Crochet Anyone

[jenrose66]

Hi all. This is a repost of a thread I started on the regular community board last night. I don't know what I was thinking, I should have used this board, there's a lot of cool stuff here Please forgive me, I'm relatively new to crafting but I'm finding it really fun. Anyway here was my question.:

I'm fairly new to crocheting and I've tought myself using the Debbie Stoller "Happy Hooker" book and You Tube. I've made a blanket I'm happy with and I've done a couple granny squares.

Anyway I'm working on a stuffed Bunny...the bedfellow project on page 251 if anyone is familiar with the book. I just can't get started. The directions are straight forward so I don't know what the problem is.

The directions say:

*work all slip stitches into back loops of stitches throughout*

Chain 3 and join with slip stitch in first chain.

Round one: 1 sl st in same ch, 2 sl st in each of the next 2 ch do not join, six slip stitches, work in a spiral.

I get the chain 3 and then I'm lost. I've seriously spent like 1 hour trying to get these six stitches. I'm not sure how the spiral should look. I'm also just having a really hard time making out the make up of the chains once I join them in the round.

Anyone have any words of wisdom? My main problem is once I join the chains and start making stitches...I just end up with knots

 

[notes4theheart]

I thought I knew how to crochet until I read that pattern!! I have no idea...hopefully someone will chime in!

 

[zorak]

*work all slip stitches into back loops of stitches throughout*

Chain 3 and join with slip stitch in first chain.

Round one: 1 sl st in same ch, 2 sl st in each of the next 2 ch do not join, six slip stitches, work in a spiral.

okay. you've done the ch 3, and joined with a sl st. that's your first sl st. you do one more in that same ch, then 2 more in each of the next 2 ch. don't join, you have 6 sts total, and continue working in this fashion to make a spiral - no joins, just keep going. hope this helps!!!