Tisha's Crocheting

  HI FRIENDS,         HERE AM SHARING SOME INFORMATION ABOUT CROCHET CHEAT SHEET.. AS ALL KNOW, CHEAT SHEET IS A PIECE OF PAPER BEARING WRITTEN NOTES... 1. CHAIN STITCH (ch)  chain stitch (ch)                               YARN OVER, PULL YARN THROUGH STITCH ON HOOK.... 2.SLIP STITCH (slip st) slip stitch(slip st) INSERT HOOK INTO STITCH OR SPACE INDICATED,YARN OVER, PULL YARN THROUGH  LOOPS ON  HOOK.... 3.SINGLE CROCHET (sc) single crochet(sc) INSERT HOOK INTO STITCH  OR SPACE INDICATED,YARN OVER, PULL UP A LOOP ( 2 LOOPS  IN HOOK), YARN OVER, PULL YARN THROUGH LOOPS ON  HOOK.... 4.HALF DOUBLE CROCHET(hdc) Half double crochet(hdc) YARN OVER, INSERT HOOK INTO STITCH  OR SPACE INDICATED, PULL UP A LOOP (3 LOOPS  IN HOOK), YARN OVER, PULL YARN THROUGH LOOPS ON  HOOK.... 5. DOUBLE CROCHET(dc) double crochet (dc) YARN OVER, INSERT HO...

HI FRIENDS,               HERE AM SHARING SOME INFORMATION ABOUT CROCHET ABBREVIATIONS...   BASIC STITCHES HAVE DIFFERENT NAMES THAT VARY BY COUNTRY... SOME CROCHET ,  ABBREVIATIONS , AND US/UK TERMS-INTERNATIONAL CROCHET  TERMS ARE... approx  = approximately alt  = alternate beg  = begin bet  = between BO   or BL  = bind off btwn  = between bo  = bobble BP  = back post BPdc  = back post double crochet BPdtr  = back post double treble crochet  foll  = follow FPdc  = front post double crochet FPdtr  = front post double treble crochet FPhdc  = front post half double crochet FPsc  = front post half double crochet FPtr  = front post treble crochet hdc  =half double crochet hdc2tog  = half double crochet 2 stitches together inc  = increase lp  = loop lp st  = loop stitch m  = marker meas  = measure MC  = main colo...

  HI FRIENDS,                          HERE AM SHARING SOME INFORMATION ABOUT CROCHET  NOTATIONS FOR  BEGINNERS. BASIC CROCHET NOTATION FOR BEGINNERS ARE NOTATIONS IN SINGLE CROCHET sc2tog- Single Crochet twice together. sc3tog-single crochet thrice together. NOTATIONS IN DOUBLE CROCHET dc2tog - Double Crochet twice together. dc3tog - Double crochet thrice together.. dc - double crochet.. FOR EVERY STITCH THERE ARE NOTATIONS. .. HERE I HAVE SHARED  MOST  COMMONLY USED NOTATIONS... AFTER KNOWING THESE NOTATIONS, BEGINNERS CAN UNDERSTAND  THE FOLLOWING  DIAGRAMMING SYSTEM... IN THIS NOTATION , ALL STITCHES ARE WELL EXPLAINED STEP BY  STEP. I HOPE BEGINNERS DEFINITELY UNDERSTANDS...                    THANK YOU .. CATCH YOU SOON.... STAY SAFE..... 

  HI       FRIENDS HERE AM SHARING SOME INFORMATION ABOUT CROCHET NOTATIONS  AND TERMS (INTERNATIONAL NOTATIONS). IN WORLD WIDE , BASIC STITCHES HAVE DIFFERENT NAMES THAT VARY BY COUNTRY. USUALLY REFERRED AS UK/US OR BRITISH/AMERICAN . THE STITCHES PATTERNS ARE EXPLAINED IN WRITTEN PATTERN .  THE DIFFERENT NAMES GAVE MANY CONFUSIONS WHEN READING THE PATTERNS . TO AVOID SUCH CONFUSION , DIAGRAMMING SYSTEM AND STANDARD  INTERNATIONAL NOTATION WERE USED. INITIALLY BEGINNERS MAY FIND LITTLE DIFFICULTIES TO FOLLOW WRITTEN   SYSTEM....  DIAGRAMMING SYSTEM MAY EASIER THAN WRITTEN SYSTEM...  HOWEVER ,,,, DOING CROCHET IS FUN AND JOY....                THANK YOU... CATCH YOU SOON... STAY SAFE......

