Crocheting

Last week, Jean Geerdes was our guest teacher as she taught the basic skills of crocheting.

The list of all the beautiful things that can be made with colorful yarn and only a few different stitches is endless. It is easy to design unique scarves, blankets, baby items, slippers, and doll clothes. Such items make wonderful gifts, not to mention useful projects for the home.

What you will need:

• crochet hooks
• patterns
• yarn

Complete list of things to learn if the girls wish to earn the Keeper's Badge for Crochet:

• Demonstrate the ability to do all three basic stitches uniformly and evenly/
• chain stitch
• single crochet stitch
• double crochet stitch

• Demonstrate how to end a row, chain up, turn, and start the next row.
• Demonstrate how to count the stiches in a row to check your work.
• Demonstrate how to read a pattern.
• Complete a project (approved by your parents)

Here is a great website : crochet.about.com.  It has easy patterns and a tutorial.