Paying attention to instructions is important

So as I mentioned in a previous post, I am trying to teach myself to crochet.  I started by watching some videos on youtube.  I practiced a couple times, then started my first crocheted blanket.  I thought everything was going good, but I noticed that once again my blanket was getting smaller with each row. 
So I watched the video tutorials on Lionbrand.com.  It turns out I was forgetting to do one chain at the end of every row.  Not only that I was doing the single crochet wrong.  I should have been hooking it underneath both parts of each stitch, but I was only hooking it under one.  Does that make any sense?
I don't feel like tearing out all the work I had done on my blanket, I will just continue on but now I will do it the right way. 
I wish I had watched the tutorial on Lionbrand first, it was much more helpful than the ones on youtube.  Oh well, lesson learned.

I started another blog

I decided to start another blog that focuses more on my personal life.  So if you are interested, check it out (it is in My Links section)

Learning to crochet

I have decided to teach myself how to crochet.  I tried once in high school, it didn't go well.  I didn't know anyone who knew how to crochet so I went to the library and got a book on how to crochet.   I forgot my library card at home so I just photocopied the first couple pages from the book, then I went home and read them.  I started by trying to make some cotton dish cloths.  It started out great, but for some reason I ended up with triangles instead of squares.  So I gave up on crochet and went back to knitting.

I have heard people say that crocheting is much easier than knitting.  Well I am pretty good at knitting, so I decided to give crochet another shot.  I bought a set of used crochet hooks in a nice little case and decided to give it another try.  This time I am learning by watching videos on Youtube.
I'm not going to lie.  I still suck at crocheting.  But I am not going to give it up.   I will get better eventually...right?

Well dear readers I am open to any suggestion on how to improve my crochet skills.  Does anyone have a book to recommend?  Maybe I should see if they have "Crochet for Dummies"

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Every year when St. Patrick's day comes along I never have anything green to wear.  I'm not a big fan of green, I don't own any green clothing.  So every year after St. Patricks day I vow to myself that I won't make the same mistake next year and I will get something green.  Then every year I forget to buy something green and the cycle begins again.
This year I woke up realized what day it was and realized that yet again I had nothing green to wear.
So while I was getting ready for work I ran to my craft room and grabbed some blue and yellow polymer clay.  That's right I don't even have green clay, I had to make my own.  I quickly mixed the colors together till they turned green.  Then I made for little balls arranged them together and flattened them until I got a four leaf clover shape, then I added a stem.  Stuck it in the oven for 15minutes at 275F and here is the finished product:

My 20 minutes St.Patrick's day necklace.  Sorry for the bad quality picture, I took it with my phone.

Sidenote:  I promise that I will start posting more than once a month ... maybe.