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Benefits of Crocheting
Crocheting helps to increase your creativity. It helps to calm down your mind and to become more patient in your day-to-day life. When you do crochet you have to concentrate greatly as in meditation. It is very important to avoid day-to-day conflicts. You will learn how to be patient whenever a conflict arose. As retired persons, some have much leisure time and they can make use of the time to crochet. Further, you can make a product that can be used in your home. Sometimes you may have a marketing value for your creations. When you become an expert you can sell whatever you make. Buyers are different. They need different things.
You can find the market by selling in different online stores. Babies and Kids' items are most popular all over the world.
Suh as baby sweaters, hats, cardigans, socks, bibs, and rompers.
If you get used to this art you can spend your leisure time more fruitfully. So the time you spend on learning crochet is profitable.
Almost every item you make using fabric can be done by crocheting also. For example, Frocks, tops, blouses, skirts, bedspreads, hats, shoes, etc. There are suitable yarns for each item.
You have to choose the yarn type and the color. There are many yarn stores and you can have a big choice. If you don't have the facility to go to the yarn market, you can order online.
There are many instructions on how to crochet on youtube and in crochet blogs. In blog posts, you can read the way of crocheting and on youtube, it is visualized. Some prefer written instruction to watch videos. But videos also can pause, reverse, and take your own time when you watch them. Further, you can download the video and watch it offline whenever you like
To read crocheting methods, you have to know the symbols and shorten forms of crocheting. Because the crocheters use their crocheting language and it is given in the shortened form. Some use patterns with symbols to express their crocheting methods.
Shortened forms used in crocheting are different in various countries according to their languages.
Some of them are given below.
Chain (ch),
Single crochet (sc)
Double crochet (dc)
Trible crochet (trc)
chain, sc, half dc, dc, and trc
Some special stitches are there and some of them are known as dc two together (dc2tog), V stitch, shell stitch, popcorn, puff, bobble, etc. Different items have suitable stitch types. Some items need more holes in them to have a lacy appearance. Creations like scarves and shawls are beautiful when they have a lacy appearance. Some like scrubs should not be with many holes.
There is a lot to learn about stitches but for a beginner, these are enough.
Hooks and yarn
As a beginner, you should know about crochet hooks and yarn. Hooks are available in different sizes and are made out of hard metals or lighter aluminium metal. Some have plastic
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handles. The width of the hooking end of the hook is measured in millimeters. So, there are hook sizes in 1 mm, 2 mm, 2.5 mm, 3 mm,4mm,5 mm, etc
crochet yarns
Crocheting yarns are also made in different materials like woolen, cotton, or acrylic. They are different in shades thickness of the yarn and method of packing as skeins or cakes.
Yarns made out of natural wool or synthetic wool are suitable to make warming items like sweaters and neck warmers. You have to select the yarn and hook sizes accordingly. Thin yarns will go with hooks with small hooking ends as 1 mm or 2 mm. Thicker yarns need large hooks with 3mm or 4mm hooking ends.
I will tell you in the next post how to make the beginning knot or slip knot. This is very important because it holds the work stable that is without undoing it automatically.
The advice I am giving today is "Correct counting is a must in crocheting". But if you go wrong do not worry you can undo it easily, correct it, and start again.
So, you can start learning crochet today without any hesitation. The path is clear you can ride on it.
Well wishes from Ramya with Rmmi's creations.
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