Over the years, many lovely and talented people have attempted to teach me to crochet, but it’s never really worked well. I would get the first row, and maybe the second, but I never really felt I understood the mechanics of it – where to go into the next stitch, how to change rows, what to keep track of, how to hold the piece, recognizing mistakes and how to fix them, etc.
And then! My dear friend Jennifer stopped by this evening with a handmade valentine, and offered to teach me. Because Jen is the person who managed to teach me to knit after I’d given up hope of ever being able to do so, I trusted that she’d figure out how to explain things in ways that made sense to my brain and fingers, and she totally did. We did a few rows together, and then I started and finished an entire small piece on my own after she left!
Behold!
