I’ve just finished my first exceedingly satisfying crochet project. As mentioned in my last post, I did learn a bit of crochet when I was little, but it was from a extremely retro Ladybird book which banged on about gauge and measuring your stitches far too much (in my 7 year old opinion).
So this tutorial from Carly was a lovely introduction to chain stitch, double and triple crochet (to the point that I was running around squeaking ‘I can crochet! Look, I can crochet!” – husband in the shower not significantly impressed). And now I have a beautifully cosy snood:
I want another crochet project! Preferably another one with Rowan Big Wool (the name just makes me happy, I’m easily pleased).
Just looked back at Carly’s blog, and my snood is much smaller – am I doing the stitches too tight? Maybe I should have paid more attention to gauge…
Hello! I’m glad the snood inspired you to have a go at crochet, it looks fab! I have no idea about gauge, same as you it seems like too much of a faff. I don’t know why yours is smaller – are you alternating the rows double/treble crochet using a big hook (I used 8mm)? I don’t count rows, I just use two balls of the Rowan big wool and stop when it runs out! I think just experiment, looking forward to seeing more of your projects!
Carly x
Thanks Carly. I tried to comment on your blog, but I didn’t have any of the right IDs… I’ll definitely be looking out for more of your crochet projects! I still have some big wool left over, so I might have another go. I did use an 8mm hook, but I have a 9mm somewhere – maybe I just need really big hooks!
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