This morning involved waking up at a reasonable time to pull out the dusty crochet hooks, grab some yarn, and head down to the Knit-One-One Studio for a "Beginning Crochet" Class. It was a blast! Susan Miles taught the class and was super patient with me as i crashed the day by showing up for part two...with having been out of town for part one. She had me caught up in the first hour and ready to go. I learned new crafty abbreviations like dc and hdc. A whole new world has been opened up : ) Thank_You_Susan!
The rest of the class started a hat while i learned the basics. I kept up with the granny squares and even managed to finish one! This was a big part for me. My great grandmother made beautiful granny square blankets, ponchos, everything, and i have one of these beautiful blankets over the back of my couch. People always complement me on it as i hide the knitting from no one, but i have always had to admit that i don't have the faintest clue about crochet. Now i can hold my head high and proclaim my great grandmother made that and (eventually) i will be able to turn to my own and say...this one's mine [insert ridicilously large grin on face].
The other driver for learning to crochet was Amigurumi, only the cutest little things ever. I fell in love with all of the zombie doll keychains, square stackable cats, and plain adorable dragons that are all crocheted. Now i have the basics down and can buy some of those super adorable pattern books and not just look at the pretty pictures.
The rest of the class started a hat while i learned the basics. I kept up with the granny squares and even managed to finish one! This was a big part for me. My great grandmother made beautiful granny square blankets, ponchos, everything, and i have one of these beautiful blankets over the back of my couch. People always complement me on it as i hide the knitting from no one, but i have always had to admit that i don't have the faintest clue about crochet. Now i can hold my head high and proclaim my great grandmother made that and (eventually) i will be able to turn to my own and say...this one's mine [insert ridicilously large grin on face].
The other driver for learning to crochet was Amigurumi, only the cutest little things ever. I fell in love with all of the zombie doll keychains, square stackable cats, and plain adorable dragons that are all crocheted. Now i have the basics down and can buy some of those super adorable pattern books and not just look at the pretty pictures.
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hooray! I'm so glad you liked the class, and even learned some stuff. your GGma's blanket is awesome. I'm so envious. someday I'll finish enough squares to make a whole blanket. can't wait to see yours. :)
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