Absolute beginner in crocheting

So I started crocheting. I have wanted to for a little while now but was finally brave enough to buy a kit from Kmart.

What I have learnt in my first hour:

1. Don’t buy a kit.

I bought a kit because I thought it would be easy but what is even easier is just buying a crochet hook and some yarn (pick your favourite colour) and just trying out one stitch at a time.

2. Use one stitch until it looks good.

So I spent an hour crocheting the chain stitch. It’s my first stitch to learn and instead of following the kit and trying to keep changing stitches, I thought let’s just spend time learning one stitch and commit to memory.

3. Put on some music or a movie you know off by heart

I find it less stressful when I play some music to chill out to so I can just use the rhythm to practice the stitching.

4. Outcome

Well after an hour I still feel I haven’t mastered the chain stitch and that is ok. I want this to be a lifelong hobby and not just half looks good and half doesn’t. I really one day want to create my own objects such as unicorns etc to really make my heart sing and maybe one day I will sell them but for now I just want to learn it.

5. How it makes you feel

At first, I was trying to follow the kit and I was swearing. I was reading the instructions out loud and over and over. Then I watched some YouTube how-to videos and decided on the one stitch focus. After about a third of the length, I felt comfortable enough to do the crocheting without the video how-to then I actually became relaxed. I just kept practicing until my pinkie finger on my left hand, where I was hooking the yarn around to hold a steady hand started to hurt.

6. Is learning to crochet worth it

I really do think so. Once it takes time to master one stitch and then learn the other stitches, then look at kits to learn how to use those stitches to create a masterpiece, I feel it’s worth it. Plus it is relaxing even if you start off rusty. Go for it, I say. Just take it slow and over time you will discover how easy it is.

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