How did you learn to crochet? How long ago was it?

@7kaisheba

3 жыл бұрын

This is how I design my pattern....

@LG-KETO

3 жыл бұрын

Crochet and Knitting with Tuula Maaria Hello, Tuula! I learned in the early ‘70’s when my children were babies. Went to a craft store, picked out a magazine with pictures and instructions, and figured it out myself. My mother was not interested in any kind of crafts, and even though my grandmother knitted and crocheted, she had passed away by the time I became interested.

@LadyVoldemort

3 жыл бұрын

I learned crochet when I was 8 years old in the 3rd grade in 1989. It was in our national curriculum in those years (I'm Indonesian). But the teacher only taught us (only the girls, the boys did other kinds of crafts) how to do chains and double crochets. We made a headband and a table cloth at first, and then a scarf in 4th grade, a granny style sling bag in 5th, and last a doormat in 6th grade. I finished them all with awesome grades. I love crocheting so much I continued doing them until I finished university (most of my friends had completely forget about it). I made lots of things only by mixing chain, double crochet, and later what I found out named as single and half double crochet (I accidentally figured it out myself). I never have to read patterns, so I made my own things just by doing it...crocheting and unraveling projects countless times. I stopped for a few years after I got married and had two jobs. In 2016 I got divorced and got a lot more free time for myself, so I started watching tutorials on KZread...oh boy, my crocheting skill finally take off to the next level. I'm very grateful... BTW about patterns, because people have different P (Perceiving) and J (Judging) personalities, some of them prefers to "just do it" (the learning-by-doing, free spirited P types, like me), while the others prefers to be prepared and follow the existing patterns (the traditional and systematic J types). Yes, they're both equally fine, as long as the person enjoys what they're doing (and not actually getting frustrated by it, LoL). Crocheting brought me calmness and peacefulness and helps me going through depression over the years...even though without any particular pattern in my hands. 🥰 PS; I love watching your tutorials...thank you so much for making these videos, I've learned a lot from you. And sorry for the long comment... 😄👍

@redvalkyrie84

3 жыл бұрын

I taught myself around 10-11 years ago through a magazine supscription!

@7kaisheba

3 жыл бұрын

@@TuulaMaaria I am a visual learner

No one in my family did any needlework. I saw a picture of a doily, with a written pattern, in a 1959 magazine. I found some crochet instructions at the library, had my mom buy crochet thread and a size 7 (1.65mm) steel hook and taught myself to crochet, by following the doily and stitch patterns. It was pretty awful looking, but my mom loved it. I was SO proud. 😁 I don't really design (except for myself), but it's going on 61 years as a crocheter (I love learning new techniques: magic ring, foundation crochet stitches, invisible join, standing crochet stitches, etc.). Thanks for sharing your story!

@TuulaMaaria

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, lovely to hear your story too 💙 Great that you were able to teach yourself! Even if the first project didn't look great, it was still really special!

My mother taught me to crochet when I was a teenager so I’ve been crocheting off and on for over 50 yrs. Lots the last 5 yrs since I retired.

@TuulaMaaria

3 жыл бұрын

That's great, you have a lot of time to crochet now! And a long experience in it too 🙂

I need a book like this! I want to learn the way that you did so I can stop watching videos 🤣 I've been crocheting for about a month and I've made drawstring bags, hats, and mittens...but I'd love to be able to just start creating from my head like you. Such an amazing talent!

@TuulaMaaria

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, you can start learning that way and using your imagination!

I don't use patterns but do follow along in video tutorials. This must be why I like your channel so much! You explain how to do crochet in the way I can understand. 😄 My mom tried to teach me but she was left handed so as a toddler I would make long series of chain stiches, but couldn't turn and start a new row. I had some simple pattern books with pictures that helped me learn more in my 20's, but videos really opened up the crochet world to me. Thank you for your work and ideas. 🦋

@TuulaMaaria

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Tina, great to hear you find my channel easy to follow! Yes, videos are a great way to learn more! Enjoy all your crocheting 🙂

Hello Tuula, I have already told you my story of back in 1964, when I was 13, my grandmother taught me because the school wouldn't as I am left handed. I am at the moment making up crochet kits for my two daughters. The one who is in Finland at the moment crochets and the other one is thinking of learning but you know how it is. You get these ideas but never get around to it, so I decided if I make up a kit then she might be more enthused to learn. So I am sewing a pouch and have bought small scissors, stitch markers, row counter, nice wooden needle holders with some wool needles in it and a retractable tape measure each. For my daughter who is about to learn, some hooks and a couple of nice new hooks for my other daughter. I am going to crochet a scissor holder so the tip of the scissors won't poke into their crochet bag. I am going to line it with felt but I don't know how yet. Will have to think about it. You are really encouraging. I am not good with maths either but I seem to get by.

