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Hi everyone, my name is Kelly and apart from Home DIY and being admin for the DIY on a budget Facebook page my passion is Crochet. I am self taught and I mainly learnt from watching YouTube videos and trial and error. At the start I was very dubious as I am a left handed and have been told it would be extremely difficult for us “lefties” to master the art of Crochet, well don’t listen, LOL!! All it takes is patience and a little determination. I started off small and “tried” to make Granny squares.... Well it was a disaster and it didn’t resemble a square in the slightest. So after a few swear words and lots of unravelling I decided to leave the Granny squares behind me and try some headbands with a bow instead and that when I started to fall in love with Crochet. It is something that doesn’t take long and if you use a chunky wool/yarn with a large hook you get really fast results. The whole headband is done using the double crochet stitch method. Here is my “how to” guide on how I make my popular bow band.
I use a chunky yarn, the brand I use is Hayfield Bonus Chunky, which costs £2.20 for 100g from Hobbycraft or it can be purchased online. If you are a beginner then I would avoid the following colours; Black, Navy or White, as it can make it harder to see the stitches, Measure the head circumference of the person the bow band is for, then to start here are my directions. I don’t have a set pattern so I made this up as I went along. I use a size 6 mm or a 6.5 mm hook when using chunky yarn.
Kelly's Off the Hook crochet
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