My very first attempt at crochet!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Okay, it's slightly deformed. and, okay, it does have a lopsided shape and no, you're not just imagining that the holes are a bit big, but this post is called "My very first attempt at crochet!!!", so what were you expecting? Anyways, thanks sooooooo much to Mom for teaching me this fun new hobby/obsession, and thanks to a book, Yummi 'Gurumi: Over 60 Gourmet Crochet Treats To Make , for inspiring me to try crochet. Can you already crochet? Need inspiration for another project?Or have you always kinda wanted to learn crochet but didn't feel sufficiently inspired? In both cases, or if you're just curious, click HERE to be taken to a page of awe-inspiring Google search results I recently researched.
The amazing thing is, if you get really good at the basics of crochet and spend some time practicing and trying new projects and stitches, you can do pretty well anything with crochet. When I did a search for Amigurumi (if you don't know what that is,CLICK HERE for the Wikipedia definition) One of the first "related searches" options was " Amigurumi Dragon" . And so I was curious. And was further amazed by the varying styles of this unique category of sweet amigurumi animals; they range from

impossibly cute and simple..

 to impossibly elaborate...

to somewhere in between!

                    My advice if you're going to try to learn to crochet: don't try to learn from a book (get someone to show you how!!).Why? Because chances are, if a book tells you how to crochet, the author already knows how, and therefore the instructions will make no sense. Trust me, I tried.
Good luck and happy crocheting,
-Ivy
Psst-the nice rounded shape of the top flap was entirely by accident...