Hello to all!

[Former_Member]

Hello there!
Welcome to the group!
I make as much as I can whenever I can :). Currently working on jewellery making, Must start uploading my new jewellery pieces onto here as I am not selling as much as I would like to at craft fairs. Anywho I also make zentangle notebooks and notecards as well as knitting, crochet, sewing - someone recently told me to make more garments as that's what my degree was for but I just don't have the space at home at the moment.
I will now be making a resolution to get some more items up on here to move my stock as it were :)
Oh I'm also captain of the group and unfortunately have been neglecting my duties due to internet connection at home being absolutely awful and if I'm honest, forgetting all about Etsy :( No fear I am back!!!!! I mean it this time!!!
Sorry ladies and gents - members of the group. Let's get this group moving again properly!

[Former_Member]

Hi Maddison,
I've only just discovered communities on Etsy, luckily coming across this one, as I can never settle on the one craft for long. I love textiles and sculpture, started out knitting and moved on to jewellery making after I found out you could knit and sew with wire :-) ! I'd love to be able to crochet flowers etc, but I find it so difficult after knitting so long, can't get my head around it! Have you any advice on books/links to really simple instructions?

[Former_Member]

Hi Maddison, welcome back :) hope you get your stock moving soon so that you can create new and exciting items!

Rachel, I am the opposite, I crochet in my spare time and can't wrap my head around knitting. LOL. I don't use patterns, but usually on the yarn they come with one, or you can find one on line?

[Former_Member]

Thanks Anna, maybe I just need to have another crack at it! I'm afraid it's the same as free-hand stitching, with a machine or a cross stitch I'm fine as I know where I'm going, but otherwise I make a bit of a mess! I'm not patient enough to keep the stitches small! :-) I think my local knitting shop does some crochet so I'll have another go; I'll let you know how it goes!

[Former_Member]

Hi Rachel and welcome to the team.

I managed to find a little book on crochet flowers think it's one of those 20 makes ones. they're only small.

My nan taught me how to crochet in the round and that's how I learned lol. I love crochet, prefer it to knitting. I also have a book on amigurumi and made quite a few pandas as they were so simple. You just keep going round increasing in numbers and then decrease in numbers to end with a ball lol.

Easiest one off the top of my head... magic circle. 5 double crochet into circle. 1 chain, double crochet all the way around (5dc) then 2 dc into each dc. then i think is the tricky bit for me... think it's 1 ch treble into first dc another treble into same hole and on dc into next stitch and repeat. think that's a flower lol. I have a pattern for a star :) very similar.

Will dig it out if you like?

[Former_Member]

Rachel, it can defiantly be frustrating keep trying, and if it frustrates you just put it aside and do something else and go back to it later.

Maddison That sounds like a good one I may need to try that myself!

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