I’ve mentioned that I taught myself to crochet a couple of weekends ago. Today I was working on a scarf for my daughter while a couple of the neighbor girls were over playing with E. They saw what I was doing and wanted to learn how to crochet also.
Ok. No big deal. Except I’m left-handed and it was hard teaching them right-handed. (I tried to learn right-handed but it wasn’t happening. It didn’t feel natural so I went with my left-hand. I can do some things right-handed but this wasn’t one of them. Incidentally, I can teach someone to knit even though I’m left-handed because I learned how to knit right-handed. Not that any of this has much to do with my story.)
Alright, I’m trying to teach my 10 year old niece (yes, she counts as a neighbor kid because she is one) and her 6 year old neighbor (one of E’s bff) to crochet. I have no idea how to do this and am basically telling them to wrap the yarn, hook it, and pull it through.
I started off teaching them a chain stitch and told them to keep at it. Niece made a chain stitch necklace and chain stitch belt. Other Neighbor Girl made chain stitches for a while then went to play outside with E. Every once in a while Other Neighbor Girl would come back and chain some more but she’s six and wants to do everything that everyone else is doing.
E wanted to crochet at one point so I got her a hook and yarn but she’s 3 so she didn’t do it very well. Niece did most of it for her because by that point all I wanted to do was work on the scarf I was crocheting for E. I was so close to finishing that I didn’t really want to be teaching anyone to crochet.
I do have to admit that it was nice sitting in a circle working with my yarn and listening to the conversation from Niece and Other Neighbor Girl. (You can learn a lot by being in a relaxing place and keeping your ears open.) Anyway, at one point I glanced up and saw a yarn group. I have always wanted to be part of yarn group. I imagined the participants to be closer to my age and not 10 and 6 but I guess I can’t be picky now can I.
Niece is wanting to come back over tomorrow so she can finish the single stitch bracelet she’s making (she learned another stitch besides the chain stitch). I’m not sure if her desire to crochet will last or not but I do know that she’s been wanting to learn to crochet for quite some time.
I wish she would learn to knit. Knitting is my passion and it is the easier of the two for me to do. I can also teach someone to knit easier than I can to crochet. Although it’s not really up to me, it’s up to Niece.
I’m just happy the girls were here and we were able to crochet together.