@TuulaMaaria

3 жыл бұрын

Hello Sue, yes I remember you telling me about your daughter who is in Finland! Such a great idea to make a kit for your daughter who doesn't crochet yet, I'm sure that will help her to get started! Yes, we can manage with crochet even with limited math skills! 😄

Love your channel, thank you for everything you share. This is helpful. I am one who feels like I can't crochet without a pattern😁

@TuulaMaaria

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, great to hear. I suppose the majority of people prefer to use patterns!

This was a very interesting story and the part about patterns was eye opening. Thank you for this video! :)

@TuulaMaaria

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, my friend, and thank you for helping me get more comfortable in front of the camera! 💙

Wow 😮 Tuula! This is so interesting I did not know and I believe my grandma use to do it like that, she did a lot of dollies and such beautiful things, Thank you for sharing! I learned with patterns but sometimes when I want to do something I look at the picture and guess the number of stitches and do it ( of course sometimes I get it right and then wrong and rip it) but it is interesting how many people do things in different parts of the world. 👍🏼

@TuulaMaaria

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, it's great there are so many different ways and different stories about the same craft! 🙂

Thx for your story. Tuula your videos make me happy. As a child I watched my mom, knit and crochet. She to counted stitches from a picture. She never actually tried to teach me. At age 23 I decided I wanted to make my dad a sweater. It would be my first attempt at knitting. I chose to knit it. Not knowing the difference in yarn weight the yarn I chose made the sweater heavy. I also didn’t measure the sleeves and they turned out about 2” too long. Needless to say he never wore it 😁. Through the years I have switched back and forth from knitting and crocheting. Both self taught. I keep learning and of course KZread videos like yours Tuula keep me learning. Matter of fact for the first time last night I used your method of joining another skein of yarn when the working yarn comes to an end. Stay safe.

@TuulaMaaria

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your story! Oh, so often the first attempts don't turn out the way we would like 🙂 But great you have kept going. I also love to both knit and crochet although crochet is often taking over! Great to hear the yarn join tip was useful!

Tuula, thank you for sharing! I'm almost 62 and haven't crocheted in years. Since COVID19 came, I've found that I have more time to do the things I've let go by the wayside. I took 4H when I was in the 2nd-3rd grade. I'd go to an elderly ladies home after school and she'd teach a small group of girls. No patterns, just watch and do! Same with embroidery. Once I was married and in my early 20's, I picked up where I'd left off, which led me to buying books and learning from those as well. I taught myself how to knit, smock dresses for my girls, Russian embroidery and started sewing all my clothing and my young daughters. All invaluable to me. It's like learning how to ride a bicycle, as the saying goes. So much fun to watch and learn from you!

@TuulaMaaria

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you telling me your story, so interesting! Great that lady was able to teach you, as you say, you always remember those things even if there is a long time without practising your skills. Enjoy crocheting now!

@idaknott3310

3 жыл бұрын

@@TuulaMaaria Thank you! I just ordered some Lion Cotton/Rayon blend to make a blanket for my granddaughter. I haven't decided which patter, as there are so many to choose from. I really like the tips you add on your YT Channel, you've shown me some invaluable tips ~ have a great day!

Tuula, Thanks so much for sharing your story. I've never learned to read a pattern. I am starting to learn how now by watching KZread tutorial videos. I originally learned to crochet as a small child of about 8 years old. I would watch my grandma make all kinds of things with no pattern at all. She would just sit down with her yarn and hook and start something she thought of all in her head. I became very interested in how she was doing all this and started asking all kinds of questions. She got me my own hook, let me pick out whatever color yarn I wanted from the store and proceeded to teach me how to make a chain. Once I mastered the chain (to her specifications LOL, every stitch needed to be equal in size before she would let me move on so I was highly motivated to get it just right and had it down in just a few days) she started teaching me to make slip stitches and single crochets. Once those were mastered we moved on to double crochet and then front loop only and so on. IDK if those were the only stitches she knew or if she thought that was enough but that's all she taught me. I've learned so much since discovering KZread tutorials. Treble crochet, front post crochet, back post crochet, and crab stitch were all brand new to me. Thanks to KZreadr like you a whole new world of crocheting has opened up to me. I do wish I could follow a pattern better though since there's so many really nice sweaters I would love to make but I just don't trust myself well enough to invest the time to start only to get the better part finished and not understanding the rest of the pattern resulting in all that time lost. I've tried several times but always end up frogging and disappointed. I'll have to check out all your videos because IDK if you've made a sweater on your channel but if you have I'll be trying to make it and IF you haven't I would like to ask you to please do a beginner/easy sweater tutorial. I haven't been a subscriber to your channel for very long but I'm so glad I found you. I just love your videos. One of the biggest problems I seem to have is knowing how to adjust for size. I would love a video where you either explain adjusting size or a video where you're making a extra large size. I know I'm just 1 comment and you probably get lots of requests but if you would consider doing this I would be very grateful. God bless you in all you do. Thanks!! 🌝💛

