@SassyRocks I too had Home Ec which taught cooking, sewing, embroidery, and crocheting. Since Mom taught me these things long before middle school it was an easy 5 credits every year. They need to bring this back into schools. We always had fun in this class. Since it was all girls it was like a refuge for us.
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YouTube has great videos on how to do each stitch. I can help you with abbreviations in any pattern instructions. It’s really not hard to crochet. Check out Fiber Spider on YouTube. I love his videos. He goes nice and slow and repeats what he is doing to make sure everyone is with him.
You need to learn how to make a chain first, then single crochet, double crochet, triple crochet and half double crochet. Start with those and let me know if you need help.
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This is a shawl I made this winter
This is a close up of the pattern I made up. I was following a pattern i found on line but i did not like the way it looked so i modified it until it looked right to me.
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Thank you for all the info!! Lovely work of yours as well!!
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Check out Fiber Spider on YouTube. He does crochet and knitting. He really explains in a precise and easy to follow way. I was trying to crochet from a written pattern that was not making sense. I did a search on YouTube and sure enough he had a video for that same pattern. I watched and crochet along and in no time had it all made sense!
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Thank you!
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I am so glad you started this thread! I crochet and knit. It is almost like meditation for me. Gives me something to focus on and stops the hamster wheel in my brain for awhile. I also like that I get something for my efforts. These are the pieces of a cardigan I am working on right now.
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Wow! That is so cool. You look fantastic in it.
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Thank you so much 
Pretty yarn. Is that one of the cake yarns? I love those. They stripe by themselves
Yes it is! It is the new Loops and Threads Cottonie Silk from Michael’s. I love it!
I started knitting the first time I tried to quit drinking, i suddenly had a lot of free time. Its been four years since then, I’m eight months sober and creating cleaner pieces because knitting and drinking dont mix.
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You’re welcome to stay, these are great hobbies. They are calming (well when you dont drop a stitch), usefull (anyone need a scarf?), and there nothing like coming home and showing off your new yarn (one day I will find a project for that super soft burgundy).
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Beautiful!
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I made this for mother’s day. I was having trouble with my hands. I thought it was arthritis, so I stopped crocheting. The practitioner said I don’t have arthritis. I’m doing hand exercises, hoping to get back to crocheting sometime. I’m glad to see all the great work people are doing!
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I do cross stitches if that counts
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Absolutely! 
Can we see some of your work?
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