By george I think she's got it...

After many, many attempts, my brain seems to have finally allowed me to grasp the basics of crochet, yarn round the hook and all that. Enough to practice some double and treble crochet knots and some tentative attempts at circular crochet at least.
 I've still a long way to go before I'm showing off / boring you with dozens of pictures of adorable amigurumi critters; but I've mastered some basic granny squares and so I was able to create this giant granny square blanket, in preparation for my new nephew, due next month. (Hope he likes it!)