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Good evening @CheerBear @Former-Member and other crafters,

Hmmm...I think I might be about ten thousand years away from being ready to make a baby dragon! I had a first attempt at doing sc following your pictorial, CheerBear. I don't think I did it quite right, but the pictures definitely helped!

So...I start at the second chain, right? And then after that, I use every chain to make the next stitch, right? It's only the first chain I skip, and then after that one, I use every chain? I think I was muddled about whether I need to skip every second chain or not.

@Phoenix_Risingsounds like you are progressing well there. It does take a while to get the hang of all the crochet bits, P, so do take it easy on yourself.

If I can answer quickly for now for you, in case you're impatiently waiting to get on with the next bit.

you've done your let's say 10 chains, (you have 1 loop on hook)

then miss the first one closest to the hook (this stands in for the first chain in the next row which is why we miss it),

put your hook through the chain loop (I use the bump, it's easier for me) of the second chain from the hook

wrap the yarn around the hook, pull the hook with the wrapped yarn back through the loop. (you have 2 loops on hook)

Wrap yarn around hook again and pull through both loops (you have 1 loop on hook)

(1 chain on hook) Put hook through next chain (3rd from hook), wrap yarn around hook, pull back through chain loop, (2 loops on hook) Wrap yarn around hook, pull through both loops on hook. (1 loop on hook)

Keep going to the end of the chain.

When you get to the end, make 1 chain to be the next row of single crochet, turn your work, and do the same thing again.

I do hope this helps, @Phoenix_Rising and has not confused @CheerBear's way of explaining.

Let's know how you're going. That ten thousand years will pass in the blink of an eye, all right, maybe a few ... but still, you'll be proficient at this before you know it.

Checking in very quickly to say I finished my bath mat!! Yay.

Will take a pic and post when I can, might be a day or 2 though.

@CheerBear that dragon is brilliant! colours so vibrant, so cute. I am still thnking about making another amigurumi - not sure yet, probably will though.

@TheVorticon OH my goodness, those hooks aren't going to be escaping from you are they! I'd guess you have pretty tight tension then, so going up a hook or 2, or even 3, in size should make it easier to work with. In case you didn't know, when the tension is too tight, the loops are too small and difficult to pull the yarn through, so your hold on the hook gets tighter trying to force the yarn where you want it to go, and that forces teh hook into shapes it wasn't meant to go into. Your poor hands! and your poor hooks too.

I do hope everyone's craft projects are going along nicely and you're enjoying them.

Looking forward to seeing your bath mat, @Former-Member

Yay for finishing your mat @Former-Member! I really like the completed project feelings ☺ What's next?! Thank you for your comment on my dragon ❤

How are you going with yours @Phoenix_Rising? I remember feeling like it would be 10 thousand years away from being able to make anything too!

I was on a button hunt this morning for a pair of baby boots and found these which made me think of @Former-Member

Dinosaur and unicorn buttons and they were next to each other! Wondering whether you've had a chance to get your craft on lately? ☺

Off to sneak in an hour of playing with rainbow yarn before an appointment. Hope there's something smile worthy in everyone's day 👋

OH MY! Aren't they precious @CheerBear

I'd almost need to get a couple just because if I'd seen them. LOL

Thank you for your good wishes here's a pic of the finished bath mat! It's 53cms x 62cms, the ruffly bits should block out when I get around to blocking it (if I bother to). The colours match the bathroom tiles like I took colour charts with me to choose the yarn colours (I didn't, bought it online).

@CheerBear @Mazarita @Bubbles3 @TheVorticon @Phoenix_Rising

I didn't back it CheerBear, thought about it after you said that (good idea by the way), but seeing as how it's only for stepping onto with wet feet straight out of the shower, and it's not slippery on the tiled floor, it'll dry easier if it's not backed.

I'm a little bit lost now, today was one of those watershed days I get sometimes. I'd been waiting for the inspection to be over (she was a month late) before I got into my writing in a more disciplined manner.

Finishing that project and also another course I was doing has sort of left me with that floaty feeling of too many endings all at once.

I'll be fine, I'll probably get out my Bruges Lace project - it's a vest for me I started making sometime last year and it got put to the side while I packed for moving. It's basically like this, Bruges lace top except open in front.

What crafty things are you all up to lately, if I may be so bold as to ask?
That succulent art sounds interesting @Bubbles3

Not my work or me just a picture to show @CheerBear what hair wraps are:)

the work on here is beautiful you are all so tallanted!!!

Very pretty @Former-Member I can't imagine threading my hair through beads to do that! That looks very difficult.

Your journal is an artwork in itself @Bubbles3

Started another shower cloth last night, this one is for my flat mate. It's a nice small project I can take with me today to keep me occupied while waiting for them at the doc too. So it works for me right now.

Craft hugs to you all. (is that a thing? can it be a thing?)