I don't know anyone (close by anyway) that can teach me...does anyone have any books or sites that I could learn from? My mother tried to teach me when I was 10, but we were both too impatient :laugh:

TIA!
Michelle :)

Leisure Arts has a Leaflet out called " I Can't Believe I'm Crocheting" it has both left and right crochet
It is Leaflet # 2738

COATS & CLARK
J14-1403 Crochet Made Easy

ASN PUBLISHING
1147 Learn to Crochet in Just One Day (Left-Handers)

There's one by red heart yarn too. I'll have to look that one up.

Sara

This is a great place to start! There are tons of pictures to guide you through the basic stiches, then there are MANY links listed here to free patterns, etc. If you have any specific questions feel free to ask me. :)

Hope you have fun! I love to crochet while I'm watching TV or a video, its also really relaxing right before bed.

Xylina, your post sounded like you had a link, but I didn't see one. :toothy:

Chelle,
Tonight, I went and purchased the "I can't believe I'm crocheting" guide. It cost $6.50 and is a decent leaflet. I have seen better, but this was the best they had at Michaels. I also picked up another leaflet called "63 easy to crochet pattern stitches". It shows patterns to do squares for afghans. I also picked up some new hooks. (bought a kit by Susan Bates) It was $14.99, but includes 6 hooks, a leaflet, and a knit check. Because I am just starting from the beginning, I didn't want to pay the prices of the single packaged hooks. (saw one at $12.99 for only one
:eek: )

I'll let you know how I do. That is if I ever get some quiet time to kind of go through it all. LOL I haven't held a crochet hook and yarn in about 10 years now. LOL Hoping a lot of it just comes back to me. I was never awesome, but I am hoping I can at least pick up basic stitches easily again soon.

Sara

Here are some sites for you chelle

http://www.geocities.com/snowymts.geo/crochet2.html

This one looks better
http://crochet.about.com/library/blbeginners.htm?PM=ss11_crochet
Plus it has a lot of patterns and such

http://crochet.about.com/

I think I've been here before

Keep us posted on your progress and first project. I posted a site with lots of quick little projects a while back.

http://www.craftersdesign.com/introcc101.htm
http://hometown.aol.com/lffunt/patterns.htm
http://www.crochetnmore.com/
http://crochet.about.com/library/weekly/aa052398.htm
http://www.lionbrand.com/cgi-bin/lionbrand/index.fcgi?page=http://www.lionbrand.com/patcroch.htm
http://www.stitchguide.com/stitches/crochet/stitch_pages/cro_cluster.html

http://www.crochetsites.com/crochetpatterns.html
http://www.Knitting-Crochet.com/

I like the book "Crocheting in Plain English" by Maggie Righetti. It's a great instructional book, as well as being a fun read. :)

few more links:
http://www.wrights.com/class/needlework/class_needle.htm
http://www.patchworkcrochet.com/howtos.htm
http://www.smartcrochet.com/tutorial.shtml

These cover the basics.
Sara

Here's another one:

http://www.crochet.com/lessons/lessonr/lessonr.html

Sara

This is something I've always wanted to do but for the life of me have never been able to do it. My mom used to crochet beautifully but never could teach me either. Now dd wants to learn and I can't teach her.

Thanks for the websites.

Good Luck Michelle!

I have been crocheting for over 25 years and I still love it! I am currently working on 3 different projects. If you have any questions, just ask. I still find it very relaxing. I have taught all of my nieces (4 of them), 1 nephew and 2 of my sisters to crochet. After you get the stitches down, I think the hardest part was showing them how to read a pattern with all the abreviations. Keep in mind when you are picking out patterns, that the British ones refer to the stitches differently from the American versions. Same stitch, different names.
I hope you enjoy it!

Diana

ASN PUBLISHING
1147 Learn to Crochet in Just One Day (Left-Handers)

where do I find this? My dd is 6 and is left handed and wants to learn how to crochet. This would really help her.

Beth

A friend taught me about 12 years ago. I'm still working on the first afghan :laugh:


Good Luck Chelle & Sara!!

well thanks guys i have aways wanted to learn but being a lefty and my mother is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO impatient that i never did get to learn tomorrow i will check this out though.

well i started my crochet i am sure Myriahs dolls will be running for cover, (barbies) when they see this. LOL

:bump:

Here's a great list of tutorials.
http://www.crochetpatterncentral.com/tutorials.php

tons of patterns too.
http://www.crochetpatterncentral.com/directory.php

OMG Sara, thank you. I can see where I'm going to be spending some of my eveing. What a great site!!