If you already understand the basics of crochet, but want to bring your skills to the next level, or just never learned how to decipher a pattern independently, then this is the course for you!  Learn to read more complex patterns, get tips and tricks to work smarter, not harder, and finish your project with help and support along the way.  This course is taught in the old "working bee" style, with the instructor demonstrating a technique, and plenty of workshop time to practice and hone your new skills.  Students will work together to assemble friendship afghans using advanced patterns and stitches.  Choose from one of the provided patterns, or bring your own, and learn how to sift through pattern notes and shorthand, choosing or substituting materials, and finishing your project with blocking and borders.