posting meme: crocheting

[ratcreature]

lokifan prompted: How about crochet - how/why did you get into it? Do you have any new projects on the horizon?

I learned the basics as a little kid from my mother, just like knitting. I think it was during a summer vacation in elementary school when I was bored, maybe because of rainy weather? But tbh I don't really remember in detail. My mother got me some basic cotton yarn and showed me how to crochet pot holders, and then I made some.

I never did anything more complicated for ages (with knitting I at least tried for mittens in addition to a scarf), until I saw some amigurumi online and just tried making a simple one in 2017, this dog and a bit later this penguin, and then I again didn't crochet for several years until you felt like making a neck loop.

I don't do fiber crafts (or any crafts really) in a consistent, regular or perfectioning my skills fashion. Mostly I see something, figure it's vaguely achievable, and then follow instructions, and the end result is usually something vaguely like the intention.

Right now I'm crocheting a bunch of granny squares when I want something to do with my hands that might become a simple lap blanket before the end of the winter. Currently it's almost half finished.

(If you want to prompt me there are still open days.)