INSIDE Crochet
| CROCHET ON THE NET
Crochet
Net
ON THE
Where we guide you around
the world of crochet online.
BY BECKY SKUSE
specially designed for beginners,
E
www.beginnercrocheting.com is
the perfect introduction to crochet
as a craft, but it’s also an invaluable
resource for more experienced crocheters. So
whether you’ve been crocheting for years or
you’ve never picked up a hook and yarn in your
life, this website will help you out with detailed
instructions, tutorials, patterns, how to articles
and plenty of useful links.
To start with, there’s an interesting history
of crochet, and then the basics of how to start
crocheting – some pictures or diagrams would be
useful but the instructions are very clear. A great crochet as a craft, but now she wants those shoes so
From dresses to hats,
thing about the site is that it doesn’t claim to have all badly that she started learning the crochet.” From
there are patterns as well
the answers, it explains things on a basic level and just a few paragraphs, it’s obvious that the person
as tutorials here.
then suggests plenty of other links to fi nd more help, behind the site has lots of fun with crochet and her
kits, patterns, videos and more. enthusiasm is infectious, although it would be nice if
In the patterns section, things start off slowly with there was some more information about her!
a simple chevron pattern, a classic afghan stitch, The most negative part of the site is the rather
a criss-cross stitch, a leaf pattern and a little leaf prominent adverts, which are a little irritating but,
pattern. More advanced techniques are explained we suppose, necessary to help fund the website’s
further down the list of articles, including Tunisian existence, so it’s a small price to pay. The best
stitch, double hook crochet and scalloped edging, part of the site is the tone, which is very friendly,
while the how to articles include how to attach encouraging and positive – a bit like having an
crochet to knitting and how to use beads. experienced friend at hand, which is great if you
Once you have mastered the basic techniques, don’t have a crochet club near you.
you can move on to the patterns, which give you
the chance to make a hat, doll, balaclava, teapot,
dress, slippers, beanies and fl owers, all of which are
explained with good pattern instructions.
The aim of the site seems to be to convey
information to help beginners and you get a bit of
“
The tone is very friendly – a bit
like having an experienced
an insight into why when she says: “Crochet is so
friend at hand if you don't
much ‘IN’ these days, haven’t you seen Paris Hilton
and Oprah wearing those warm crochet boots? My have a crochet club near you
daughter never paid much attention to learning
”
www.insidecrochet.co.uk
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