Welcome to Lola Loops & Stitches. My name is Jessika but call me Lola! I'm a special education teacher by profession, a certified life coach, a crochet instructor, a content creator, and a self-proclaimed youtube video blogger geek passionate about helping people navigate the fiber world. In this channel, I'm currently offering crochet tutorials. I'll be guiding you to achieve your crochet goals stitch by stitch. Currently, I work full-time during the day, so I might upload videos randomly. My goal is to become a full-time resource for you.
Beautiful, I love this stitch. This stitch is new to me; it looks difficult to make but is simple and so pretty. I am going to use it to make some scarves. You are very pleasing to watch; your crochet rhythm makes it so relaxing to watch your stitch. I love it. Thank you ❤
I am instructing residences of an assissited living facility. Have one resident who just can't remember how to hold the yarn. I will try your method tomorrow. Will let you know thank you
If you go round little finger by looping it under wedding ring and over middle finger so it leaves first finger and thumb holding your work. The nuns taught me the Patons method and hold hook like a pen. No sore fingers ever. I taught crochet for several years and some videos have bad methods . I cringe how many times people have to readjust the tension fingers. I recommend Patons diagrams and you can't go wrong. The nuns were great and I learnt correct method from the start.
This is exactly how I hold my yarn and crochet hook now. In my opinion the pen grip is the one who gives the best results in most especially while working with fine fibers.
When I started crocheting, about 10 yrs. ago, I was holding the yarn too tight and my hands always hurt. Now, I don’t hold it anywhere as tightly as I used to, but have discovered that different pattern designers will have a different tension, and sometimes changing your needle size doesn’t work because it’s not the length that they’re looking for but the height. A designer also said this to me once. She said that some people are yankers, meaning very tight, some people are riders, meaning in between, or lifters, meaning very loose, and some patterns call for one of each style. I saw your video and am going to try this, this seems like a good way to control my yarn.
Thank you for sharing your experience and I agree 100%. in my expletives, changing the holds have impacted the tension. I discovered as I was learning that using the pencil hold will give my work a cleaner finish, tension wise, this is the hold I’m using now, pencil grip. While working with bulky fibers then I use the knife hold.
Thank you for your video and clear instructions. Made this Flecks Mouchetures from loops and threads w/ a K hook. Turned out beautiful and my friends going to love it ❤
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Just follow multiples of 2. If you are going to start the foundation with single crochet then add an extra stitch at the end and if is with double crochet stitches then ad two more chain stitches and start crocheting on the third chain from the hk! hope this help!
I’m teaching myself and my daughter to crochet for a summer craft activity and your video was very helpful in showing us ways to hold the yarn. Thank you!😁
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I am completely unable to hold my hook like a knife. When I finally caught on that people held their hooks that way, I was really surprised. I tried it, felt like a monkey using eating utensils, LOL. It is very awkward for me, painfully slow, literally *cannot* do it, hurts my arm, but I hold my hook pen style, very loosely and back from the hook, but still using the thumb rest, doing all the motion with my fingers and I can speed along. I cannot use short handled hooks because they make me lose control, such as the Clover Soft Touch with the very short handle. I crocheted for years and years before I even noticed anyone held differently than I do, wasn't aware anyone did differently. This could come from being a master hand quilter since the 1980's, not really sure. What is great is that everyone can hold their hook whichever way is most comfortable for them; no one is wrong! I also have always used tapered hooks, just bought what was readily available and cheap. People kept talking about Susan Bates and inline style hooks (I did have one, didn't know it, but it was a 10mm so rarely used). I recently got a set of metal Susan Bates hooks, plus one of the Susan Bates Soft Ergonomic hooks. The latter is nice in that the handle is quite long, longer than the Clover padded hooks, but I have a minor issue with Susan Bates, maybe because of my hook hold. It drags when I pull back through a loop, just a very slight tug, whereas tapered hooks with their smoother heads glide on through. It's so odd that I've crocheted for years without noticing either of those things, hook or hook hold differences, but now I know and have ventured out of my comfort zone, just to see what others are doing, I have at least seen if my usual way is the easiest way for me and it is. Thanks for the video! 🙂
Thank you so much for taking the time to share your vast experience with me. I used to hold my hook knife style, I was feeling like the medieval soldiers eating a chicken drumsticks lol . When I first started crocheting light weight yarn I noticed that holding pen style it was way better and my tension seems more define! Have a great crafty day!
@@LolaLoopsAndStitches Good description! Seems so many crochet folks here on YT use the knife hold, it was refreshing to see someone in my own tribe! Have a great week!
