A Shrug - It Can Be Your First Crochet Project Too!
So there may be doubters out there, but the following crochet shrug was my first-ever completed crochet project.
I had tried to learn how to crochet a few times, and given up. Couldn’t even complete a hat. Sad huh? When it said, “Double crochet into the ring,” I just couldn’t get it. Then when my friend demonstrated for me, my words were, “Oh they mean that ring? Oh, that’s how you do a double crochet??” Not good. I didn’t like that your stitches weren’t sitting there on your needle waiting for you to do something with them. I have to hunt for my stitches? Huh? Not for me - way to compulsive and uptight for this nonsense.
Then I had a wedding to go and needed something to complete my outfit - but it had to be just right. I saw the following pattern in the BEST crochet book, The Happy Hooker, by Debbie Stoller of Stitch n Bitch. I just had to have it for my outfit. And I had one week.
While not perfect, it certainly turned out good enough, although I was definitely weaving in ends still on the drive to the wedding. And I have been a crochet advocate ever since. While knitting is still my first love, there is something about the freedom of crochet that I just adore. I like that it wasn’t easy for me to pick up though, as I feel it is a good teaching annecdote when I teach my crochet classes, since I understand the awkwardness and frustration of learning to crochet.
If you haven’t tried it yet, what are you waiting for???
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