Heirloom crafts

My Great-grandmother mastered the art of crocheting, unfortunately the past time stopped with her. Neither my mom nor my grandma learned from her*. Recently I have decided this is something I want to take up, but my great-grandmother has long since passed so I am on my own to learn how to crochet. I have bought a crochet hook, yarn and I have downloaded a very helpful and free! how-to manual online.

I have made a few practice attempts which are still not quite right. Although I think I have got the general stitching techniques down, I can’t seem to crochet a straight piece of fabric. Oops… Even my little practice squares seem to curve upwards. I am pretty sure this is due to not counting the number of stitches I made on the previous row and subsequently crocheting gradually shorter and shorter rows. But that is just my guess. So I venture on and will continue to practice until I figure it out. I find the challenge fun. I will keep you posted on my crocheting adventures….. In the mean time have a little chuckle at my blunders.

I think my husband said it best when he asked why I made such a small oven mitt and a one sided booty.

*Disclaimer: my mom did learn how to do one row of crochet but never learned how to turn the stitch and to create multiple rows, therefore she is no help to me.