HI  FRIENDS                              HERE AM SHARING SOME INFORMATION ABOUT HOW TO HOLD CROCHET HOOK... CROCHET HOOK  LOOKS LIKE  HOLDING CROCHET HOOK  BASICALLY, THERE IS TWO WAY OF HOLDING THE CROCHET HOOK LIKE A PENCIL AND A KNIFE. LEFT HAND CROCHETERS MAY FEEL EASY TO HOLD HOOK  LIKE A PENCIL. BEGINNERS CAN HOLD THE CROCHET HOOK AS THEY LIKE.. THOUGH ITS FULLY DEPENDS ON BEGINNERS   CONVENIENCE.... BEGINNERS CAN USE ALUMINIUM , PLASTIC, BAMBOO HOOKS...  About hooks ONLY THING IS DOING CROCHET.. AND HAVING FUN IS IMPORTANT...                                                    THANK YOU.. CATCH YOU SOON... STAY SAFE....

 HI FRIENDS,                      HERE AM SHARING SOME INFORMATION ABOUT CROCHET STITCHES. DOING CROCHET , KEEP MIND CALM, FEEL STRESS FREE.... BASICALLY THERE ARE SIX MAIN TYPES OF BASIC STITCHES... CHAIN STITCH SLIP STITCH SINGLE CROCHET STITCH(DOUBLE -UK) HALF DOUBLE CROCHET STITCH(HALF-TREBLE STITCH-UK) DOUBLE CROCHET STITCH(TREBLE STITCH -UK) TREBLE OR TRIPLE CROCHET STITCH(DOUBLE TREBLE-UK) (YARN OVER TWICE) CHAIN STITCH  CHAIN STITCH                                                       SINGLE CROCHET STITCH(DOUBLE -UK) SINGLE CROCHET HALF DOUBLE CROCHET STITCH(HALF-TREBLE STITCH-UK) HALF DOUBLE CROCHET DOUBLE CROCHET STITCH(TREBLE STITCH -UK) DOUBLE CROCHET TREBLE OR TRIPLE CROCHET STITCH(DOUBLE TREBLE-UK) ( YARN OVER TWICE ) TREBLE CROCHET BEGINNERS INITIALLY PRACTICE SL...

HI FRIENDS,           HERE AM SHARING SOME INFORMATION ABOUT SOME BENEFITS OF CROCHET . 1.HEALTH BENEFITS WHILE DOING CROCHET,   CONSTANT REPETITION OF HAND MOVEMENT HELPS TO   KEEP THE MIND CLAM . DISTRACT THE BRAIN FROM THE STRESS . FREE FROM DEPRESSION . YOUNG CHILDREN WILL GET FINE MOTOR SKILLS(HAND WRITING ). YOUNG CHILDREN ALSO GET MULTI TASKING, FOCUSING... . 2. DECORATIVE BENEFITS HOME CAME BE DECORATED WITH BEAUTIFUL  CROCHET WORKS.. FEW ARE..... AS I SAID BEFORE , OUR GRANDPARENTS KNOWN WELL ABOUT THIS CRAFT... ONE OF  MY GRANDMOTHER DECORATED HER DOOR WITH THIS CURTAIN VERY LONG  AGO.. Thin yarn door curtain LIVING ROOM TEA PA CAN BE DECORATED LIKE THIS Tea-pa cloth SOME MAY DECORATE DOORS  WITH CROCHET THORAN Thoran WE CAN DECORATE WALL LIKE THIS Wall decor I AM SHARING ONLY VERY FEW CROCHET DECORATIVE ITEMS... THERE ARE LOTS OF  LOTS OF DECORATIONS IN CROCHET. EVEN FOR  EVERY FESTIVALS/FUNCT...