Jan
It’s Crochet… and Mowgli
Hey all! Meant to post the other day but– well, I’ve been in a strange mood as of late and haven’t gotten around to much, sadly that’s a very literal truth but I’m not willing to go into that right now. Right now I want to tell you about a very cool new skill I learned just the other night.
Crochet!
I’ve been telling myself for years now that I was going to learn but I just never got around to it. My mom in law and I have been thinking about getting together to have a crochet lesson for months but we’re both busy on an off and never made the time. Finally a friend of mine and a recent trip to an arts and crafts store convinced me that now was the time to learn.
I tried looking at a couple of different crochet books for beginners but… well, let’s just say when you need more than pictures to help you along it’s a sign– trust me. So, I got an idea. I’d look for a video on YouTube or something, deciding that and having no idea if I’d even find one in the first place I decided to pick up a basic set of hooks and some yarn (not the yarn below, a more basic solid color to start with, this is just some stuff I had lying around), pretty much just jumping off the cliff into an idea and not knowing if I’d even be able to figure it out.
In the end I was glad I did. I watched a series of three videos, paused them every three seconds or so or backed up (since Mowgli, my ever present lap warmer, decided he had seen enough and put his paws all over my laptop) to watch something again -and– now I can make Granny Squares!
I took these photos just a few minutes ago. These are Granny Squares but instead of stopping around the usual size I kept on going around a few more times because I want to make an afghan but it’s a lot easier for me to continue a square rather than start one. The first picture is of both my completed squares laying on Mowgli. He’s such a good kitty, let’s me lay yarn and such all over him and just sits there. The second picture I was trying to take a distance picture of my second square on my laptop but he kept sticking his head in the way of the camera. The one little moment I thought I was clear and pushed the button down he stuck his head right in the way again. Silly kitty.
Speaking of cats, I’m working on a new project I’d like to call ‘101 Reasons Why Every Writer Needs a Cat’. It’s basically a bunch of short stories and long thoughts about how my seven furry muses have helped me along my writing journey. I’m thinking of creating a private blog for it for awhile so I can compile it easily and show it to some of my friends out there but I’m not sure yet.
I’m thinking of changing the look of the site again but I don’t know yet.
