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How do you know when you have passed beginner crocheting status?



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I have been crocheting for a couple of years now and I have kept it relatively simple. 

I originally started crocheting intermediate augumani patterns. I didn’t realise they were intermediate. When you do a pattern, it doesn’t always say what level of crocheting it is out. 

This is what I have learnt is the crocheting levels for crocheting augumani: 

1. Beginner crocheter in augumani. What this looks like is no sew patterns. Patterns that take 30 minutes or less to crochet. Also for me personally, I look for simple stitch patterns. And what I mean by that is: the stitches can only include chain, single crochet, increase and decrease. I feel like that includes a lot of patterns involving these basic stitches and to be honest I don’t really want to learn more stitches, even if they are basic. 

2. Intermediate crocheter in augumani. This looks like a two hour crochet pattern to make. It also includes parts that need to be sewn on. For example, in two hours I could crochet an ice cream and sew on the cream falling. Too cute. Or this could include crocheting a cat and include its ears and tail. Plus crocheting a face which can feel tricky. 

Sewing pieces on takes some practice, so make the body a couple of times and then practice how to try and make the pieces sewn on in similar matching areas. 

The other tricky part is when crocheting that you don’t lose stitch count while crocheting pairs of parts. For example, I might need to crochet two arms and two legs and they are all the same size but when I crochet these items, one of the parts doesn’t look like the same as the others. So I have to crochet the same part a fifth time and hope it looks the same. 

So I suggest when crocheting intermediate augumani patterns. Write down where you are up to with the stitches, so if you get interrupted (and you will) you will have the point where you are up to in the count. You can use stitch markers but personally, I haven’t found them helpful. 

As suggested above, sewing on a face also takes practice. I would suggest you crochet a few circled shapes and then practice different types of eyes and mouths and maybe even eye brows. It doesn’t have to be fancy but you don’t want to ruin what you have spent a few hours crocheting to have the face ruin the entire augumani. 

Again, as a personal approach, I don’t use the crochet eyes you can buy that are hard as I am scared of them falling out and a child choking on them. Even though they can look way better than just yarn sewn into an eye. 

Ok, that’s my advice for intermediate level and to be honest, that is probably where I am out. 

3. Advanced crocheter in augumani. Now this is what I consider advanced crocheting. A doll that has multiple layers like an entire crochet outfit, crochet hair, crochet fair, maybe crochet shoes that can come and off the doll and of course the doll itself is crocheted. 

To me, I have found many free crochet advanced patterns in groups on Facebook and they are super cute. But I know I’m not ready yet and I will just get frustrated if I attempted them now.

When I first started I spent two full days crocheting a large panda. I have also spent two full days crocheting a large plushie that I absolutely hated crocheting because it was well above my level at the time and it took forever. 

So how do you know what level of crocheting augumani you are at? 

Here are some considerations:

1. You feel frustrated at how hard and long it is taking to crochet. 

2. You feel your end result doesn’t look as good as the picture or may be not anywhere near it.

3. You aren’t enjoying crocheting augumani.

So if you are experiencing any of the above, take a moment to reflect and maybe drop a level and do simpler crocheting patterns to see if that helps. Most importantly, don’t give up and don’t expect to go from beginner to advanced in three days. Crocheting is a journey and takes time. 

Also if you are a beginner in crocheting, you may appreciate reading my ‘The journey of crocheting for beginners’ ebook by Melanie Toye. You can purchase here: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1808619

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