Day 274 - Crochet Classes Galore #2

Yes, another 4 lovely ladies came along to their 1st Crochet Class today

And learnt the basics:

How to hold the wool correctly, The anatomy of the hook, Foundation Chain, Double Crochet & even Half Trebles!

They did very well taking in so much in 2 hours

And as you can see there is a mixture of concentration & smiles, which is just how a Crochet Class should be!

Bring on tomorrow evening!!! YAY

Now that I have finished my commission which is now in the post via the rural pop up Post Office that we get in our village, I had time to make a start on my new socks which I am designing in DK which I bought from Eden Cottage Yarns

www.edencottageyarns.co.uk

Most sock patterns are written in 4ply & I have written a sock pattern for Chunky Wool (available in my book Crochet for Beginners who want to Improve)

so I am designing this pair as I go.

Finally is Square 274

Just a little interesting fact occurred to me today, as I went to get a ball of White 100g Stylecraft Special DK from my stash, is that this is the 2nd ball I have used for the border in 274 squares!!

Day 269 - More Crochet Class action!!

Homework

Homework 

 More Homework

And more!

I can't tell you how totally overwhelmed I was to see all this fantastic work, especially the last photo as this lady missed last weeks lesson, but wanted to "keep up to speed with the others" so I emailed her a pattern to follow and she did it all by herself!

In class today we worked on colour changes in Granny Squares

And different joining methods e.g. Tangled or Slip knot joins 

And how to darn in the ends as you go so you don't have millions of ends to sew in when you finish

"A lifesaver"

The top photo is the front of the work

And the one below is the back

How neat is that!

And there was no stopping them either

Their Granny Square just grew & grew!

And all the ladies have signed up for an extra workshop for the next 4 weeks too.

Needless to say they are "HOOKED"

Day 269

Days 243, 244 & 245 - Busy Busy Busy!

I have had 

A really busy few days

Getting ready & all prepared for my Workshops

including buying yummy biscuits!

& promoting my Book

Which is available in both UK

& US Versions

Did you know that the UK version now

 has six, yes six, 5 star reviews!!

And in case you missed it, this is a review by a fellow Crocheter - Sara Duggan - from the US of A

http://crochetbusiness.com/crochet-for-beginners-who-want-to-improve-book-review/

I had tears in my eyes when I read what she wrote.