I’ve learnt how to crochet!

I love crafts and have always done them, and I love learning something new. With each of my babies, I have felt the need to ‘make’ something just for them from me. With Little Bean and Beanie Boy, I made cross-stitch birth sampler pictures to go on their nursery walls, and I intend to make one for Jelly Bean, too. But I’ve had an itching desire over the last few months to learn how to crochet, but honestly, I didn’t ‘get’ it. I have done French knitting; I have done normal knitting, but I couldn’t understand how you can knit with only one needle.

A Gift for Jelly Bean

how to crochet

Everywhere I look the minute, I see cute babies and toddlers in gorgeous crocheted hats or snuggled up in crocheted blankets, and don’t even get me started on some of the most gorgeous newborn pictures of babies cocooned inside a hat; I REALLY need to try to get some of those kinds of shots with Jelly Bean or my chance will be gone forever. But I digress!!! Working in a craft shop on weekends, things catch my eye; sometimes, it can be quite dangerous for the purse strings as I spot new ideas that I want to try out.

This weekend, on a whim, I saw Samantha and mentioned that I was keen to learn how to crochet and asked if it was easy enough to learn, etc. Within 10 minutes, Samantha had shown me how to get started. I came home that evening with three balls of wool in colours to complement my gorgeous purple Stokke Xplory Evo, and here I am just two days later with the beginnings of a blanket, which I have to say I am feeling quite proud of.

I made that!

It’s not perfect by any stretch of the imagination. I can see the odd mistake in it here and there, but someone once told me that the true tale of something handmade is the odd little glitch, and I have stood by that. I’m just looking forward to the day that I can snuggle Jelly Bean up on a cold winter or spring morning in his crocheted blanket and think, “I made that.”.

Have you learnt anything new recently? Why not give it a try?

3 thoughts on “I’ve learnt how to crochet!”

  1. it’s addictive you know <> and have you looked at the Attic24 blog? I wouldn’t if I were you. You sit down with a cuppa to ‘just have a quick look’ and several hours later you emerge. Lucy who writes it is a darling and her patterns are so inspirational 🙂

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