We talked a bit about yarn skeins, and the best way to pull the yarn from the skein. The term “yarn barf” was mentioned that describes when you pull from the center of the skein and “blobby mess” of yarn comes out. We talked about the benefit of yarn winders (no knots!) and how it winds yarn into “cakes”.

We reviewed the double crochet stitch  (dc) that was introduced last class and practiced this. This is one of the main stitches all projects use. It’s important to be very comfortable with this stitch. (practice, practice, practice)

The half double crochet (hdc) was quickly introduced, but our focus was on the double crochet stitch.

The Mesh Stitch was taught.  Expanding on the Mesh stitch, you can make complex patterns by following charts of open and solid spaces that is referred to as Filet Crochet. I explained by using open spaces like the mesh stitch, combined with solid blocks you can create simple and complicated designs.