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First crochet attempts

It’s funny. My grandmother tried to teach me how to crochet when I was a kid. And I hated it – I could never get it right and I thought it’s only for grannies, duh!

But recently It’s been all around YouTube and it caught my attention so I decided to give it a try.

My first choice of yarn was a bit of a disaster. It was fluffy and tangled all the time so I had to undo my stitches a lot – quite a frustrating experience for a beginner. I then went on a quest for the perfectly smooth yarn! And returned home with a few balls of shiny cotton yarn – I was so excited.  Continue reading