Glenda I know what you mean, the first pair of socks I knit after mastering knitting with 4 needles I learned to turn a heel by standing behind my MIL looking over her shoulder. I think I finally found a book with basic left hand crochet instructions but today for us lefties there's Google :o). I just did simple granny squares until I got the tension right. I guess right handed instruction books held up to a mirror would work in a pinch. The squares in the afghan were made up as I went along, the center wheel I took from a pattern book but the rest I made up, you know crochet a round, pull it out try again LOL. Now I keep a book with a sample square, my instructions (well I understand them even if nobody else can) for all my my made up stuff just in case I want to do it again. Saves a lot of head scratching. The nice thing about crocheting with wool it works up fast. Then there's the sweater I was knitting with wool I bought on sale, my dear, sweet, gentle, well behaved Breeze's eyes used to glaze over when she spotted a ball of wool, you can see where this is going. I should have known better leaving knitting out in plain view of her ladyship. I came home one day to find my dear, sweet, gentle, well behaved kitty lying exhausted on the floor, my last ball of wool was completely unwound and tangled through two rooms of furniture, and I mean tangled, up, down, through everything. Her little eyes met mine, they seemed to say, I did good didn't I mom, I need a treat. I unravelled the sweater since I didn't have enough wool to finish it, crocheted a shawl instead, such is life. Annette

Here's another free cat pattern (crochet). :) Here is a link that might be useful: Free Cat Pattern (Crochet)

Sure I will Kat! Maybe in 5 years you will even get it! I saved it incase I ever get talented enough to make it! I'm still doing cotton dishcloths, got the scarf finished. The local "store" had Light and Lofty yarn on sale 2/$5. Oh i got all excited and found a pattern that only had 3 colors and looked like it *might* not give me too much trouble and ran out there. They had about 8 different colors total and one color was completely sold out!NONE of the colors I wanted that would go with my furniture for a afgahn. So I left with nothing! I will have to look in the "big" town 45 miles away and see what they have.

Also check Annies Attic everyday if you see something you like copy and paste to a document because it will change tomorrow. Here is a link that might be useful: Annies Attic