, dont mean to be following you around LOL. I bought some "beginner" knitting things today and i'm going to try my hand at it.

I've been reading in this thread awhile and you all are so very talented. You are all very amazing.

I have zero crafting talent in my bones. BUT, i wanted to start doing something. So i'm gonna try and knit a scarf for Bully.

I got a "kit" that has needles and some other things i have no clue what they are and a book and CD.

I got two bundles of yarn.

So far that's all i know. I'm getting ready to get into it tonight though. I'm so excited!!!!

Thanks for this thread and all that post here. You give someone like me real hope. :blush:

Yay for you! A knitting virgin? Well i can tell you that i tried once to knit something, and i wanted to stab myself in the forehead with the needle by the time i was done.

So i crochet, big easy blankets and scarfs.

THEN my friend came over and showed me how to knit! WOW it's much easier for me with someone showing me.

IMO there is something special about something someone made, like someone once said to me, *it's part of your life*

and when i make something for someone i put much energy and thought into it for them, so when they use it they get all of that good juju along with it.

Corny eh?

princessbelle 11-20-2012 07:09 PM
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Originally Posted by girl_dee (Post 704289)

Yay for you! A knitting virgin? Well i can tell you that i tried once to knit something, and i wanted to stab myself in the forehead with the needle by the time i was done.

So i crochet, big easy blankets and scarfs.

THEN my friend came over and showed me how to knit! WOW it's much easier for me with someone showing me.

IMO there is something special about something someone made, like someone once said to me, *it's part of your life*

and when i make something for someone i put much energy and thought into it for them, so when they use it they get all of that good juju along with it.

Corny eh?
Yes!!! That is why i wanted to try. My family is full of artist. My mom paints. My brother was a real artist, i think you've seen his work on fb. I have cousins in symphonies scattered all over the US. Music teachers. Art teachers....on and on.

And then...there is me. lol. I've tried so many crafts. I can make jewelry but it's just not that fun to me. I have enough beads in my closet to make a necklace long enough to stretch to where you live.

Anyway, point is, i DO want something that is from my hands that i can pass on to someone. A part of my life, my love and my work. Corny, maybe. But i want it and i want it bad.

I'm sitting here trying to go by this book and the first stitch to learn is the casting stitch. I look at the pic and i'm not sure if i'm doing it right or not. That is what is so frustrating. What if i'm practicing it wrong?

I'm not to the point of poking my eyes out with the needle yet, but i have sat on them twice now.

girl_dee 11-20-2012 07:21 PM
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Originally Posted by princessbelle (Post 704321)
Yes!!! That is why i wanted to try. My family is full of artist. My mom paints. My brother was a real artist, i think you've seen his work on fb. I have cousins in symphonies scattered all over the US. Music teachers. Art teachers....on and on.

And then...there is me. lol. I've tried so many crafts. I can make jewelry but it's just not that fun to me. I have enough beads in my closet to make a necklace long enough to stretch to where you live.

Anyway, point is, i DO want something that is from my hands that i can pass on to someone. A part of my life, my love and my work. Corny, maybe. But i want it and i want it bad.

I'm sitting here trying to go by this book and the first stitch to learn is the casting stitch. I look at the pic and i'm not sure if i'm doing it right or not. That is what is so frustrating. What if i'm practicing it wrong?

I'm not to the point of poking my eyes out with the needle yet, but i have sat on them twice now.
You are so lucky to be learning in the age of YOUTUBE!!
YOUTUBE IT !!!

They have EVERYTHING!

princessbelle 11-20-2012 07:22 PM
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Originally Posted by girl_dee (Post 704330)
You are so lucky to be learning in the age of YOUTUBE!!
YOUTUBE IT !!!

They have EVERYTHING!
OMG i hadn't thought of that!!!! Ok i'll be backkkkkkkkkkkkkk!!!!

:bunchflowers:

girl_dee 11-20-2012 07:24 PM
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Originally Posted by princessbelle (Post 704332)
OMG i hadn't thought of that!!!! Ok i'll be backkkkkkkkkkkkkk!!!!

:bunchflowers:
i learn way better from a visual.. then you know if you are doing it right!

amiyesiam 11-20-2012 08:43 PM
Yes Youtube, that is how I learned to knit, purl, every stitch, how to cast off, cast on, everything!

Bit 11-20-2012 09:59 PM
I learned to tat from youtube. It was fun, but oh my, I sure did replay parts of the videos over and over and over trying to figure everything out, lol! The nice thing was that no one got irritated at me for asking them to show me so many times in a row. :cheesy:

amiyesiam 11-20-2012 10:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Bit (Post 704441)
I learned to tat from youtube. It was fun, but oh my, I sure did replay parts of the videos over and over and over trying to figure everything out, lol! The nice thing was that no one got irritated at me for asking them to show me so many times in a row. :cheesy:
exactly!
and
Hi~ lovely lady!

girl_dee 11-21-2012 07:36 AM
You tube has helped me with lots of stuff!

i think Belle got lost in Youtube and never came back. :confused:

Maybe she stabbed herself in the forehead with a knitting needle. :blink:

Maybe she stayed up all night and got it done! :knit:

Maybe she's strangling poor Bully with what is supposed to be a scarf :bolt:

i hope she comes back, with photos! :knitgirl:


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