Crochet eLearning in US Crochet terminology has arrived! Days 222 & 223

After the success of my UK Crochet eLearning Course

plus

the many requests from those of you that crochet in US crochet

it's here

its finally arrived

yes!

Crochet eLearning Course 1 The Basics in US Crochet terminology is here!

I am so happy to have been able to do this for you all & as a thank you for egging me on to do this I will give the 1st person that enrolls a 50% refund!

YES - the 1st student will get 50% refunded to them via PayPal

So what are you waiting for?

 Days 222 & 223

 Oh and I cam 2nd in the Village Show yesterday!!

Bank Holiday Weekend - Days 145, 146 & 147 + more

Well it's been a lovely weekend here in North Dorset

The Sun has been shining

The Crochet Hook has been out

&

As you can see I have kept up to date with A Square A Day! YAY

All thanks to @smooogle AKA Alina from Twitter whose wool supply is still going!

As it was so nice outside, I took my sock WIP that I am making with one of my pupils out to the sun

I love this Regia Sock Wool

And it's crocheting up beautifully

I have also been working on my eLearning Course 3 - soon to be published, so watch this space!!

Day 141 - Excitement - Lemonade & More eLearning!

Day 141 starts of this blog, although it was one of the last things I have just finished doing today!

My main job today was working on eLearning Course 3 which is going to include Colour Changing in the Round, In Rows, Invisible finishing, Increasing, Decreasing, Back & Front Loop, Back Post, Front Post, Join as You Go & Bavarian Crochet! 

So another FUN packed course is nearly ready for you 

Last but not least - please do pop over to Emma's Blog 

http://www.emma-lemonade.com/2013/05/a-collaboration.html

Which has this footnote added!

Oh - I almost forgot: the first 3 people to purchase Crochet Course No.1 will receive an extra little gift from me!

WOW

Day 82 & 83 Plus lots more!

Isn't this Granny Square Blanket just amazing?

It has been made by a lady who enrolled on my eLearning Course

only a few weeks ago!

You may remember these pictures

...that she sent me only the other day!

 Her progress is amazing & she's now well and truly hooked!

 I hope that these photo's will inspire others to enroll and all the others who all ready have to keep on practicing lots and lots more - I know you can do it ladies, so keep those photo's & comments rolling in!

Now for another 2 Squares for the Twitter Blanket

Both thanks to +Alithealien Crochet who sent me her scraps

And I can still guarantee that all 83 squares are made from different colours!

Now for another amazing pupil

This time she's not an eLearning pupil but one that comes to me for One2One lessons

She found a pattern that she tried to follow a few times, but for whatever reason it defeated her.

It's all down to experience of pattern reading, so we dedicated the lesson to following the pattern together, and despite going over time WE DID IT - yes we did - we got one bootie completed & then she made the other one at home all by herself!! 

Ta-DaH!

I am still working away like a Beaver to complete Secret Project #2. I set myself a challenge yesterday & I complete it 100% and so far today I have completed 160% of my challenge, however with a few hours left in the day I am hoping to get to 200%, so that I can get to my deadline ahead of schedule.

If I do I will have my husband to thank for helping me along the way with puppy sitting, dinner cooking & either helping with or ignoring the  house work that needs doing (nothing tragic but its just not up to the standard that I normally strive too)

If you do have a little time to spare after reading my ramblings, do pop over to see this new Crochet Blog.

http://mylittlebitofnothing.blogspot.co.uk/

This lovely lady is a great crocheter & want's to get her own ETSY shop up and running to help support her wool addiction.  To help her on her way a few more blog followers wouldn't go amiss!

Well that's it from me for the weekend.  I may or may not pick up my hook again tonight - I probably will but after 6 hours of solid crochet today, I may not!!

YAY

 

Day 51 Oh how I love Crochet.....

I realised today that my wool stash is diminishing very quickly!

My pupils have been buying up some DK & Chunky wools / yarns that I stock & all of a sudden it's looking rather bear and very lacking in colour & attraction, so I must head off to the wool shop (oh dear what I job to have to do) to replenish before my next lot of 4 week workshops start next week!!

I did manage to make my square for Day 51 today, although I have been very busy!

Yes, due to the popularity of my Crochet eLearning Course 1 (The Basics) I have spent most of today drafting Course 2!!

And here's a little taster....

Not much is being given away from this picture, so I suppose if you want to know more you'll just have to enroll to find out more.

Here's the link to course 1

https://www.coursecraft.net/courses/z9NcS

It's perfect if you want to learn to crochet but you don't have time to attend a class.

For only £15 you can take as long as you like to go through the 3 lessons in course 1, learning the basics of Crochet - the essentials to cracking the backbone of this lovely craft.

Even if you don't sign up to another course, this first one will give you the basics - enough to get you on your way, including a start on reading patterns & symbols charts, as well as learning how to make a foundation chain, double crochet & treble crochet too!

Go on, you know you it makes sense.

Day 49 - eLearning news & more!

Along the way......

Thank you Shirley for mentioning me and my e-Learning courses in one of your recent posts.

Here's the link http://www.sdcrafts.co.uk/2013/02/late-five-on-friday-you-didnt-know.html

I can't believe how quickly my e-Learning course - Learn to Crochet UK Terminology - is being snapped up! https://www.coursecraft.net/courses/z9NcS

My Dream - to teach the UK to crochet - men included!! 

Day 49 is this lovely Pink Cotton flower

 And here is the Tweet Blanket so far

No TWO colours are the same

(so far)

I have also been busy "mocking up" a crochet project that I am designing for a UK Crochet Magazine.

I am not quite finished yet, but I am getting there.

Day 47 & 48 PLUS E-Learning Crochet Course

 When I woke up on Saturday morning, turned my computer on & started to filter through my emails, my face lit up when I came across this one......

Hello,

I want to tell you how happy I am that I found your blog. I spent $15 on a Craftsy class to learn to crochet. No matter how many times I replayed the video I didn't "get it". I went searching on you tube. No luck. Mind you, I couldn't even do the chain stitch because I couldn't figure out how to hold the wool in my hand and grip the little chain I was supposed to make. I am a self taught sewer and taking a college physics class and I'm being undone by a crochet hook. Thanks to you, I got it! I did my first little chain. Alright, a big long chain and I'm hooked. No pun intended. Thank you again for your excellent pics on how to hold the wool in your hand. It made all the difference between frustration and enjoyment. Your work is beautiful and something to aspire to.

Regards,

Pat

 How  nice is that?

Since replying to her email, Pat has told me that she's going to practice some more & keep me posted - I can't wait to hear from her again soon.

Fun Crochet links that I have come across this weekend:

http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/amazeballs-crochet-yoga-balls

Day 47 is this shiny blue Square 

& Day 48 is 

 BREAKING NEWS:

I have also been busy producing an E-Learning course, which combines my recent Video Tutorials with lots of useful written instructions, so you are getting the best of both worlds - Reading the Written Word & Watching a Video Tutorial at the same time.

Interested?

Then Click HERE

The first 10 Students to sign up using Promo Code 

BLOG10

will get a 10% discount

The great thing about this E-Learning course is that you can post photo's of your work and ask me questions via the comments section, so you get a teacher at the other end!!

It's not time bound, so you can work at YOUR pace an revisit as often as you need to.

You will get 3 lessons in this Basics Course with more Courses currently in production, I will have you hooked in no time!