Set Yourself Up For Crochet Success!

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Hello Crochet Friends!

If you had the chance to read my last blog, I talked about the concept of keeping your crochet time to 10 mins a day to get your project done sooner!

Well, hear me out as I expand on that idea. If you are a creature of habit, you may have already worked this one out. Help your future self out by preparing for those 10 mins.

The idea is that when you actually physically sit down to crochet, you are ready. Like hook in hand project starts straight away. Not “oh I need to pull the lounge apart to find my hook” kinda ready. Not “Oh I'll just go print that pattern now and reload the printer ink” kinda ready. 

I mean R E A D Y!

I always encourage makers to pick their favourite spot to crochet. Whether that means at a table with your iPad set up or on the lounge with your kitty.  Grab yourself a basket, bucket or bag and prepare everything, I mean everything you  will need to create your current project. Think about all the tools you might need including scissors and measuring tape, your pattern and definitely your glasses!

Having your kit set up and ready to go means those valuable 10 mins a day will be dedicated solely to stitch making and plugging away at your crochet project!

Cheers,

Jennine

10 Mins of Crochet A Day

Jennine is demonstrating seaming on the Super Simple Crochet Beanie.

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Hey Crochet Friends!

I am a fan of short and sweet, keep it simple and baby steps.  All those terms translate so well into a crochet concept that I encourage people of all levels, all the time. 10 mins of crochet a day will get the project done sooner.

Hear me out.  If you crochet for 10 mins every day of the week - that somehow magically means you would have tucked away a whopping 70 mins of crochet time per week.  Even if you had to skip a day a week that still means an hour per week. 

Now tell me, if I said ‘Hey, when can you take 70 mins out of 1 day a week to focus on yourself and your favourite hobby?” I don’t know a single soul that would have the time. 

So, keep your crochet time short and sweet, keep it simple - don’t ask more than 10 mins a day of yourself and just take baby steps towards your project whether you are learning or sitting down with expert hands to create a few more rows!

Cheers,

Jennine

5 Tips If You Are Learning How To Crochet

Harry wears an olive green version of the Super Simple Crochet Beanie.

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Hey Crochet Friend!

Just checking how your crochet journey is going!? I know, I hear you! Learning to crochet can be so frustrating when it doesn’t go smoothly!  Hang in there, you will figure this out! I do have some tips to help navigate this tricky process. 

1)Give yourself the chance to make mistakes. In other words, don’t expect your first (or second) attempt at crochet to produce a perfectly symmetrical king size blanket! Mostly because that is a massive undertaking but also because you have to practice all the stitch work on a small sample size square.

2)Learn in small doses. Honestly, you’ll get better results from a 10 minute hyper focused crochet session than you ever will from a 3 hour binge!  

3)Take the time to watch the video tutorials. Do yourself the favour, watch the Will Travel For Wool Tutorials. They outline all the information you will require to get started and you can replay the any parts you need to see over and over again.

4)Put the distractions away. This simply means “turn the tv off”!! Go on, it’s just for 10 minutes!

5)When you get frustrated, put it down. Truly, walk away! Give your hands and your head a hot minute to rest and come back to the project with fresh eyes.  

Cheers, Jennine