First Post and Today's Work

My name is Stephanie and my dream is to do crochet for a living.  I am inspired by blogs about painting, where an artist will post a painting, sometimes one a day even, and then continue to do it for years (I've seen some blogs do it for over ten years!).  I love to see the progress an artist makes in their work and I would like to do that with my crochet.  Right now, I am a beginning crocheter.  I learned crochet at 15, so I learned it 15 years ago, but I haven't been doing it continuously.

I love crochet because I love to use my hands.  I was searching, searching for something where I could use my hands and I found it in crochet.  I think I chose crochet for a number of reasons.  For one, I already knew how to do some simple stuff.  For two, I love yarn, especially the colors and the texture and I wanted to do something with yarn.  I am part Native American and considered doing weaving but I really love the yarn used in crochet over the yarn used in weaving.  Crochet yarn is thicker and softer and has more texture.  Plus. it is more readily availble:  all I have to do is go to the local arts and crafts store to find some yarn.  Not so for weaving yarn.  I also chose crochet over knitting because, once again, I was already familiar with crochet.  Plus, I love the holes you can create with crochet.  I like basket weaving and crochet reminds me a little bit of basket weaving.  I'm into basket weaving, like regular weaving, because I am part Native American and crochet, with it's beautiful holes, reminds me of baskets.  I think one of the beauties of crochet is the holes you can create holes with it so I am not a fan of Tunsian crochet or anything without holes.  I am happy to say I found a beautiful and creative way to use my hands and hopefully one day make a living with crochet.

This is what I did today.  It isn't much, I know.  My hands got tired because I am still a beginner.  I read about some hand stretching and exercies crochet artisans can do, though, and hopefully that will help.  I didn't do that much and my hands are tired from typing this. 

I just love the Granny square.  I love the holes it creates.  I did it with a K needle.  I like to work with large needles and create holes.  I feel that this is something unique about crochet that you can't do with weaving or do well with knitting.  I am learning more and more about crochet everday and now since I have the internet I would like to learn more patterns and create more pieces.  Everday is a process!