Changing colors, baby beanie cap request

Many thanks to aunt esther... My mom, my sister and myself have learned how to crochet from watching her videos. And with a new baby on the way we are going blanket crazy. Cant wait to see the video on how to change colors (we have just been tieing off) Also can you make a video on how to make a baby beanie (baby cap)? - checkin back everyday, cant wait to learn something new. Thanks again

A. Thanks for your kind words! I'm so excited that all of you have learned how to crochet! It's such a fun passtime, and you're creating something special for someone!

I'm afraid that I do the same thing as you are doing to change colors! I also just tie-off the first color, and then tie-in the new color around the same place. Then weave the "tail" into its own color.

Hmmm, a baby beanie cap.... I'll have to look around and see what I can find.

Declan Galbraith YouTubes

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All Out Of Love - By Luk'S Firefox
An Angel - 2007 Spring ZDF( Italian Tirol)
An Angel - German Tour
An Angel
Auld Lang Syne
Baby, Baby
Ben (8-yrs.-old Rare Recording)
Bright Eyes
Carrickfergus
For A Better Tomorrow 2
For A Better Tomorrow 3
For A Better Tomorrow 4
Guardian Angel
I'll Be There
I'm Crying for You
Imagine - Madeleine McCann 100 Days Missing
It All Begins With Love
Last Unicorn
Last Unicorn 2
Love Can Build A Bridge
Love of My Life
Maybe
My Girl
Nights in white satin
Rainbow Man and You'll Never Walk Alone
Sailing
Saved by the Bell
Starry, Starry Night - Vincent
Tears In Heaven
Tears In Heaven - Declan and the choir boys
Tell Me Why 03:48 From: sandrsa
Till the day we meet again
Twinkle Little Star
You and Me

Single Stitch details

Q. hi your 1st video got me to understand single stitch better then my poor mother ever could..my question is can u explain in really simple terms a few things about it.. i got the very 1st part the going down 3 chain stichs and putting the needle through that then yarning over and pulling through till i have only a individual thread left of the needle but after that some time you had 2 threads and yarned over whati dont get is how u go from the very 1st part of single stitch with one tread left after yarning over and pull through how and when do you gou get the 2 treads before yarning over???????

i'm sorry i know this was long and rambling i hope you understand what im asking thanks

A. Hi,
It sounds like you almost have this stitch! Yes, after you do your chain stitch row, turn around and count 3 chains from your hook, and begin your single crochet, this is how you do it.
1. Insert your hook through the chain stitch.
2. Yarn over, and bring your hook back through the stitch you're working on. (you'll have 2 stitches on your hook)
3. Yarn over, and pull this yarn-over-stitch all the way through both of the stitches on the hook. There you go! You've just completed your single crochet!

Let me know how it goes! Esther

A "Thank You"!

Comment: I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH TO AUNT ESTHER FOR THE WONDERFUL VIDEOS. I AM A GUY THAT LIVED IN ENGLAND FOR TWO YEARS, WHILE IN THE MILITARY. I FELL IN LOVE WITH THE BEAUTIFUL SWEATERS THAT I SAW THERE AND IN SCOTLAND. I TRIED LEARNING TO CROCHET YEARS AGO AND FINALLY GAVE UP IN TOTAL FRUSTRATION. AFTER WATCHING AUNT ESTHER'S VIDEOS I REALLY FEEL THAT I CAN GIVE IT A TRY AGAIN! THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH! YOU REALLY HAVE NO IDEA HOW MANY LIVES YOU TOUCH IN SUCH A POSITIVE WAY! THANK YOU AGAIN FOR SHARING YOUR SPECIAL TALENTS WITH THE WORLD! I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH YOU HAVE DONE FOR ME! PLEASE KEEP MAKING THE VIDEOS! I WILL ALWAYS BE A FAN AND WILL WATCH EVERY ONE. THANK YOU AGAIN!"


Answer: My niece and I thank you! We have really enjoyed doing it too!

How to join two different colors together

Q. Can you show me how to join two different colors together? I love your videos helped a lot thanks!

A. Sure, I'll explain it here, and in another video we'll also show it.

Go to the place where you want to add the new color. Simply pull your yarn through the highest crocheted loop on the very edge of your work. Then all you do is start crocheting as you would at the end of a row. (For starting the next row, chain 1 for single crochet row, or chain 3 for double crochet row.)

What size of hook to use

Q. Dear Aunt Esther, THANKS! Your instructions are great -- slow and repetitive makes it work for me! My mother is a knitter, and I could just never get the hang of knitting. This looks a lot more like my kind of thing...one short hook, instead of two big needles. I have a long train trip coming up, and now I am motivated to give crocheting a go. I have Sugar and Cream yarn, and I would like to make dishcloths -- what size crochet hook do you suggest? Thanks again!



A. I know you can do this! I would use a crochet hook size C, D or E - these are larger sizes. If you're wanting a smaller stitch, you would use hooks F, G or H... You never know, my niece and I might do a learn-how-to-knit video one of these days! It's not too hard, either! Good luck!
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The higher the number of the thread, the thinner it is.

A popular thread size for crocheters who are just beginning to crochet with thread, is thread size 10, used with a U.S. size 7 or 8 steel crochet hook.

U.S. Steel Hook Size
Matched To Approximate Thread Size

U.S. Steel Hook Thread Size
14 80 - 100
13 40 - 80
12 30 - 60
11 30 - 40
10 20 - 30
9 20
7, 8 10

Links to this page are welcome. URL of this page is http://crochet.about.com/library/blthreadhook.htm
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http://www.crochet.org/hook/hooktype.html
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http://www.geocities.com/nornsneedlework/crochet/hookchart.htm

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