Crochet Therapy

Crocheting, I believe, is the new 'colour therapy'

Once believed to only be for retired old women, times have changed and all ages are now giving it a try and really enjoying the mesmerizing effects. 

I remember as a young girl my granny taught me all sorts of crafts. Knitting, sewing, candlewicking, crocheting, embroidery. All mostly long forgotten but treasured memories of simpler times. 

When my new hairdresser convinced me to join her Crochet Crew monthly meet, I was quite intimidated. I could not remember how to do it at all. At my first meet with the ladies I was so bad at it and it was so exhausting trying to concentrate so hard to get something done. Eventually sat back and gave up. Put away everything for about two weeks and then one day attempted this sqaure'ish block below. All I wanted to do was make a simple square. That was my mission. It looks so rickety but I'm so proud of that square. I even managed to do a trim AND that flower (thanks to YouTube)

Since learning how to do that flower from YouTube tutorials, I created my own language by looking at the actions on the videos and wrote patterns down in my special book. 

Once I got "hooked" (crochet humour) I didn't see or hear anything around me. I was in a beautiful creative zone. Chores and normal life just got in the way. 

Just this past weekend I surprised all the ladies with my project (as seen in top image) 

They (and I) cannot believe I had come so far from day 1 to creating something so beautiful that they wanted to know by ME how to do. I taught two other new girls how to do a traditional granny square that day. I felt so chuffed and proud. How weird is that hey! 

An ancient craft can mean so much in this modern age. 

I have a new sense of value for all the beautiful items of hard hand work, gifts of pure love from my great grandmother, grandmother and my mom in law.