Well, I guess this is the end, everyone… the final post for my learning project. Looking back, this experience has truly been a roller coaster — filled with exciting highs, frustrating lows, and everything in between. When I first began, my goal wasn’t just to learn a new skill — it was to reconnect with a memory of crocheting with my grandmother. And now, as I finish this project, I can confidently say: I think I made her proud. The Start of Something Special The beginning was, to be honest, a little rocky. I had to rebuild my confidence with a craft I hadn’t touched in years. Holding the yarn…

For the direction of this project post, I decided to take a less traditional route. Specifically, I chose to use an online resource that most people wouldn’t think to turn to when crocheting: AI. As we’ve discussed in class, AI is an emerging technology that’s beginning to challenge how society views creativity and technology. While AI is undeniably a powerful tool, it lacks a human touch — it doesn’t have a unique personality or the freedom of thought that people do. Because of that, I was initially unsure how helpful it could be in a creative process like making a granny square blanket. I chose to use ChatGPT as my…

It’s getting closer and closer to the end of this learning project. Which has me thinking what do I want to have finished for my final project post. So for my final project I would like to make a mini baby blanket! The good news is that I do already have the start of the foundation finished by creating a couple granny squares. The next step is to learn how to crochet the granny squares together which is what I will be talking about today. I chose to use a YouTube video as I have learnt that this platform is the easiest platform to learn from. The video I chose…

So I think I am officially a granny. Or at least I have started the process lol. I say this because I have finally created a granny square. I think I underestimated the granny’s because this wasn’t the easiest project. The online source that I have chosen for this learning project post is a YouTube video by Maddy Marie. The thing that enticed me to choose this video was the title ” How to Crochet a Granny Square for Beginners *updated tutorial*”. My thought process when seeing the words ‘updated tutorial’ was that it would be a new and easier version of a granny square. Now since I don’t know…

I just wanna say that I am very proud of myself for this learning project post. As some of you may know in my last blog I was having some trouble crocheting my magic circle. I finally had achieved creating the magic circle but didn’t know how to crochet any further. For this post, I found a YouTube video that explained How to Increase on the Magic Circle for beginners by Libby. In this video, she explains the stitch pattern that typically is used to increase on the magic circle. She explains that with every round of stitches, the stitch count is going to increase by 6, in order to make…

So I will just say this learning post was a sort of a fail. This week I tried to create a magic circle using inspiration from TikTok. I tried to go the TikTok route because I thought the magic circle was going to a quick and easy skill that I would master easily. I thought wrong. It seems like no matter what video I go on I can’t do this magic circle. I have learnt from a variety of different TikTok’s the proper way to get it started, but every time I try to move past the first step and stitch onto the circle, it doesn’t want to not have…

For this learning project I was inspired by TikTok. Now that I have started my learning project journey of course my TikTok is now flooded with crocheting videos. Which at times is exciting, but can be also annoying. A certain TikTok video did spark some excitement because I rushed to my yarn to try it. In my previous blog I had explained how I had learned how to do a single stitch crochet, this is still true although I thought I would spice it up. I learnt that there a variety of different variations of single stitch crochets and that it doesn’t always have to look one way. In the…

The online source that I used for my learning project this week was GoodKnitKisses youtube video. My first impression of this youtube video that it was very inviting and inticing. She begins the video with a jingle to attract your attention followed by a whole bunch of pictures of her knitting. I like that the video gave an outline of what the watcher was going to be learning throughout the video and mentioned that there was going to be various tips and tricks to accompany the video alongside. While watching the video I noticed the various timestamps on the video, this made it easier to navigate if I wanted to…

Hey everyone! I thought I would share with you what I am going to be doing for learning project. This was a pretty difficult decision for me because I am very indecisive person and I love to try new things, which as a combination made it difficult to choose. After a couple conversations with my loved ones I have chose to learn how to crochet. My interest for crocheting actually dates back to when I was a young child and bonding with my grandma over crocheting and quilting. My grandma has a great passion for designing and creating crafts. A distinct memory I have is her bringing her large tub…