A very revealing dc mesh skirt from turquoise string/thread for a doll followed by a matching oval bra top for the same doll. Or maybe the top was first... They're long gone. I was in 4th or 5th grade.

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My first project was The Chain. I was so proud of myself the first time I could do it without looking at the book.

Scarf! it is blue! it is lumpy! i wear it proudly! ^_~

My first proper project (not counting chain and the 1 1/2 booties I made when first pregnant) was a granny square afghan in pastels. I was so proud! Unfortunately I didn't know about leaving a decent length to weave in after finishing each square, and it's now fallen to bits. Ho, hum.

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I hear you on leaving a tail long enough to weave in when you cut the yarn. Someone used to get aggravated with me because I left enough of a tail that I knew I had enough to weave in and not have it all come undone in the wash.

Baby booties! I envy anyone that can make them. I have tried so many times. The last pair I made, I told the mother of the baby that maybe he could fit into them before he went off to college.

Guage is important enough to check before you finish the project. How well I know this. Now.

My first project? A really intricate thread crochet coaster that my grandmother taught me to do. I was 5 years old and it took me a week to finish. She had such patience with me! I still have it...unfortunately, I chose to do it in bright pink....

Hehe! I agree with LaMorocha, KnitMouse. That blows my mind.

My first "project" was pretty much a swatch to see how to do a mesh stitch, but then I realized it might work well to tie back my drapes, so I did another. This makes me laugh just writing it. I think I need a do-over and a re-design on that little project of mine.

When I was seven... I finshed my first "real" large project ever...

it was a baby blanket for my cousin...who is now 18 years old. She has it still...she still uses it too as a lap blanket...

my first small project I think was a doily at five and a half. I don't know where that is now since I left it with the woman who taught me..and she died a while back

my first project was an entire skein of nothing but single chain stitch when i was 3 years old. it was something to keep me amused while in the car.

i think the first project i ever actually FINISHED was a baby blanket that eventually went to my ex-cousin-in-law's oldest son. it was white, double crochets in clusters of 3 (like a granny square), stripes of pastels every 3 rows, and fringed. everyone was shocked that i'd made it, i was shocked that i'd actually finished it!

pyrocoitonecronyctoclaustrotriskadekaphobia: the fear of having sex in a dark, enclosed space with 13 flaming dead people.

red meat isn't bad for you... fuzzy blue-green meat is bad for you.

My first project was a pot holder. It took me 3 or 4 days to finish, if I remember correctly. I didn't catch on very quickly, and at the age of 7, I never sat still for very long anyway. My grandmother was working on an afghan and was very patient with me. I gave it to my mother, and I don't know if she still has it or not.

My first project when I re-discovered crochet 4 years ago was a baby blanket for my cousin. It was white with a pink and purple trim and I was quite proud of myself.

My first project was a key chain for my sister--made just 3 days ago! It's just sc around a large key ring, with a small ring linked to it for the keys. I left the tails on, added another strand, and braided a tassle for it. I was, and am, so terribly proud of it!
CIP (Crochet in Peace)
wahmommy

Mine was a doily...it took me quite some time, and lots of ripping out, but I hung in there and finished it, and I haven't stopped crocheting since!

My first project was an afghan I made the summer before going off to my first year of college. Stripes of tan and purple-ish boucle yarn. I did it in all sc with a size Q hook, so it worked up pretty quickly and I was SO proud of it. Didn't realize at the time, though, that I did it wrong (according to the pattern). It was supposed to be just simple sc, but I ended up working the back loop only. Turned out beautiful anyway :) I also somehow added or missed a chain at the end of each row, so one corner kind of looks like it's trying to get away.

My 1st project was a pot holder. It came out pretty good for a first project and I was SO proud! This was only a few weeks ago. LOL! I gave it to my Mom and she loved it. My 2nd project is a scarf for my brother which I am just about done with! Yay! :-)

My first project was (apart from granny sq I learned to crochet by) a shawl of chain and punto basso (italian for sc). I am very proud of it and made another straight after with finer yarn for my other daughter.

