I had a hard time holding the yarn right last time. My fingers go so cramped and I ended up with a headache and stiff hands. The weave ended up very tight too.Part of the process of learning to crochet for me was failing over and over and getting frustrated until I finally got it. Now, I'm able to do much some complex patterns without much thought. Take your time and slow down the YouTube tutorials if you have to. No rush! And once you get it, it's an amazing feeling to create things. Almost anything you want!
I think if I'd figured out how to keep the yarn just right I would have had an easier time and not been wishing for my Grandpa's giant magnifying glass. 
Sometimes I paint. Sometimes I paint on stuff. Sometimes I do floral arrangements. I've made candle holders and jewelry boxes. Sometimes I sew. I have sculpey around here too. Really it's just whatever strikes my fancy but I don't know yet. I just need to do something crafty.
I’ve done landscapes some. Other times I paint small stuff. Like one time I painted all the switch covers in my mother’s kitchen with different flowers and I painted flowers on the soffit over her cabinets. I painted some glass ball ornaments with some Christmas scenes. I gave the best one to someone I’m not friends with anymore so I don’t know what happened to it. My best landscape was a final in college and it went missing from my bedroom after I got married but was still moving things out. I cannot draw or paint people. Its sooo hard to get symmetrical features! I think most painting end up having flowers.
