[No] Snow Day Crochet

Yesterday, while hoping for snow (would you believe that surrounding towns received up to 6 inches of snow and Toccoa - nothing!?), I watched a few YouTube crochet videos.  I hate that I didn't think of this earlier.  These videos were incredibly helpful.  It was nice to see someone else's technique...and to catch all of the directions that I was, obviously, misreading!

Here's the start of a dishcloth with some fun spacing in it (much closer to what I was going for):