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Is it because I am a man? Honest - I can read, and am tech savvy in most physical ways, but I don't get it.
Any Suggestions appreciated greatly. A book perhaps.....
Any Suggestions appreciated greatly. A book perhaps.....
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No I don't think being a man has anything to do with it...I am a woman,,have been rocheting for -about that long off and on. and I still have difficulty reading or following a printed pattern. I have to mark each line and i do it or else I'm totally lost. All I can suggest is practice, practice, practice. That's what I'm doing.
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Perhaps different colored hi liters? It just occurred to me from your words 'mark each line'. Thank you for the fix 20 years worth of it.
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I have been crocheting since a child and have never made anything without a pattern. I have found 2 different type of patterns one is line by line and I have to mark off each row as I go. The other is by diagram and it is far easier to read. Those I don't have to mark off each row and I don't have to mark off each row as I go and can even put down my work for weeks and come back to it and find my place. Diagrams are much easier to follow. If you haven't tried them you might they may work better for you.
Ihave to admire anyone who crochets without patterns. -
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I have been working on a blanket for some time now. A box of random size shapes and colors is what I have to show now.
I crochet fill the spaces between, or crochet a rib joint between adjoining edges. I will make it double sided so the ribs don't
stick out. its all very random. i have my gage and tensions all sorted out these days. It is difficult to find time to sit still and
work on it as I would like to. I have some envy of the pattern way, as it allows for you not to have to reinvent the wheel every time.
I aspire to work some thread rather than yarn at some point as well. I became furthe inspired by my ex mother inlaw who
made lace curtains. Looks like a huge job to me, but an aspiration nonetheless. No patterns.
I have not seen the diagrammatic patterns before. is there an online source? -
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The first and best I have ever found was Magic Crochet mag. it is my favorite but there are other crochet mags that have diagram s also
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oooh. thread will be tedious. I have a great thread crochet book that helped me to learn to read patterns a bit. I believe it was through Leisure Arts, but I think they updated it to a newer version. I believe it was called the Complete Guide to Thread Crochet.
However, I ADORE Stitch n' Bitch the Happy Hooker! She goes through EVERYTHING including how to read patterns. It's a fantastic book to have. It also has some cute stuff in it. Like most crochet books there are a few patterns that make you gag... but overall I HIGHLY reccomend this book. It's helped me to learn to read patterns a bit better as well.
I've been crocheting for 13 years now. It took me 6 to learn to read a pattern. Don't feel bad.
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My grandmother crocheted her whole life and couldn't read a pattern. She had to look at a crochet example and then she could figure it out. I think that's harder.
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There's a cool blog by 'The Crochet Dude'. Drew is a talented crocheter and I bet he could give you some hints.
I think some patterns are really hard too. Sometimes you just have to look at what you are holding a bit more and then the directions hit you! I am trying to make slippers and one turning out bigger than the other. Not sure what happened. Tore one out to see if I just forgot a few rows.
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I can't read them either. I always figured it was the dyslexia. I usually look for books with really good pictures and work from the picture.
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1) Buy the happy hooker, it will help you understand many things a lot easier.
2) Get a pattern you want to create, and write out what all the abbreviations mean
3) Use post-its to highlight the row you are on. Have one just above and one just below the sentence so that everything else is blocked out.
4) Go to your local yarn shop and ask for a lesson on reading patterns, they might put a class together or they might just give you a one on one lesson.
5) Keep asking questions
Good luck
