Where Do I Begin?

Guess We'll start with the Early Days ...

I was first introduced to the art of crochet when I was a young girl, about ten or eleven, by my grandmother. I lived with her at the time, and I had seen her pulling out some craft gear, one item being a crochet hook (thinking back, I think it was an afghan hook because it was pretty long.) I was immediately intrigued, I wanted to do whatever it was you did with one of those things! My grandmother, "Sweetie", always encouraged us when to do what made us excited and happy. So, we went to our local craft store (probably Michael's) and she bought me some yarn and a starter crochet kit. I don't think I ever finished a single thing; well, maybe one scarf. I mostly concentrated on keeping my edges straight, with the help of a tissue box, courtesy of Sweetie.

I didn't stay with the hobby for long, I was becoming a "pre-teen" and the internet became my life to say the least. It wasn't until high school that I became interested again. I found my old crochet kit in a box, without the book of course, and was instantly excited to create again. I started a few projects, scarves and an attempted beanie, but only ever finished one. It was a scarf, made with a dark rainbow yarn with hues of purple and blue, and I even embroidered a skull on each end. I was so happy, I showed it to everyone I knew and everyone they knew. Then came the day when I lost that scarf, also losing my passion to crochet.

It's been ten years since then, and I'm happy to say I've come back around! I was moving into my new place and I came across, guess what, my crochet hooks! I don't know how I never lost them, but I'm glad they kept finding their way into my art gear. The first piece I attempted was actually an amigurumi (literally meaning crocheted or knitted stuffed doll) football for a coworker. He was moving to another state and I thought it would be a cool going-away gift.

It's embroidered with "#227 Modesto", our store number and city.

I found a pattern online and did my best to follow it. For a starter piece, I'd say it's not bad, a little lumpy and I didn't have proper filling for it, but not bad.

After that, well, I fell in love with crochet again :D My goal is to eventually start up my own side-business, but I've yet to prove to myself that my skills are up to the challenge. That's the point of this blog in fact, to keep track of my progress. I'm excited to see where this takes me, I'm committed this time around <3