I am hoping to take up crochet and have been watching lots of videos on YouTube.
My auntie showed me how to do basic squares but that was 50 years ago. I never progressed beyond the squares and haven't done any crochet for 49 years!
I have seen a granny square that can be done like a daisy or a sunflower and wanted to have a go at that. Hopefully ending up with a blanket 
. Pictures are random ones from the internet.
My questions are|:
What size of a crochet hook do I need for double knitting wool?
In the American YouTube videos they seem to use crochet hooks with thick chunky handles. I learnt using a thin hook. Which one would you prefer? Is the thicker one easier to handle for a novice?
Any other advice would be welcome.
Thanks
I would also use a 4mm hook with DK and also recommend looking at Attic24. I’m making 4 of her blankets for family for Christmas. Have started early and expect to do one a month - about 4 colours a night watching TV is average. It’s great to watch them grow so quickly.
On crochet hooks, I have used both thin and thick and hold each type differently. Sometimes your hand gets tired or achy, and a change of hook style helps.
Have fun experimenting- it’s such a mindful and satisfying occupation x
Look up Helen Shrimpton
Crystals & Crochet
She has fantastic Mandala patterns & crochet along together projects. She’s also on FB 
Lucy Attic 24's mandala wall at Yarndale 2014. Mine is there somewhere!
Her blog page about mandalas:
attic24.typepad.com/weblog/2014/05/mandalas-for-yarndale.html
And one of my favourite mandala pattern books.
Thank you just taken look at Bella, best one I've seen, now I can try myself, she explains everything
Primrose 53. I have my eye on the rug on page 118 hooked in T shirt yarn.
Bijou. I prefer crocheting and knitting from a chart. I know that new crocheters can struggle with stitch placement. Charts make it clear how the stitches stack on top of one another so I would always urge people to learn the symbols and how to read charts.
I learned to crochet when I was 16, from the Golden Hands partwork series. The first thing I laboured over was a lemon lacy kaftan. What's now called hippy chic was all the rage in the early 70s. It had a square yoke in what I think was probably dc, a flared lacy body and short but flared sleeves. Picot edges might have been involved but I might be imagining that.
Then I made a white lacy mini dress. Sadly (or fortunately) there are no photos of me wearing these garments.
I had the whole collection of Golden Hands and Fashionmaker and regret throwing them away. Although the fashions will be of their time (70s) the techniques would still be the same.
The books I always return to are the Harmony Guides to Crochet Stitches which have written and charted instructions. A more recent favourite is Edie Eckman’s Around the Corner Crochet Borders.
caravansera I have quite a collection of crochet books and these are my oldest but I love them. They date from about 1911.
Agreed Katcoffee I like granny squares or other squares because they are a great way of using up yarn and the end result is a riot of colours.
I made this for my daughter.
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