So I had a really silly idea to learn how to crochet...

[AnyaKnowIt]

Now I've been sitting here for an hour and I still can't do the first knot

that is exactly what mine ended up like Anya - I was trying to do a square btw!

Sorry. The stitches look pretty neat actually, it's just the number in each row that is the issue!

I've had to stop now. the child keeps pulling the wool round her neck

You made a car :o

The car is no more

DD got hold of it while I was making her dinner, pulled it all apart

Frogging is fun

I decided to teach myself a year ago and just followed some YouTube videos. Tried a few till I found ones I liked and still look at them when I forget how to do things. I like the art of crochet by Theresa and the knit witch.

Keep going- if I can do it ANYONE can! I've made lots of things now and my proudest was when I carried home my newborn son from the hospital wrapped in the cosy blanket I had made him.....

Put the hook in your left hand and watch you tube through a mirror.

I taught myself to crochet left handed in order to teach my left handed cousin. Both her mum and mine had tried unsuccessfully.

Poor car

Wait till your dd gets a bit older Anya she will be wowed by your efforts. My boys are 10 and 8 and everything I produce is a masterpiece to them. My first wonky square was met with lots of cheers and 'you are so clever mummy'. I want them to stay this age forever

I have found it easier working in circles tbh. Granny squares are pretty easy, just have to remember to count....I seem to have problems when I get past 10

Can I join in? I started about 4 weeks ago with an enormous, plastic hook from dd's Learn to crochet set. The instructions were awful so I've looked at some YouTube videos. I have my own set of hooks now but I have gone from the tension being too tight to bring too loose.

One video I've found helpful is Girlybunches but I'm going to look at some others that posters have recommended.

I am actually loving doing it though. :)

aww bless. dd is 20 months so by the time she is 8 I might be able to do it