learning to crochet

The last few weeks I've been trying to learn to crochet. I have gotten better, but that's relative. I've gone from making a knotted mess, to a more organized knotted mess. It's not actually that bad. Now I know how to make single, double and triple crocheted things. I don't understand the books so I just experiment until something takes a form I like and then I "make" it into that. I've made potholders, bracelets, countless Webkinz collars and sweaters ( no sleeves), a bookmark, and one Barbie purse. That one was fun. But the girls keep coming in and exclaiming that they'd love to have what I made. So now the potholder is a Barbie blanket and the book mark is in Tara's possession. I figure I'll get better eventually. But eventually might take a mighty long time. Ha ha.