I have this ugly shirt right.......here it is






and this is what I turned it into......this is my first crochet/clothing joining project.....blush




excuse the messy house, and my bra strap......but I love the way this blouse 'shows' my back & my tat that I got in Feb.




please, gentle craftsters.....what ya think?

I have never ever used a pattern with any of the crochet that I have done. I have just winged it, and for the most part everything has been well received & I loved all of it.

fast forward 2-3 years & now I want to learn to read patterns, but I just am SO stupid I dont get it! If I understand one part I dont understand the other.

I have taught myself to do everything in crochet, so no going to the person that taught me......I am so upset with myself & my stupidity. I am soooooooooooooooooo o frustrated right now. I have so many things I want to make but I just cant make because 1. I cant figure it out on my own 2. I cant read any patterns to make the others.

I feel like Im stupid! I hate that.

How'd you learn to read patterns? I know it sounds strange that after these years Im stepping forward & admitting Ive made things hard on myself all this time by 'winging' everything instead of having patterns, but I want to fix the problem.......

grrrrrr Im so mad.

thanks for allowing me to vent.

I wasnt sure where to put this so I put it here, hope its okay

I have inherited a Singer model 132 Q featherweight from my Mother when she passed away in 2005. My problem is eventhough its a newer type machine (at least looks that way to my untrained eye)...I am having problems with my stitches, and cant figure out what could be wrong.

I have a stitches that look like a dot and a straight line. I dont know if its a needle problem (it came with no book) I dont know if its a tension problem (I dont know how to figure this out either)

HELP!!!

my hubby is into things like hard rock, and has many tats (just to give you an idea of his unusal tastes)

anyway, Id love to get him a wedding band, that he would actually wear. He use to love to wear a ring that had a skull design on it, but it broke in the back (no I dont mind him having something different as a wedding ring)

our 5th wedding anniversary is in July, and Id love to give it to him as a prezzie

any ideas?

if you make rings, let me know what you have Id love to see your ideas.


thanks!

I love to crochet, and I have never been able to work with something small before, but I started playing with string that we've used for kite string & this is the end result (havent put starch on it yet.....but I will to make it stiff up better)



please let me know what you think???












in case you cant tell from my bad work, its a choker.......

my hubby purchased this dog house for our silly little dog......



it needs serious help! I would love to do something with the outside, cause I do not like the 'wood' showing.



here is my problem I would love for Little man to have a 'bed' or something in there because I dont like the thoughts of him being on the wood floor (I know IM a sucker)

here it is with the towel I cant get the silly dog to give up......

any ideas?

OMG! I have gone the way of the pickled fields........grrr. I messed up on this lap quilt I was 'attempting' to crochet!

OMG!!!!!!!!!! I am so mad! I thought that I was doing well, and then I notice that I had mistakenly slipped on my stitch & pulled the wrong one, and one whole side is messed up........I can not leave it like this!

so now Im trying to unravel it, not having much luck, so Im having to try & undo it a little at a time

I am sooooooooooooo angry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr r

can you believe it? I am soooooo excited!!!!!!!!!!!


I have tried to learn it b4, and always had a mess so I have worked around it.....but today, I FINALLY got it!!!!! YIPPEEEE


I am so so excited!

now, what kind of projects would be good for a beginner at double crochet???

thanks ahead of time!

(I originally posted this in the wrong section of the board! SORRY!)


my
Ezma kitty with 'goat horns' hat I made for her today!!







let me know what yall think!

I hate being so freaking stupid that I cant even get the cast on method right.........I never realized before that I could BE so stupid.......grrrrr rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.. .......

I think that if my mind doesnt change I will get up in the morning, and burn all of my knitting stuff I have.

I purchased a book, I have watched videos, and read online, and still it doesnt look right to me.

Maybe I am just one of those people who cant learn.

Theres no one around me that knit for me to ask to learn from them, and I hate to admit defeat.

a long hot bath and a bed is what I need, I just am about to give up!

thanks for letting me vent. If you smell something funny from Alabama way at about 6 am, then you know I have officially burned all knitting things here...........buha a haa haa <---evil laugh.