Hi, I'm Pat and I would like to share with you my love of Crochet.
I love to crochet. I cannot just sit and watch TV without crocheting.
I keep my bag beside my chair with a works in progress.
I take it along when I go out to sit on the porch or deck.
I take it on trips and anywhere I might have to wait.
My closet is stuffed with yarns and threads in clear plastic tubs.
My chair side table has a cup for the extra hooks that won't fit into my 2 hook cases.
I have a file cabinet to keep my patterns. No mistake about it ... I am addicted.
When I was a child I would watch my Grandmother make popcorn squares for bedspreads.
She couldn't read so she never had a pattern to go by. I guess it was all from memory.
I wasn't interested in learning any more than just the basics at that time.
When I was in my early 20's I bought a book, a hook and a skein of yarn and learned by doing.
I made mostly afghans. I found a bedspread pattern in a magazine
and wanted to make a curtain for my front window with that pattern.
It was my first thread project and made in motifs.
I didn't notice it was for advanced crocheters until I had finished it.
The way I see it is if you can do the basic stitches, you can make anything.
I am still learning new stitches. I just learned to cro-tat
and have made a small doily and a bookmark using this technique.
I learned the bullion stitch not to long ago. I hope to learn the love knot next.
When a person quits learning new things they just get old.
Some of my favorite links:
Martha's Site
Priscillas Crochet
Craftown
Crochet Designers
Trish's Treasure Trove of Crochet
