For the final week of my learning project, I headed to TikTok for some information about what I could create. I stumbled upon a video of someone crocheting in the round and I thought it was super interesting.
I found these videos to be quite helpful but I wanted to find a video that showed how to make one that was bigger with better step-by-step instructions.
I also came across an Instagram post about how to make a crochet circle which was sort of random but ended up being pretty helpful.
While I liked the TikTok video tutorials, I searched on YouTube since I have really enjoyed watching crochet tutorials there as they are more accessible, and they are super easy to pause and rewind when I need to.
I found a video tutorial by HopefulHoney that I really liked and watched from start to finish before trying it for myself. After watching it, I felt pretty confident that I could do it on my own. I saw in the caption that HopefulHoney had linked a post on their blog that included a pattern for crocheting in the round so I thought I would try following the pattern instead of the video. I had been working up to follow a pattern throughout this project but I didn’t feel confident enough will my skills just yet. However, since I was familiar with the stitches and it didn’t seem to be too complex, I went for it!
The instructions in the blog had options for using different stitches. I decided to use the double crochet since I am the most confident with that method and that was what she demonstrated in her video tutorial that I watched.
Overall, I found this pattern pretty easy to work with and it was very straightforward to follow, especially after watching the video tutorial and having a more general idea of what to expect when making my piece using the circle in the round method. I definitely don’t think I’m ready to create a piece by solely following a pattern, I think I am still at a point where I need some kind of visual, such as a video. However, I think this first attempt at working with a pattern was pretty successful. I definitely had some troubles at the end to finish the piece and made a few too many stitches in an additional row I didn’t need but I think with practice and being better at keeping track of my stitches this can be improved. One tip from the video that I should have followed was marking the first initial stitch with a safety pin, I will definitely be doing this in the future as I had a lot of trouble trying to figure out where I was at with my stitches.
Your crochet project looks amazing! My nana taught me to crochet when I was eight and I would always end up with a lopsided project because I would lose my stitches.