Try Something New

Trying something new 

Ive been crocheting for a long time, more years than i care to remember but even an old dog like me can learn something new occasionally.  

I’ve been having a go at corner-to-corner (C2C) crochet, and I love it. If you do not know what it is, it is a way of working to create shapes by working corner to corner, literally! I decided to give it a go because I wanted to create a blanket from the yarn cakes I have made from odd ends of yarn. 

Variegated yarns do not always work well in crochet because of the different size of the stitches. As the lengths of colour in my yarn cakes are quite long, this is the ideal pattern to use as you get broad blocks of colour. 

So, having decided to give C2C a go, I opened Pinterest to look for a tutorial. Now, normally I can follow a written pattern quite easily but even with pictures, I could not get this! Next stop YouTube, so much easier following while someone else did it. 

I am an experienced crocheter and can pick up most things quite easily.  I have just started teaching a beginner’s class for people brand new to crochet and those who have tried in the past. The first thing I tell them is to use every resource available when you are learning, including your classmates as they all learn at different rates and can help each other out. 

I always think a day is not wasted if you learn something new and you are never too old to learn.