Hooked on Crochet

I first learned to crochet from Lynette Anderson. She was my Merry Miss teacher in Primary. Lynette offered the class to teach us to crochet. I thought it sounded like fun and so had my mom drive me to her house at the appointed time. My family had just recently moved to Battle Ground, WA and was still getting used to driving around in the country. We got lost to say the least. By the time we finally arrived at the Anderson’s house all the other girls were gone and my mother was in tears. (Turns out we only lived about 8 minutes away but it took us over an hour to find it.) Lynette still took the time to get me started on a washcloth.

Well as time passed I became best friends with Lynette’s oldest daughter Kari and our mother’s became best friends too. I finished my washcloth (I still have it) and moved on to crocheting a heart shaped rug. I entered it into the fair and actually got a pretty high up ribbon for it. Boy was I surprised!

Well some more time passed by and it wasn’t until I was in college that Lynette tried to help me start an afghan. She crocheted a square for me so that I would know what it was supposed to look like and left me with instructions and the supplies. Sad to say that I didn’t get much farther on it. I was lost and no one around me knew how to crochet. I gave up on it.

A few more years passed by and I didn’t give crocheting much thought until I saw books at the craft store that had the cutest crocheted stuffed animals. I started to feel a longing to do it once again but thought it would be way too hard. I even remember seeing a scrapbook page of someone who made a goal to learn to crochet amigurumis over the summer. If only I could.

My mother-in-law is an avid crotchetier and occasionally would mail us some cute things she had crocheted. While visiting Tom’s family over this last Christmas break and seeing my mother-in-law and sister-in-law crochet really gave me the desire to relearn. Tom’s Mom was all for helping me. We looked online for an easy pattern for a cute scarf and then headed to Michaels to pick out some yarn and hooks. I was sooo excited! At first the hook and yarn felt weird in my hands but I soon got the hang of making chains and single crocheting as I practiced.

Before I even left Utah I had more than 15 books on hold at my local library all about crocheting. A couple of the books contained amigurumis patterns. I decided to give a water bottle holder a try. I had never tried to crochet in rounds and was a little nervous. I think it took me about 10 tries before I finally got the hang of how to even start it. I have found that I love crocheting in rounds!

I’m now addicted to crocheting amigurumis! I’m constantly thinking of who I could make one for. :o) Here are some of the favorites that I’ve made so far: