Crocheting 101 and Other Stuff

I’ve had my second lesson and there is some improvement.  I practiced doing my “swatch” as instructed after the first lesson.  I could do the first row and second row, but then I was stuck.  So, I bought the book CROCHETING FOR DUMMIES.  Would you believe that I did not understand that book.  I read the whole section on how to do a single crochet stitch (which was to be my third row) and I didn’t know any more than I did before I read it.  It told me to go under these two loops with the hook and pull the thread thru.  Well, I could see the two loops but there wasn’t any way to get the hook under there.  So, I didn’t finish my swatch.  When I arrived at class yesterday (we are down to two students which is good – more one on one training) and I explained my dilemma to Wanda she said no problem (easy for her to say).  She then showed me what I was doing wrong.  I needed to go further down than the two loops.  The dummy book was wrong J

 

After getting that taken care of she taught me two more stitches.  Of course, only I could screw up a square.  When she checked my progress (after helping Mary) she asked me how I made my square a curve – not a circle but a curve.  I said I didn’t know I was just working on my stitches.  Wanda told me not to worry about it and keep going.

 

This week our homework is working on the new stitches we learned.  I am going to start from the beginning and try to keep my work as a square.

 

I also finished my tissue box holder this week.  A lot more work than I expected, but I think it turned out pretty good.  This is for me.  Now I am going to make a napkin holder.

On Monday I started cutting grass.  Yes, it’s that time of year again.  I got a little more than a third of my yard finished when the belt came off the mower.  That ended the grass cutting.  When Kevin arrived home he finished cutting it with the tractor.  Looks like I am going to either buy a new deck for my mower or a new mower.  Kevin is researching.  Hope it’s just a deck.

 

Not just the deck.  Kevin stopped over yesterday (Thursday) and informed me that a deck would cost almost as much as a new riding mower so I guess I’ll be buying a new riding mower.

 

Yesterday, Tuesday, I had a load of gravel delivered.  The front of my driveway was a big mud puddle from where the Water Works dug it up to run the water line for the folks across the road.  They filled the hole, but they didn’t replace the gravel.  When the guy delivered the gravel I told him where I wanted it dumped and he said no problem.  He just backed up and started dumping before he should.  When Kevin got home he got out  his tractor and fixed most of it, but I still have more gravel in back then in front.  Oh well, that’s country living for you.