[Nfb-krafters-korner] Another new member

[Jean Menzies]

Hello everyone, 

I’m also a new member, and thought I should introduce myself. I recognize many names on this list from other lists, and it is always great to connect with new folks too. 

I live in British Columbia, Canada. My husband and I, my guide dog, and our pet dog live on a tiny island called Protection Iland, which is part of the city of Nanaimo. There are a lot of wonderful crafters on this tiny island, and I want to join their group this fall. For that I will need a portable craft ... more on that next. 

Although I haven’t done very much with this yet, I enjoy twining. Twining is a form  of weaving done on a peg or dowel loom. It is all done by hand, and typically is done with torn strips of fabric. Cotton sheets and the like are excellent to work with for this craft. But it’s not portable because of the largish loom. 

I tried to get into knitting, but it just isn’t my thing. I would like to learn to crochet, but want to focus on working again with fabric strips or T-shirt yarn. I have never done any crochet, but have a text file describing how to do it. I want to get where I can take this craft along to our local craft group sessions as my portable craft. 

So, my first question about crochet. I don’t have a crochet hook yet, but I do know the larger hooks are sized by letters of the alphabet with letters closer to the end of the alphabet being bigger hooks. Can anyone suggest a hook size for working with cotton fabric strips 1 or 1 and a half inches wide? Again, think of the thickness of a scrunched up piece of cotton sheet torn in those widths. 

Once I get a hook, I will try working through the text descriptions of how to do some of the basic stitches. 

Thanks. 

Jean and Bode