Learning to crochet

[DigApony]

So after weeks of watching many tutorials and getting no where, yesterday it clicked after watching about 100 times an American tutorial the woman was brilliant. So I finally feel like I've started to gets to grips with the granny square. Obviously it's a bit messy/loose but it's so fast and enjoyable compared to the knitting I've been doing. But I live in a tiny town and my only option for yarn was some awful stuff which keeps splitting. What would anyone recommend so I can order some from Amazon today?

This is my first try at a granny square feel free to points out my many mistakes I can see I've missed a few stitches.

Following!
Cannot crochet for the life of me so will check out the tutorials :)
Happy crafting

don't forget that american stitches have different names to uk ones-american single crochet is uk double crochet for example.
Wool warehouse is fab;Stylecraft is fab;Lucy at attic24 does brilliant tutorials and has a lovely blog.

Favourite really check out jaydas granny square I really cannot figure out the link (but hopefully someone will). It's blue and two shades of green, I didn't think I would ever grasp it but I learnt yesterday. I can't believe I'm going to actually say the granny square is easy once you mesmerise it as its all repeated. Let use now how you get on

*memorise

This one?

Cool colour choices, OP - v. nice.

Gingerbread Lady is a fab site - a (very) intermittent blog about all sorts of craft/family stuff, but if you look down the r-hand side she has 'Free patterns and links'. Her 'Klimt Blanket' is gorgeous, and vv easy to do (great tutorial).

If DH knew quite how much yarn I have stashed around the house I think he'd be, er, shocked.

I've also just learnt to crochet using Youtube tutorials - I'd personally recommend any by Bella Coco such as

OP - please be aware that USA crochet terms are different to UK ones. This can be confusing if you choose to follow a UK pattern.

UK double crochet = USA single crochet
UK treble crochet = USA double crochet

Marking place. Am crochet addict

Yes that's the one psammead! . Thank you.
I tried Bella coco and could not do it at all her way but it just clicked using jaydas tutorial.

You and I are on the same track OP! I didn't get on with Bella Coco at all either though everyone recommended her.
Also, Fairy is right, always check whether the instructions on new projects you take on are US or UK terms. I personally find the US ones easier, I guess because that's how I've learned - a friend suggested rewriting the UK instructions on a piece of paper as US terminology to make sure you don't bungle. I've just made a habit of checking and haven't had much trouble with it so far.
Also, check out Ravelry - it's a great community website to join and share what you're doing and pick up tons of ideas for projects - you can even sift through patterns based on how much yarn you have, what kind etc.

Excited about the crochet - love on this thread.

I learned to crochet at Prick Your Finger in Bethnal Green (London) a few weeks ago. Crazy about it now and got eight granny squares made for my blanket project.

I'm using some Debbie Bliss cashmerino that I've had for years. Soft blues, green, grey and cream.

Face to face learning was best for me, books and YouTube I couldn't manage.

I actually taught my sister last night my mother was hopeless I have added some more to my granny square blanket and can definitely see an improvement in my stitches.
This is it so far

Close up

Miaow, I love it that is beautiful. Hope one day I can do something like that . I'm using a 3mm hook now and its made my stitches much neater. I bought a shed load of yarn from dunelm yesterday I love this so much compared with knitting.

I've been thinking of learning for ages, and this thread has prompted me to try! I tried jayda, then Coco and between them I am on my way!

I've just started too. Yours is great!
Here's mine from the other day, it's grown a bit since then. One thing I have noticed, I've stopped snacking in the evenings!

Here's one of the shamrocks I made for St Patrick's day.

This was my first granny square throw.

I much prefer crochet to knitting. It is much easier imo to see where you are going wrong and to pull it out, whereby if I went wrong knitting, then trying to get the stitches back on to the needles was a right old pain.

I love attic.24 and also use Little Tin Bird. I have done granny stripe blankets previously (and lots of squares for MN Woolly Hugs), my current project is a granny square blanket which I am just hooking together (had to look at youtube for this, am slow but it is all coming together nicely now.

For my blankets I always use Stylecraft DK.

If you are on fb, look up MNWoollyHugs and have a look at their ongoing projects. They are always looking for new volunteers.

I taught myself to crochet from YouTube about 6 weeks ago. I was always a knitter but now adore crocheting. I've almost finished a ripple cot blanket. I was going to send it to Woolly Hugs but DH said to keep it for future DGC (DC are 18&20) as it's my first so will be special. I'm having major surgery a week Monday so will be making a ripple blanket for DS2 while I recover.

We came back from holiday in the early hours and as I was sitting by the pool I was thinking of all the crocthet I could be doing!

Wow loving all the photos, crochet is great . I agree pug if I went wrong with knitting I had to put up with it but with crochet it's easy to pull it off and do it again. My blanket is growing loads, dawn I'm the same not eating half as much because I get so caught up in the stitches I just want to keep going. I'm also getting yarn obsession, I've found a local shop that has a rainbow of colours and I can't wait to go there later to buy some rust colour and a burgundy .
Songlark that's huge! How long did it take?
I've watched some tutorials on joining small squares with crochet so for my next blanket that's what I'm going to do. I've started my first square for this because it's what I'm teaching my sister with, I love these colours.

It's hard to say how long Dig because Id pick it up and do a bit usually each night but not always. Perhaps a fortnight though it would have been quicker if I'd been doing some every day. It grew rapidly, love crocheting, there's something so relaxing about it.

That's great Dig, they'll be no stopping you now. I love doing granny squares, this is a pic of a cushion cover I made by joining all the squares together.