@TuulaMaaria

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for telling the story of how you learned Connie! So interesting, great you had help by your grandma. And then were able to keep learning after she had taught you all she could. Yes, KZread helps so many people to learn more crochet. Thank you for your suggestions for video subjects, I don't have any videos about how to make clothes at the moment but others have also asked for those. Also explaining about adjusting sizes in general would be a good topic for a video, I'll add those to the list of subjects I could make videos on in the future!

My sister taught me to crochet when I was 20 in the 60's. I started making dollies and loved it. She taught the basic stitches, but never how to read a pattern. So I was self taught. I would rather look at a diagram of a pattern. So I started making my own patterns out of my head. YT has extended my knowledge. Thanks for video. Lady from Texas.

@TuulaMaaria

3 жыл бұрын

That's interesting! Yes, diagrams are great, especially for things like doilies or similar. Hope your area in Texas is ok, many scary images here in the news with the hurricane earlier in the week!

Hi Tuula, I loved hearing your story and I agree it would definitely be worth learning how to differentiate between stitches used just by looking at the diagram. My mum taught my sister and I how to knit when we were children but as children we were busy with other activities…so not until 2017 when I saw a younger girl at my work crochet at lunchtime did I think I would like to try crochet. I bought some hooks and yarn and tried teaching myself how to crochet, what I learned after watching a video was that I was only picking up one loop when I was trying to teach myself, which was wrong I’m told in this video. So I decided to join an actual class which I did 6 months later and it was wonderful as I was taught to read diagrams as well as written words. I prefer learning visually than written instructions. As I still count myself as a beginner I always challenge myself to learn new stitches and patterns. Maybe one day I will learn to design my own patterns. Thank you so much for taking us with you on your outings. One day I will visit Finland. I’m in Australia 🇦🇺 Take care and stay safe and well. God’s blessings to all 🙏🏼💗🧶😻🦋🐶

@TuulaMaaria

9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing! And hope you get to visit Finland. Happy crocheting! 💗

@user-st1ru6kc9k

7 ай бұрын

God’s blessings to all 🙏🏽💜😻🧶

So much fun to hear your story. I have decided that you are my best crochet friend. Thank you so much for giving us the opportunity to know you. I can relate so many times to so much of what you tell us.

@TuulaMaaria

11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! 💗💗

I can so relate to your story. I also learnt as a little girl only by being shown the basics. No patterns. And then as an adult in my 20s educated myself by experimenting. I would look at garments and then figure out what they did. So that way I did not need a patter so much. I do now use KZread tutorials - which is great - but at last I did learn how to read patterns. Thank you for sharing your story. xo

Hello Tuula, I was telling you about the crochet kits I am making up for my daughters, well, I was inspired by your talk and decided to make up my own bag. I bought some cotton yarn that I thought would be really nice..... no, it was not! I tried some of your patterns but the cotton yarn was too stiff and thick and didn't look good with the patterns I chose. I tried different size hooks, nothing seemed to work. Then I remembered some thinner cotton yarn that I had and decided to crochet the two threads together, using a bigger hook. I did a simple double crochet stitch and crocheted my bags. I lined them and WOW. They looked great! I sent a picture of the bags to my daughter in Finland and she said immediately that they would look really nice with a couple of her crocheted flowers, yes they would. Thanks so much for your inspiring little talks. It gets this old girl moving!

