Crochet
For my enlightenment project I decided to go with option two and choose something that I've always wanted to do, so I chose how to crochet. I decided to choose how to do crochet because it was something I've always wanted to learn since i was little and my grandmother would make me stuff, but I also came to the conclusion that I could make things out of crochet that can help benefit others. To benefit others I will make toys and clothes for animals and babies and sell it to the community. Then half the profits will go towards the homeless in the community.
My Process
My Projected End Goal is: To crochet a blanket for a baby, sell it, and give half the profits to the homeless at the House Of Hope. The rest of the profits will be used to make more items and continue donating to the homeless.
My blanket
When making my blanket at the end it was twisting and was getting smaller the further i would go.
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Got the materials
I started with getting the materials. I bought some yarn and a 0.5mm crochet hook.
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Blanket update
Sense my blanket was twisting and getting smaller i decided to start over and use a different yarn as well.
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Learning how to crochet.
After getting my materials I started learning how to crochet right away. I used wikihow.com/crochet to began my learning. I started by making a small chain and connecting it at the end to make it a circle (the start of a baby headband for a baby).
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Running into issues
When I was crocheting there was knot in the yarn and when I tried to take it out the yarn broke so I had to start over. After getting to the same point I was the first time I realized the headband was twisted so instead of starting over I took the headband apart and now I'm making a baby blanket.
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What I've Learned so Far
You have to be gentle with the yarn I'm using otherwise it break. If you don't have enough tension when your crocheting then the blanket will start to twist. Having enough tension the loser you are the easier it is . I've learned how to make a chain. I learned that with the different type of yarn if i mess up then you can see it unlike before. The yarn doesn't break as easy with the other yarn.