My Background Story
Growing up my Grandmother taught me how to knit when she was taking care of my sister and I. We always enjoyed this as it was our time we spent watching 'grown up' television shows, like soap operas. As we got older, our lives got busier and it became more difficult to find time to spend with my grandmother, and the time we did was over dinner or short outings. Unfortunately, that meant I didn't have the time to continue to knit...but now that I have come to have an appreciation for handmade work, I want to try and get back into the momentum of knitting and crocheting. Thankfully, there are several useful resources to help me learn the techniques, including my best friend who seems to be a professional after only crocheting for one year!
Growing up my Grandmother taught me how to knit when she was taking care of my sister and I. We always enjoyed this as it was our time we spent watching 'grown up' television shows, like soap operas. As we got older, our lives got busier and it became more difficult to find time to spend with my grandmother, and the time we did was over dinner or short outings. Unfortunately, that meant I didn't have the time to continue to knit...but now that I have come to have an appreciation for handmade work, I want to try and get back into the momentum of knitting and crocheting. Thankfully, there are several useful resources to help me learn the techniques, including my best friend who seems to be a professional after only crocheting for one year!
The first stitch for me to learn was the single crochet. Learning the single crochet wasn't as difficult as I expected but I found myself struggling still. I think my problem was that I thought I knew how to use it and moved on quickly, but once I had to come back to it I couldn't remember. Why I couldn't remember the simple stitch I don't know, but boy was it frustrating. That frustration allowed me to realize that learning one thing at a time works best for me. So now that I feel like I've mastered my single crochet, I am going to continue practicing until I really have mastered it! I recently completed a single crochet book mark, a very simple pattern to practice my single crocheting. I made a minor error during it and added an extra stitch then tried to drop the stitch later on...needless to say, it didn't turn out as well as planned (just wait till you see the picture next week). I did complete the bookmark, but it is not perfect, thus my practicing will continue until as I find the perfect video to help teach those who are beginning as well!
Until next time friends :)
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