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I Quit Crocheting During the Pandemic, Never to Return | Yarn Over, Pull Through
Thankfully, I came to my senses!
Fiber Arts Are in My Blood
I’ve been crocheting for over 50 years. Working with fiber is literally burned into my DNA.
My paternal Aunt Viola taught me how to crochet on one of our family’s many summer trips from Washington DC to Milwaukee, WI. I was about 15 years old and already an avid knitter. My mom had taught me and two friends how to knit when we were around 11 years old.
Once I got the hang of crocheting, I loved the fact that it was so much faster than knitting. Keep in mind, this was the 1960’s when worsted-weight, acrylic yarn was about all there was to buy. So it was easy to finish a crochet project quickly.
Plus, I could never get what I considered to be an even tension in my knitted fabric. Some stitches were loose, others tight. And I learned much later that I had been wrapping the yarn around the needle incorrectly. So I was never 100% pleased with the finished knitted piece.
