A new week with new stuff! As I have started week 2, I purchased a few extra supplies from Michaels, which would be detrimental to my crochet learning experience. While using said tools, I have learned that when you purchase tools for your projects, you achieve better quality in the finished product.
However, supplies are not the only thing that allows an individual to learn a skill. I was visiting a friend who worked at Sherwin-Williams Paints in Regina. I overheard a painter tell him, “Just because you can hold a brush does not mean you can paint.” Similarly, I have tried to learn from some crochet artists. Some of them include ‘SimplyDaisy’ and ‘Sigoni Macaroni’.
The aim of following these tutorials was to learn the basics of crocheting, and so far I have understood that crochet is not an easy skill to learn. As I kept watching and learning from these tutorial videos, I have gained a significant amount of respect for them as this skill requires patience, and great hand eye coordination. Working with yarns and yarn needles caused my hands to hurt due to awkward movements as I am only a beginner for this skill. I believe as I keep practicing, my skill can improve, and the awkwardness and pain may stop. One of the biggest things I’ve learned this week is how important yarn tension is in crochet. The yarn I’m using isn’t quite suited for the project unless I get the pressure just right. If I hold it too tightly, my stitches come out stiff and it’s hard to move the hook through. But if I hold it too loosely, the stitches look uneven and start to lose their shape. Finding that sweet spot with tension has been more challenging than I expected! Even getting the yarn to consistently catch on the hook was tricky—when the tension is too loose, the yarn strands tend to split or slip. It’s definitely a learning curve, but I can already see small improvements with each attempt.
Documenting My Journey
I recorded a short video documenting my first consistent chain row. It’s nothing fancy, but seeing the visible progress from last week made me smile.
It’s happened that while I am crocheting, sometimes I have no idea what I am doing with my yarns. Sometimes I still find myself questioning whether I’m pulling through the right loops or chaining correctly—but something inside me says, “Just keep going.” Right or wrong, I keep crocheting with joy. I’ve noticed that with each session, my hands move a little faster, a little more confidently. The real secret? Just keep practicing. Let your fingers do their thing and trust the rhythm—especially when you’re holding a hook that feels a little bit like a magic wand in your hands.
