Learning Crochet

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Do you have an interest in doing a craft that you can take with you wherever you go? Crochet is the perfect hobby to learn if you like to work with your hands and find your self waiting a lots of doctors appointments, or hang around your children’s sports practices and want something to do. Crochet is very easy to learn from a book and is more simple than knitting.

To start crocheting, the first thing you should do is get your hands on a good crochet book. A great book which is very clear and consise is Teach Yourself Visually Crocheting. This book provides a lot of good tips and tricks to help you along the way.

You will need to get a set of crochet hooks next. Get a large set of hooks to give yourself a wide range to choose from. You can make a huge difference in the size of a project depending on the size of hook you use. You will find a gage in the instructions which will help you determine the size of hook to use. The suggested hook size may not work for the way you crochet personally. Some people crochet slightly tighter then others and would need to use a slightly larger hook then is suggested. It is a matter of trial and errror.

You should look at going with a hooks and carrying case . This is a good way to keep things organized. These will ussually have aluminum hooks which work great and allows yarn to easily slip over them. You may find that you would like to try a natural hook though such as bamboo. You might find you like the natural hooks more. They do have a different feel then the aluminum ones do.

Bascially this is all you need to get started besides the yarn. Crochet is a very easy hobby to pick up and is quite addictive once you get started. Many people will be interested to see what you are doing and you may find that you are teaching a few people to crochet after you become proficient at it yourself.