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Crochet Items For Beginners:Crochet Tips

Crochet Items For Beginners
When you get started crocheting for the first time, I can promise you, you will get frustrated.
Sorry but its true.
Here are some tips that I found that will help you.

If you’re impatient to get your project started, you might be tempted to rip the label off your skein of yarn and get to work. Technically, you can crochet with skeins of yarn, but it many cases you can achieve better results if you take the time to wind the skein into a ball first. This is especially true for beginners.
  1. Balls of yarn have a couple of advantages over skeins:

    • Avoid Tangles. Center-pull skeins of yarn can tangle easily towards the end. Balls of yarn are less likely to tangle.

    • Improve Tension. If you have a hard time achieving even tension, try working from a ball of yarn rather than a skein.
    Ball winders are available to help you with this task, but you can also do it by hand.
    http://crochet.about.com/od/tipstroubleshooting/tp/Crochet_Tips.htm


    2.  When starting any crochet project even if you are not a beginner, the thing to remember and will save you so much time, is to get everything you need  for that particular project at your fingertips.  I have done this on multiple occasions because I just want to get started. More than once I have found I don't have the right crochet hook or no scissors.

    3.  Be patient. Have I mentioned that already. Sometimes your fingers just don't work right that day and you will want to give up. Just be patient.

    Some really easy  crochet projects for beginners  are headbands small purses or simple bracelets.  If you are not brave enough for that, you can just start off with a scarf. I get many of my patterns from http://crochetspot.com. There are many free ones and very unique.

    Crocheting is very relaxing and can bring you lots of pleasure especially if it is for someone special.

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