全天鉤針編織：鉤針編織簡介，第 1 課。

Hello, learners and parents!  My name is Melissa Tidmore and I have been an avid crafter my whole life!  I enjoy many areas of crafting but have been practicing crochet since the age of 7.  For several years, I traveled to different craft fairs and had my own small business called "The Loopy Mama."  While this was great fun, lately, I mainly crochet for fun.  I hope to teach young children the fun and useful skill of crochet and help them learn a skill that is both entertaining and beneficial.  Crochet helps encourage creativity and helps develop hand-eye coordination and even pattern recognition and counting skills.  Although this class is only the introduction, I plan to add later classes that will cover more advanced stitches and fun patterns and skills.  In this first section, I plan to teach the basic chain stitch as well as, a slip stitch, a single crochet, a half double crochet and a double crochet.  In upcoming sections, the students will learn to expand on these stitches and use patterns to create designs.  I tend to be a bit of a goof in class and truly enjoy teaching students, class with me will be both engaging and fun and students will fully be involved in the learning process.  I will have two cameras so that students can see both my face as well as a closer shot of my hands.  They will be crocheting stitch-by-stitch with me during class.  At the end of the lesson, they will even be able to show off their finished projects to their new friends!  For this class, students will need a thick yarn with very little texture and a chrochet hook, 6mm to 7mm in size.  This hook is the easiest size to lean with and a simpler color and texture yarn will allow them to see the stitches better.  I love the "light bulb moment" when they learn something new and are able to branch out and apply their own spin and creativity.  I hope to see you in class soon!