Yay for folding space! I've been hoping that learning how to weave will help me figure out how cloth works; that's my Achilles heel when it comes to sewing. On the other hand, I find the slow process of warping the loom actually interesting, while the slow process of preparing fabric, pinning on the pattern, cutting, transferring marks, removing the pattern, basting the pieces together, and doing trial fittings before actually sewing to be a form of torture the Inquisition might have envied. So I may simply suck at sewing.

I wish I'd known what your crochet problem is --- I could have shown you the solution in about 5 minutes while we were out there, because I had the same problem as a beginner. It's a helluva hurdle until you figure it out, but once over it you'll find things easier. And yeah, books really sort of fail to help that one. I was told to try videos but had nothing to play them on. Took a live teacher to show me, and then all was well.

Yay sportweight yarn! I'm making the Gunnister purse out of sock-weight Shetland yarn on 00 needles and boy, is it challenging my middle-aged eyes. I'm on my 4th try right now because I screwed up the pattern the first three times. Then I realized that bright clear light is the key. Also, going slow and counting stitches to make sure I don't introduce yarn-overs when switching from one needle to the next. (Knitting in the round doesn't come naturally to me.) Try 4 is going better!