Does anyone else only know 1 stitch?

I put "crochet stitches" in my search window and got some good instructional sites. I can do lots of stitches now, but really have trouble following a pattern if it calls for lots of stitch changes. I do one half-shell afgan that uses three stitches, but it is the same three stitches over and over again. I don't have to follow the pattern once I get started. I guess as I've aged my brain has rebelled at having to concentrate for very long!

Check on line to see if they have any video tuturials. The hardest part of crocheting (for me) was getting the tension down right. You probably have that done by now. Or, ask someone to 'show' you the stitches. Sometimes it's easiest when we see someone else do it and then have them watch us to guide us. There really aren't that many stitches to learn, and once you do, no pattern will be off-limits!

there has been a crochet baby jacket pattern gone down through my family and my mother was always going to teach it too me , My hands don't allow me to crochet any more and my granddaughters are not interested so it will not be passed on which is really quite sad xx

Well, it would be easier if you could do a double crochet - go to make a single crochet, but before you insert the hook, wrap the yarn around the hook(call this the wrap loop). Then insert it. Wrap yarn around the hook and pull it through the hole and the wraploop, but not through the loop on the hook. This forms a new loop on the hook, so you have two loops on the hook. Wrap the yarn around the hook again, and then pull it through both loops. Also, even with only single crochet, you can make circles: Chain 4. Instead of turning, insert the hook into the first loop and make a stitch. This joins it in a loop. In the next hole(stitch), make two stitches in one hole. Keep going around - first making one stitch in a hole, then making two stitches in the next hole. Eventually, you'll have a circle of the size that you like (actually a spiral). To end it in a neat way, do a slip stitch - put the hook through the hole, wrap the yarn, then pull the yarn through the hole and the loop on the hook all at once. It's all trial and error. If you like squares and rectangles, then that's fine - there's lots of things you can make out of squares and rectangles.

yes...there is hope for you...it takes patient, effort, & time...my grandmother taught me the chain stitch & the single crochet to keep me occupied in the house...she didn't like me going outside by myself & she only had 1 tv & it was always on her soaps...lol...well, i didn't start learning the other stitches until later...i was tired off making chains...but you can make a square or a rectangle by using single crochet...i made my husband a blanket using my craps & now it covers from his shoulders to below his knees & he is 5'8"...it is a very warm blanket & it is all in single crochet...i chain 6 chain stitch then next row single crochet across & continue until you got a nice square then start single crochet around the square...but when you come to the end of the row...make a chain stitch then single crochet in the previous stitch from the finished row & continue on...the chain stitch will add a space for the corner...i hope this help...let me know if you have any questions...have fun crocheting...

I am just now learning how to crochet so therefore I can only do stitches that are simple like single and chaining. I have tried double but am still trying to master those stitches but before I Worry about mastering any more I am trying to get the right tension on the things that I make, or the swatches rather as I am still in the process of learning how to crochet.