Because I can

It has taken me a long time to get the hang of crochet. I just couldn't get the yarn through more than one loop on my hook, which prevented me to to anything more than a double crochet. Now I have finally found out what I was doing wrong, it's easy as anything. What I was doing wrong? I wrapped the yarn around my hook in the opposite direction. Being a continental knitter, I simply grabbed the yarn with my hook as I would when knitting, whereas I should have wrapped it the other way.

Now this simple problem has been solved, I'm addicted. I just want to crochet everything, which is kind of unfortunate because I like the look of finished knitwear better most of the time. As a compromise (and as a way to use up some of the cotton thread I inherited from my grandmother) I decided to crochet this doily (Ravelry link). I'm thrilled that it is charted, because written instructions confuse the hell out of me. It's so much easier to keep track of what you're supposed to do through a drawing than through lines and lines of written abbreviations.

I have no idea what I shall do with the finished thing, because my BF has forbidden that it shall serve as decoration. Personally, I don't see the problem, but I'll probably find someone whose interior is more forgiving of doilies. For now, I'm just enjoying making it.