Thanks!
This is the tutorial I followed for the border.
I second Mimi Cheems' recommendation of Bella Coco Crochet! Her YouTube tutorials are how I learned to crochet - I find the way she films really helpful in seeing & understanding exactly what movements to make with the hook, if that makes sense. Plus, all of her YouTube tutorials & patterns have left- & right-handed versions, which was extremely helpful to me as a leftie. I also found it really helpful to slow down the videos to 0.5 or even 0.25 speed!
It can be frustrating to start, but once you get the hang of it, I’m sure you’ll enjoy it!
) it's a bit tight though since i'm still figuring out hand positions and how tight to pull the string, i feel like this shows how tense of a person i am because i was tugging for dear life 
You're doing such a great job! The stitch work looks so neat and clean! ;v;thank you both so much for your recommendation! between forgetting which stitch is what and how to make a slip knot/magic circle i keep referring to the video @Mimi Cheems linked and it's helped a ton! i've started the same project over and over again (a granny square but i unraveled it because i kept getting confused OTL) but now i've started a little flip-phone/note pad holder for my grandpa. i've got a ways to go but i've gotten the hang of the single stitch? (i already forget what it's calledso i just have to continue until it's long enough to fold over and fit his phone/notepad. i just finished this heart up that i'm going to try to stick on it but it gave me a hard time. i couldn't get my hands steady enough to keep the string tight but i feel like it actually looks like a heart so i'll keep it!
still a wip but thought i'd share because this is the first thing where i've gotten this far + didn't get confused and unravel it
Omg, is THAT why my dinosaur body looks like a bean bag chair?!
*commences unraveling 5 rounds*
Sorry, I saw this last week and totally forgot to reply! I thought it was fairly easy (it’s pretty repetitive and the border itself is only one round), but no matter what you decide to go with, I highly recommend doing a round of single crochet before you start in on your border. It just gives you a nice edge and clean stitches to work into, since on two of the four blanket sides you’ll be working into the sides of your stitches on the first round which (I think) can be kind of difficult. It also helps to ensure you do the same number of stitches on each side so your final border doesn’t end up lopsided!
i also made the mistake of making the yarn i was pulling from visible from the front and i don't think i can fix it.... 
i think what ended up happening towards the fourth or fifth row is i was adding a double crochet into the previous row's chain two instead of skipping that and slip stitching into the dc after the chain 2 
if my rambling makes any sense... here's the semi complete project! 
Same for me. I’m also trying to learn to knit and I can’t get things started correctly at all. I mostly want to create fashion doll clothes and items specifically for the Lol Surprise OMG dolls since they have better quality to them and have various skin tones than Barbie. The OMGs have larger hips similar to what Barbie used to have between the late 70s and mid 90s and a torso slightly larger than a Bratz doll. I think crochet and knit clothing and accessories would look good on them.
I love the froggy chair!!! So cute > 3 <wow I loved scrolling through this thread - the talent! I’ve never really been great at textile arts, but I have a friend that’s super into crocheting. they’ve made a handful of small things for me that i love! hope it’s okay to share one here - thought it might be of interest since it’s animal crossing related.
