I know it may be hard to remember moments in our lives from when we were 7 years old, but I do. So here goes my crochet journey! LikeI said, I was 7 years old and I had the most wonderful ”Gramma” in the world! She was so kind and gentle and above all else, an angel. I would sit and watch her crochet blankets and even at that age it looked like something I wanted to learn. So, she taught me! I think I may have only learned a single crochet stitch and maybe a double crochet stitch. With some practice I got better and eventually learned how to make my very own blanket. Well, not “my own”, but my Cabbage Patch Kid got her own blanket. It was pink and definitely way smaller than even a baby blanket, but it was mine and I made it! I was so proud of it.
As life went on, I watched my mom make blankets and my aunt make tons of pot holders. I picked up a habit of my moms and that is “frogging” my work. What is frogging you ask? It is a term for ripping out your crochet and starting over. And why is it called frogging you ask? Because you, “rip it, rip it”. Get it, “ribit, ribit.“ I know, it‘s silly, but I didn’t make it up! To this day, I still do it and my family cringes every time they see me do it too. I just laugh and tell them it never bothers me and it really doesn’t. I don’t like mistakes and I do not want to make something for someone knowing there are mistakes.
Through the years I would pick it back up, then not do it for years as well. It wasn’t until this past year that I picked it back up again and it was different this time. Very different. I lost my sister to breast cancer 2 1/2 years ago and I would say this is the hardest loss I have ever gone through in my life and I have been through a lot. I knew I needed something in my life that would help me grieve properly and make me feel better in some way. Last year I changed my life, but that is for another time and another post. As I said, I have crocheted on and off my whole life and back in November something inside me told me to grab a hook and some yarn and see what I could make. Now, I have been crafty my whole life and love to learn how to create MANY things, but this hit different this time. I felt a peacefulness when I picked up that hook and yarn. In this time I have learned so much about the benefits of crochet and yes, I know there are benefits to all things crafty, but I am just taking about crochet right now. We will get into all the benefits another day, but today I just wanted to introduce this side of me to you all and hope that you will follow me on my journey of all things “I’M HOOKED” on:)
XOXO,
Michelle