Learning to Crochet
Learning to Crochet
By Donald Kaiser
For the last 20 years, I have been trying to learn to crochet. With the help of a very patient friend, I finally got it right. It seems that I was picking up my loops backwards; no one had noticed this before! I started out with a simple single crochet scarf for my daughter, which I didn’t like how it looked when I finished. So I made her another for her birthday in her favorite colors, purple and hot pink. She loves it so much that she wears everyday! When we were decorating for Halloween, my daughter asked me to make a pumpkin costume for one of her stuffed animals, so I made a pumpkin with the lid on a string so it couldn’t get lost. She was elated! I have made her a double crochet hat and a pair of tennis sock slippers…she thinks it is wonderful that I make her things out of yarn and my own hands!
For Christmas this year, I have been working on gift sets that include a waffle weave dish cloth, an oversized pot holder, and a crochet lace edged towel. I cannot believe how quickly I picked up on crochet once we worked out the issue I was having! My sister has ordered more towels with the lace edge and pot holders for her summer cottage. The look on my family’s faces when I gave them the sets to use for the holidays was worth more than anything I spent on supplies.