I went to the crochet course yesterday, gosh I learnt quickly! I know all the basic stitches now and can hold the hook correctly, I seem to have got the tension sorted out too. If you fancy having a go, the course is held
here in Chailey near Lewes. You could make a couple of days of it and go around
Lewes (beautiful and very old town loaded with antique shops), then pop to
Sheffield Park Gardens and perhaps take a trip on the
Bluebell Railway.
I still haven't had the chance to properly concentrate on a pattern just yet, but I'm going to make a purse:

then I'm going to have a go at trimming the knitted baby blanket I made with a crochet edge.
I wanted to show you this:

It's the gorgeous picture that
Sam painted - it fits perfectly in the pink frame! :-)