Getting Started

After All These Years

When I was a young girl (ages ago) may great Aunt taught me to crochet. She started me out with a very complex pattern. I remember using crochet thread in maroon color, and a small steel hook. And the pattern was for a sweater that used the pineapple pattern. I can't remember how many balls of thread it used, but it was more than one, and I must admit, I got really tired of the project and ended up never finishing it.

The thing was that because she started me on something so complex, even though I quit crocheting for years, now that I'm older and have picked it up again, I'm finding that it makes a lot more sense and that I'm moving forward at a pretty fast pace.

I started (recently) back into crochet by making hats for my Chibis.

I grabbed what I had....embroidery cotton and a metal hook used to put highlights in your hair and got started.

Then in the past year or so, Amigurumi has become quite popular, so I worked crochet making sweet little animals as well.


Then some household items, potholders, scrubbers, coasters etc. But even though I love what I am doing, I can't help but feel like I am making those types of things that you'd find at church craft shows....barbies that were turned into toilet paper covers etc.

So I find myself heading back to what I was originally introduced to. Fine needle work. I've been making little flowers and butterflies, etc pushing towards eventually being able to crochet Irish lace.

My Goal?
Something like this!

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Gorgeous!