@TuulaMaaria

3 жыл бұрын

Hello Sue, sorry for a late reply, at times i forget to refresh the comments page and miss comments! Great that you were able to make the bags! I'm sure your daughters love them, and crocheted flowers are beautiful added to a bag 🌸🌸🌸

Hello that is how i learned crochet i dont know how to read patterns I've crochet for over 30 years

@TuulaMaaria

3 жыл бұрын

That's great, there are actually more people who don't use patterns than I thought! 🙂

I've written several amigurumi patterns, just not published them. When I was younger after learning to crochet by my grandmother teaching me, I made blankets, & attempted a doily. When I tried to make amigurumi it just clicked, I liked that better than blankets. Oh and I've always been good at math.

@TuulaMaaria

9 ай бұрын

You should definitely publish your patterns, amigurumi are so popular now!

Tuula, I love these videos where you talk about yourself and show a bit of Finland. I miss traveling and enjoy seeing other places (I am from the U.S.). I was always a pattern follower even when it came to cooking recipes, until I reached middle age and started to create without completely following a set of directions. Sometimes a knit or crochet pattern wouldn’t work out, so I improvised to make it do what I wanted. So exciting when it looked good! Thank you for your encouraging videos.

@TuulaMaaria

3 жыл бұрын

Hello Mary, lovely to hear! A youtuber friend encouraged me to start showing myself a bit on the videos plus something from my surroundings. I actually enjoy doing that, it gives me more of a feel of a community when people see who I am! 🙂 Great that you are improvising also when needed. Enjoy crocheting!

I remember seeing this book in the 'sewing' cabinet! Most everything I learned was on the fly. Reading instructions and patterns came later. 😊

@TuulaMaaria

3 жыл бұрын

Great to hear! So many different ways and order that people learn 🙂

you seem such a fun gal. I was a 'little' girl in the 1960's also. I pickup embroidery in childhood, then sewing. In the mid 1980's I found counted crosstitch. Strayed away for many years from hand crafts. Then covid hit. Recalled memories of mom one huge crochet project. Went to you tube and a whole bund of you folks taught be to crochet. I will not be very good at making up a project for sure. Thank you for helping me along

@TuulaMaaria

2 жыл бұрын

That's a lovely story of your craft journey! 💗 Hope you will continue crocheting now!

My mom too had crochet as a part of school curriculum and she forces me to learn this. I got irritated and randomly picked up your video. Slowly I started developing interest in it and made the baby blanket pattern for 3 rows. She was happy and now I like doing this too! (Love from India)

@TuulaMaaria

3 жыл бұрын

That's so interesting! Great you like crochet now and its wonderful to have people from many different parts of the world watching my videos 💜

Thank you for sharing your story. You are a great teacher and so motivational.

@TuulaMaaria

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Karen! 💚

My mom taught me to crochet when I was young, couldn't quite get the hang of it, kept increasing and decreasing stitches. Now that I'm older I picked it up and thanks to KZread re-taught myself thanks to all the wonderful tutorials. Would love to know the name of the book or at least the correct spelling of the author.

@TuulaMaaria

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, great to hear about your crochet story! The book is in Finnish only but of course it mainly just has images. It is called Uusia ja vanhoja virkkuupitsejä, by Mary Olki. It seems to be only available in Finnish second-hand bookstores.

@kathyeritano4681

3 жыл бұрын

@@TuulaMaaria thank you so much. It would be interesting to find an English version. Thank you for all your teachings. I just love the things you make and you're so easy to follow along with. Thank you for sharing your craft.

You are so amazing! Thank you for sharing your story!

@TuulaMaaria

10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

I am self taught i learned thru books with pictures also. I started with doily crochet when I was in my early teens, its been well over 45 years. Now I make my own patterns and I'm learning different types of crochet. I'm from Stillwater, MN, USA. Relatives in my dad's side came from Finland. I'm doing the research to find out where. Hope to visit some day.

@TuulaMaaria

2 жыл бұрын

That's so interesting! Great how you learned. Hope you find out more about your relatives here in Finland and get to visit one day!

My nana taught me when I was 6 or 7 years old. Around 1976 or so. I was always making stuff up and she would always tell me I needed a pattern to use. I would ask why. And where do the patterns come from because someone had written them. Why can I not just write my own? Never got an answer to those questions. She would just tell me I needed to use one. Then she would ask me what I was making. how am I going to do it. How am I going to finish it. I would tell her I would figure it out when I got there. 😂 She did teach me to read written and diagram patterns. Like you i will look closely at pictures and count stitches.😊 It did not occur to me till a few years ago she may have been telling me that so I would not be wasting yarn. (I didn't waste any.) She went through the Great Depression (USA) and later lost everything in a house fire. I still have everything she made for us. I miss her. Thank you for teaching me new short cuts and tricks. She would be proud that I am still seeking and learning new stuff. Thank you for being another teacher in my life.❤

@TuulaMaaria

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, so interesting! 😊 There would be many people trying to tell others that patterns are necessary! They are definitely not, I also always just made things up myself from a very young age. Later started writing down what I did and then videos. You have great memories of your grandmother to cherish! 💜

Hello Tuula Interesting to hear how you learnt crochet. Thank you.

