After Tina from kristabellashodgepodge commented that my blanket was likely to be significantly better than any of my first attempts at crochet I was inspired to venture up into the loft to see if I could find my first ever piece of work.
As I recalled you could see more strands of wool than stitches, which is true, but i have to say that having found it out looks an awful lot better than it did in my imagination. Maybe there is a lesson for me here!! 😉
Here it is
Julia's Creative Year 
You found it! 😂 But isn’t it amazing how our mind sometimes tries to sabotage our efforts?
Plus, this is one heck of a first attempt! 😀Mine was a misshapen – kinda trapezoid- dishcloth 🤣 And, no…not just in my mind…it really was!
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I did do a very wonky square as another attempt, as i really didn’t get the whole ‘chain counts as a stitch’ thing at the end of rows, and never knew where I was supposed to make the first stitch. But I don’t have that any more. I definitely think my mind has a way of highlighting negatives and downplaying any positives, but I’m working on it and am getting better at issuing and remembering the positives…. Honest! 🙂
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as a beginner crocheter myself, I think your first granny square was brilliant!
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Now I look at it I’m really pleased with it, but at the time I thought it was rubbish. It then took me about 10 years to try crochet again 😯
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I think it looks good. The tension might be a little variable, but you could join this with a slew of others and have a perfectly lovely scarf, baby blanket, afghan, or whatever you wanted it to be.
And variable tension is a challenge for all new crocheters, and some of us who aren’t so new.
Jan
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I think it’s a lovely first attempt. I would love to see you make another now and compare them side by side! I crocheted for years and years before I ever made a granny! 😀
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That would be interesting!
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Not bad! Better than my first attempt. I remember the first thing I crocheted – rather an ambitious attempt to crochet a baby blanket whwn I was 13. I never finished it so I still have it (well my cat has it). The stitch work is terrible but its a great reminder of how far I have come!
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Gosh… That would be a rather ambitious first try! I did a couple of small things but then made a lush scarf which started with a crazily long chain. That first row was a nightmare but so worth it in the end
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