The cherry brooch I posted about here was my first crocheting project and was soon followed by a more substantial project. I decided to buy a book on crocheting, since it was beginning to get annoying and unreliable to switch between youtube videos for stitch explanations and I was lost as to how to read a crochet pattern. I bought the book The Happy Hooker by Debbie Stoller in a second-hand store and found it really useful as a first introduction into crochet. I'm planning to review the book later this week.
After some practice stitches I decided that my first proper project would be these fingerless gloves.
They didnt use a lot of yarn and looked as though I could reasonably finish them in a timely manner without getting too frustrated. The shop I bought the yarn in only had one type of fingering weight yarn in only one colour: so the gloves were destined for gray cotton.
All in all, the pattern was relatively easy to follow as a beginner and the lace pattern in the front made them more interesting to crochet than a pattern of endless single crochets. I'm generally a believer in making things that you really want to make even if they are difficult instead of making things because they are simple but not really getting excited about it. Did that make any sense?
The gloves are more stylish than practical and are perhaps better worn as a spring accessory rather than an actually functional cold weather item. But as the proud newly-born crocheter that I am I have worn them plenty even though their practicality may be debatable.
I have also joined ravelry and you can find my notes on the project here.
Happy crocheting!