@TuulaMaaria

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Sharon!

What a beautiful scenery.

@TuulaMaaria

3 жыл бұрын

Oh, isn't it, it's not far from my home in Southern Finland!

Such a lovely story 😍😍😍 Inspiring!

@TuulaMaaria

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Sharon! One day you can also start crocheting! 🙂

Thank you for that! I too learn to crochet that studying that pictures. Your story is so real. It made me smile

@TuulaMaaria

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🙂

Thank you for sharing your story

I'm so so glad I found you!

You are so helpful! I enjoy all of your knowledge. I’m an intermediate crochet person but...I have issues at times with the simplest of crocheting, like keeping my rows straight, counting... but I continue to motor on and work on my simple skills. 😎

@TuulaMaaria

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Danette! Trust you will work out any crochet problems little by little!

Thank you so much for the interesting story and information on how you became so talented!!! I just love your channel and your tutorials. 😊

@TuulaMaaria

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Jean, very happy to hear that! 🙂

Hello Tuula from Japan🙂 I'd say I'm an advanced beginner and find all your tutorials very useful, well explained and easy to follow(very important!). I appreciate all your hard work for sharing your knowledge🙏 One of my good friends is married to a Finnish guy and lives in Helsinki so maybe I'll recommend the book to her😉

@TuulaMaaria

3 жыл бұрын

Hello Mariko, I'm happy to hear my tutorials are easy to follow! Very interesting about your friend living in Helsinki, yes, maybe she will be interested in crochet too! Have a good day 🙂

Wishing you a wonderful Happy New Year. I am so glad I came across your video for the magic ring. You are one awesome lady. Thank you so much for showing the easy way to do the magic ring.

@TuulaMaaria

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

Found you from Darrel’s group! I’ve been struggling with my crochet! New sub! 💕

@TuulaMaaria

3 жыл бұрын

Oh that's great, good to have you here! 🙂

Tuula María-You have a great story! I didn't know you are from Finland! I always had great admiration for cross-country winter Olympic athelete, Marja Liisa Hammelainen. I am so thankful for your prompt answer! However, I have not found that channel again. It was named "Crocheto" and every time it's more difficult to get. The multiples were of three plus some say one and others say two. The blocks are formed by three double-crochet stitches and in the next row you crochet two or three chains on top of each block and a single stitch between each block, all with the contrasting color. Others say that you crochet one chain between every block to separate them, while others say not. It should be easy, but some instructions change. The stitch is simple and I like the way it looks. I'm sorry for not being good with techniques. There are other channels that show the stitch and I'll be looking for them. I have not felt well these past days. Thanks, again, for your attention! October 31/2020.

@TuulaMaaria

3 жыл бұрын

I see, yes, there are many different ways of making similar stitches. It even changes depending on the yarn you use. I normally test any pattern or stitch and often change it a bit to suit what exactly I need it for. Yes, I remember Marja Liisa Hämäläinen well, she was so good for many many years! Hope you will be well soon!

@zoraidagarcia625

3 жыл бұрын

@@TuulaMaaria Thanks for all your kindness, dear teacher. It's incredible how can an easy stich like this become complicated with just certain instructions. My best wishes for you, too. Be very well!

Hi Tuula! What an interesting story! Thanks so very much for sharing! I learned to crochet from YT tutorials and patterns. I am one that is dependent on written patterns & tutorials. What hinders me from creating my own is, not understanding how to figure out mathematically, the stitch multiples are, as to, begin with an odd/even # of stitches etc. ☺️

@TuulaMaaria

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Peggy! Yes, it takes a bit of time when you first make everything using patterns and then start to work without them. As you heard from my story, I did it the other way round so I don't have experience on that!

Is there anyway you can tell us the name of the book so we can look for it?

@TuulaMaaria

3 жыл бұрын

To my knowledge the book is only in Finnish although that doesn't matter when it is mainly just photos anyway. It's called Uusia ja vanhoja virkkuupitsejä, by Mary Olki.

@LG-KETO

3 жыл бұрын

Cris Hoover Another idea would be to look on Amazon. Type in “crochet stitch dictionary”. There are quite a few that would serve this purpose. Hope this helps!

