Sunday, May 18, 2008

knit/ crochet on a dish towel how to - get creative

The love of history, and the ever revolving fashion cycle have helped to renew popularity of this 19th century handcraft. If you know how to crochet or are just learning how to crochet, chances are you are going to be making a baby blanket.

Crochet is one of those great crafts because you can get started really quickly with nice projects that will not have people asking you what is that going to be when it is finished. Young children are often taught crochet to increase their fine motor skills, to help in their learning to count and follow instructions and to bolster their self-confidence. For those wanting to learn to crochet, there are several possibilities to go about it.

Finding new patterns and resources will help you to become more skilled and useful with your skill. Unlike knitting, crochet uses this single starting loop to work a row of individual chain stitches. So the stitches are easy how about the pattern

I know that there many of you out there who don't think that they know anyone who crochets. Magazines will contain a number of crochet patterns for baby blankets. If you don't know how to read a crochet pattern, enlist the help of someone who does.

There are many websites offering crochet with many designs to choose from. Empty prescription bottles can be very handy for keeping smaller crochet tools like row counters, beads, and yarn needles.

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