Letting the Creative Juices Loose....

I self taught myself to crochet when I was pregnant as I simply could not get to grips with knitting and found crochet much easier to learn. Honestly, it is something that comes and goes in my life; I'll have a fortnight of crochet madness, making everything from pretty headbands to funky cushion covers which then leads to a hiatus resulting in hoards of half finished projects . I'm not the quickest crocheter ever and my technique is far from amazing but I thought I'd share some of my recent crochet goings on, hopefully if it will encourage me to finish this blanket I've been making for bubba.

The pattern for these Popcorn Flower Granny Squares can be found here at Millie Makes' blog, I'm also reeeally tempted to try out her daisy granny square pattern which would look beautiful draped on the nursing chair in Elyse's room. Although, I promise to contain myself until the current blanket is done and dusted.

If your new to crochet and want to learn, Youtube is a fantastic learning tool as there are lots of good tutorial videos and free patterns. Likewise, Pinterest is a great source of inspiration for a huge variety of crochet projects, not to mention Etsy; home to masses of creatively minded people selling the most pretty patterns, catering for a range of skill levels. I also  recently picked up the Erika Knight Crochet Workshop book which you can purchase from Amazon for around £10, I won mine bidding on eBay for around £6 so if your a bargain hunter like moi try there. This is a brilliant book to learn from plus the photography is effortlessly gorgeous.

One thing I noticed when I was teaching myself was that crochet terms differ between the UK and USA. I don't want to start trying to explain the difference as I'm probably the least competent person to do so but if you are unsure, click here for a great explanation on the differences.

I really hope this post has been helpful to anyone interested in crochet and if you would like to see some more pretty crochet pictures, please look in my right sidebar where you will find a little Pinterest widget featuring my most recent pins. I'm still a newbie to the whole thing so if you have any interesting crochet related links/blogs/websites etc please do post me a comment in the box below!