Crocheting away

I re-learned how to crochet less than a week ago. The first few attempts at it was frustrating and slow. The slowness added to the frustration, too, so it ended up being a vicious cycle. After a bit though, I began to get the hang of it.

I decided my first project would be coffee cozies, or reusable coffee sleeves. Once I got the basic chains down it was just a matter of deciding how long and how tall I wanted each cozy. My first one took a painfully long time to make. I also realized I stitched it wrong... it still looks okay, though. Practice makes perfect, as they say, and with every mistake, I'm learning how to fix it and make it better for next time.

My first cozy you've already seen, but I am going to flaunt it again... haha.

I can't even describe how proud and happy I was to have made it. It was a huge sense of accomplishment. It made those feelings of frustration feel worth it.

Since then, I made a couple other cozies-in-the-making.

The top (pink) one I used a different stitch and made it while on the bus to work. I believe it's called a double stitch. The second (camo) one I made at work yesterday, as it was a pretty slow day. The stitch for that one is a single stitch... what the poppy cozy was supposed to be, but what (I think) is the actual correct way to stitch it, haha.

With my first coffee cozy, I realized I stitched the cozy too long... I was trying to think of a way to fix it without wasting all that yarn when I realized I could make a little button out of it. I saw a pattern for how to stitch a tiny flower and decided to give it a go. Again, a slow and painful process where the petals looked wonky, or the petals fused together, or whatever, but I got it done: my first flower!

I thought they were so adorable, so I made a bunch more to practice. I think I finally got the correct way to do it down with my last one, the camo flower.

 

The mistakes make the flowers look pretty unique, I think. Just like in nature, nothing's ever perfect or perfectly symmetrical... right?

Anyway, that's what I've accomplished in my less-than-a-week at crocheting! Some other things I really want to do is a baby blanket for my baby niece and maybe also a nice headband for her. Eventually, I'd love to get to the point of making clothes, but time to get the basics down first...


Take care!