Lo Cooper

map-pin Mt Cotton, Australia

Hi, I am passionate about crochet especially home furnishings. Renovating items rather than replacing them to give them a new updated look, and sewing. You can guess I love interior design. Now trying my hand at quilting. In the last few months I have been told I am legally blind, I had noticed a significant deterioration but chose to leave it alone. I have been learning to crochet using a system of different size and shape markers. I use large markers to denote the start of a row/round, small markers for pattern start and end and to know where my repeat began I use two joined markers it makes sure I finish in the correct spot. To keep count when making a foundation chain or row I place a marker in every 10th stitch I only need to count my markers the. I have been out of the loop for a little while because of illness (I had a bone marrow transplant) and three more surgeries but now I'm back and can't wait to get started again. Thank you for reading this.

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  • Knitting12 Skills

    Knitting: Forever

    12 Skills

    • Cast on & cast off
    • Knit and purl stitches
    • Simple increase & decrease
    • Picking up stitches
    • Knitting in the round
    • Ribbed
    • Short rows
    • Garter
    • Stocking
    • Slipped stitches
    • Provisional cast on
    • Lace knitting
  • Crochet20 Skills

    20 Skills

    • Chain
    • Slip stitch
    • Double crochet
    • Triple/Treble Crochet
    • Increase & decrease
    • Surface crochet
    • Half treble crochet
    • Bullion/Roll stitch
    • Clones knot
    • Magic Ring
    • Colourwork
    • Front/Back post stitch
    • Triple treble crochet
    • Lace Crochet
    • Double treble crochet
    • Working in the round
    • Filet crochet
    • Lover's Knot/Solomon
    • Beading
    • Freeform
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