Aww ..that is a very lovely story😊❤

@TuulaMaaria

Жыл бұрын

💗👍

I was looking at Finland online for being the happiest place. Would love someday to visit Finland

@TuulaMaaria

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely visit Finland one day (after the pandemic!). See a video on my other channel about Finland being the happiest country: kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z4aBpM2uoLDMh5c.html

Hello Tuula! Turku❤️ Happy New Year!

I am so glad I learned to crochet I had to have a hobby I had brain surgery and it helped I have crochet ed hundreds of sweaters and hats. for anyone who liked my stuff and people love the. Stuff I made

@TuulaMaaria

3 жыл бұрын

That's great to hear - yes, crochet can help in so many ways. I'm sure everyone loved what you were making 🙂

@martharousse9072

3 жыл бұрын

@@TuulaMaaria I know you get a lot of comments I do not ever use a pattern too like knitting I use to hate it because it reminded me of a cousin who madefun of me when I couldn't understand her but I learned to knit but we only had one class but I learned how to crochet and love children I was a Sunday school teacher so I made stuff for poor children I made fancy sweaters

Tuula, can you please write out the name of the book. I’d love to buy one. I appreciate all your crochet videos. Thank you Tuula and God Bless from NYC 💚🌻💚🌻💚

@TuulaMaaria

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I have mentioned it in a few other comments and it is only available on Finnish-only secondhand bookstores like this one www.kirjaverkko.fi/kirja/uusia-ja-vanhoja-virkkuupitseja/artikkeli/246462 . As far as I know it has never been published elsewhere. But of course it's all just images with general text about crochet and history of lace crochet in the beginning.

I am 65 now. I learnt to crochet at the age of 15. My friend taught me the double. From there I taught myself from watching older ladies.

@TuulaMaaria

9 ай бұрын

That's lovely!

Beautiful upload

@TuulaMaaria

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 🙂

Very interesting and inspiring 👍🏻

@TuulaMaaria

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, happy to hear!

Wonderful... Strangle.

Hi Tuula, I learned to crochet when I was 16. My neighbor taught both my Mom and I then. My first project was without a pattern. She taught me the granny square first. I ended up making all kinds of baby bonnets, sweater, and a blanket from the granny square. Do you have a link to this book? It took me forever to learn how to crochet with #10 cotton. I learned how to that back in the 90's. I have been crocheting for 39 years. I have designed a few things and within the last few years I learned Tunisian crochet by watching KZread tutorials without a pattern. I like patterns and find that a visual (either pictures or video) helps tremendously if I have problems with any part. The other helpful thing is to always have a chart for doilies. I have taught people to crochet and I learned it isn't something that just anyone can do. I am designing a top using a stitch originally designed by HappyBerry Crochet. She invented it! I am doing it in #10 cotton. It is called the clover stitch. It is an amazing stitch. Do you have the link to this book? Is it available as a pdf version online that can be downloaded?

@TuulaMaaria

3 жыл бұрын

Great to hear about how you learned 🙂 Granny squares are a great way to start, so many have done that! I agree, charts are so useful too and can give lots of ideas. That book seems to be available only in Finnish second-hand bookstores anymore, like here www.kirjaverkko.fi/kirja/uusia-ja-vanhoja-virkkuupitseja/artikkeli/246462 But the page is in Finnish only like they all are. Although easy to guess, all online shops work mainly the same!

i love you. thanks for sharing

☘️hola,me encanto su historia muy parecida a la mía . Me alegra conocer personas que les guste lo tejido tanto como a mi. Muchas gracias por sus enseñanzas. Un fuerte abrazo y muchas bendiciones.

@TuulaMaaria

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 💜

Kiitos videoista! Terveisiä Australiasta!!! ♥️

@bananapeaches6370

3 жыл бұрын

Also I love your English x British English sounds so much better IMO xx same as my mum :)

@TuulaMaaria

3 жыл бұрын

Kiitos! 🌼💗

Very nice book you to teach crochet to everybody and yours moms crochet design should be reach eyeryone

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I have made many things without patterns

@TuulaMaaria

3 жыл бұрын

Great to hear, it gives you so much more freedom! 🙂

@roselong6964

3 жыл бұрын

@@TuulaMaaria exactly!

🌸🙏👍👌✌️😍😍

Wndrful

You sound dutch 😂

@TuulaMaaria

3 жыл бұрын

Oh😆 I suppose there are similarities! I'm Finnish with many years in Northern Ireland!