Something for myself...

Just about everything I have crocheted has been made for someone else.  I hardly ever made myself anything.  Last weekend while visiting a yarn shop in Dubuque, Iowa called 'Yarn Soup' I found the perfect yarn to make my dream sweater.  The yarn I picked was a Queensland collection Savanna yarn.  And the pattern I have chosen to do is called 'Paris crochet tunic' written by Doris Chan.

I have decided to do this in a navy blue and an off white.  

So this morning I have darted my project and gotten about half way done 

I'm liking how it is turning out and can't wait to show everyone my final product!!

Almost done, just the sleeves left to do.  I will say that I haven't fully stuck to the pattern, through out it I have done little things to make it my own, but the base is the same.

Finished results: 

The pattern for the sweater can be found here http://www.yarn.com/product/tahki-yarns-paris-crochet-tunic-free-pattern/

Just a left hand girl stuck in a right hand world

I grew up watching my mom crochet.  I used to try to copy her, but I never could figure out how to hold the hook, even after she showed me numerous times.  I think I gave up on trying to learn when I was about 12, just chalking it up to 'there's another thing I would love to do but can't because I'm left handed.' 

I put crocheting out of my mind until I was about 22, when I met my good friend, Lori.  Lori was about ten years older than me and she would take her crocheting everywhere with her.  One day while I was watching her, with a little envy, I realized she was using her LEFT hand!!! I jumped at the chance to ask her how she could crochet left handed.  She handed me a hook and showed me how to hold it and how to do a basic chain and I was literally hooked!!!  

It's been ten years now and I still tell people crocheting is my favorite hobby.  I just love creating beautiful gifts for friends and family.  Now, I'm at the point in my life where I want to do more than just make things for my loved ones, I want to make them for others as well, and I want to reach people that have the same passion for crocheting that I do and help them better their craft while I'm doing the same thing.