I'm very proud of my efforts.

Mine was a cosy for my yoghurt maker, which was a by product of teaching myself to crochet. It's hugely uneven because I didn't realise you had to do extra chains at the beginning of a row so it went from a rectange to a triangle very quickly. I went back and (badly) filled in the gaps once it was done! It's a mixture of (UK terms) sc, hdc, dc, htr, and tr, along with a few buttonholes where I was trying out different things. I wouldn't part with it because I can put it next to everything else I've made since and feel proud of how far I've come in less than a year.

I just learned to crochet and my first project was a Granny Square POucker purse. I got the pattern from Marly of the Yarn Thing on the following website.

http://www.thepurseworkshop.com/Granny-Square-Pucker-Purse.html

Monique

Booties and dishcloth!!

Monique

Booties and dishcloth!! can't figure out how to delete this second one! Sorry.. I am new!

My first project was a scarf. I lost a stitch on either side so it turned into a triangular scarf...I wish I kept it :)

Squares. My friend and I learned to crochet in my dorm room, reading a How-To book and listening to terrible music, and all we did was make squares. I still have some of them. Probably should've made a quilt or something, but we moved on from squares to scarves so quickly. I actually still sometimes make a square if I am testing out a new stitch or just want to practice without working on something.

My first scarf I dropped end stitches on, but I figured that out pretty quickly so I made the ends of the scarf bell-shaped. Nice save, eh?

my first project was a tea cozy. I did it all with slip stitch thinking it was single crochet. I tried to add a photo here, but failed. You can see it if you want on my profile page if you go to my Flickr photos.

mad for crochet!

My first project was a granny square afghan made when I was about 12. I used up all the odds and ends in my mothers knitting basket. The colors were pretty awful together but I managed to finish it and use it when I left home for college.

I wish I still had it or a photo of it to show how much I've improved since then.

My first project was just a single crochet scarf and I was so tight when I first began that the second half of the scarf was almost twice as wide as the beginning. It got frogged but taught me to loosen my tension:)

pjwebb My very first project was a rose afghan block. I made it foro my grandmother-in-law she could crochet but couldn't read patterns. Icould read patterns but couldn't crochet, so I taught myself to crochet.

My first project was when I was in high school back in the (ugh, choke) 70s. It was a shawl. I made a poncho, hooded scarf and baby blanket before I put up my hooks for a while. Then I made baby afghan, booties, sweater and hat to bring my first baby home from the hospital in. Then, I put up my hooks again for many years and picked them up about maybe 10 years ago and made slippers every once in a while. The last couple of years I almost always have a project in the works and have become a stasher of yarn and hoarder of patterns. I'll never forget that hot pink shawl though!

When I first started as a kid my first project was a pot holder but I never did get past a couple of rows. Years later when I picked up the crochet hook again, I made doll blankets for my boyfriends two daughters. Then I started on a scarf. And like I read in several posts I dropped an end stitch like four rows in and didn't notice until I was like halfway through and I was using the yarn called Boa which is an eyelash and was using a regualar yarn with it to make it heavier so I didn't want to unwind and start again so at the end of the scarf I just added in a stitch so the ends bell out a little but you can hardly tell because of the style of yarn used. It is a beautiful scarf, everyone always asks my mom where she bought it.

My first project was a wave afghan; I didn’t start out small I jumped in feet first.
Tena

Mine was a Pikachu toy about 2 months ago. I dont have it but i do have a picture. I am proud of him. LOL

My first project was an afghan that I started 5 years ago and am still working on!

The first project that I actually completed was a set of Christmas potholders for my sister. I was so proud of them because I didn't follow a pattern and was able to make a Christmas tree on each one.

That's the only thing I've actually completed to date.

My first project was a square of single stitches for a "Warm up America" afghan project at work. It was lumpy and lopsided but they still took it. I bet they threw it away when I left the room. LOL.