My mother tried to teach me how to crochet when I was 8. I learned how to make a great long chain, but I couldn't get any farther.
My mother's mother sat down with me when I was 14 and taught me to crochet. She started with a granny square pattern. My first granny square was a triangle. Grandma never laughed at my efforts or thought I was dumb for not counting correctly. And I learned to crochet.
I have no idea how many people I've taught the basics of the craft. I started in college and kept on going. One of the first people I taught to crochet was left-handed. I found the easiest way to demonstrate what I was doing was to sit face-to-face with the left-hander. Mirror imaging works for opposites. When I teach right-handers, I sit side-by-side with them.
I can do basic knitting, nothing fancy. It's not my thing. I'll crochet until I die unless my hands stop working.
I have a couple of specialty stitches to master like the afghan stitch. I don't know why it seems so important for me to learn. The fabric it creates is so dense, it would keep you warm at the North Pole. I live in a fairly warm climate and, assuming we move again, we'd end up in an even warmer place. Maybe I just want to know I could do it if I wanted to.
I'm a little stubborn that way. lol
Thanks for spending time with me,
Kathi
My mother's mother sat down with me when I was 14 and taught me to crochet. She started with a granny square pattern. My first granny square was a triangle. Grandma never laughed at my efforts or thought I was dumb for not counting correctly. And I learned to crochet.
I have no idea how many people I've taught the basics of the craft. I started in college and kept on going. One of the first people I taught to crochet was left-handed. I found the easiest way to demonstrate what I was doing was to sit face-to-face with the left-hander. Mirror imaging works for opposites. When I teach right-handers, I sit side-by-side with them.
I can do basic knitting, nothing fancy. It's not my thing. I'll crochet until I die unless my hands stop working.
I have a couple of specialty stitches to master like the afghan stitch. I don't know why it seems so important for me to learn. The fabric it creates is so dense, it would keep you warm at the North Pole. I live in a fairly warm climate and, assuming we move again, we'd end up in an even warmer place. Maybe I just want to know I could do it if I wanted to.
I'm a little stubborn that way. lol
Thanks for spending time with me,
Kathi
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