Hello, CGOA! I am honored to join the team of Crochet Guild of America bloggers!
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| Hi! |
I have been a member since 2011 and I am happy to serve my professional organization in this way. I learned about the CGOA through the Yarn Thing Podcast with Marly Bird. In fact, I owe my entire yarn crafting life to podcasts! The only reason I ever picked up a crochet hook was because I was inspired by an episode of Craftypod with Diane Gilleland.
Before crochet, I was mainly a paper crafter, garment sewer, and jewelry maker. I couldn't figure out why someone would want so much yarn! My, how things change! After realizing I would actually be making fabric by crocheting, I was in! I had already sent in my request to join Ravelry (yes, it was in the invitation days) and as soon as I was approved, I ran out to the library and got a couple of crochet books. I asked my mom for a crochet hook (a blue, plastic 3.75mm hook with a "Bates-style" head) and picked out some blue eyelash yarn from Michael's. I was able to chain but quickly realized that it was really hard to see the stitches. I still made a chain bracelet, though!
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| It was 2008! I wore the bracelet with pride! |
So I went over to Jo-Ann's and (yikes!) spent over five dollars on a ball of maroon acrylic yarn, then went back to the book. I then discovered that while I could make the chain, I couldn't advance any further because the directions said insert hook into stitch I didn't know where in the stitch they meant! By my estimation, there were three possible places to do that and I just wasn't sure what to do. I don't remember how it came up, but I learned that a lady at my work named Evelyn could show me how to crochet. She patiently showed me the double crochet stitch and from there things started to make sense.
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| Thanks to Evelyn for showing me the double crochet! |
Crochet really took off for me after I read Stitch N Bitch Crochet: The Happy Hooker. After doing all of the activities in that book, I felt equipped to make almost anything, and indeed, I was.
I am glad to have found the CGOA and I am looking forward to becoming more involved as a blogger. I have started (and have yet to finish) the Master's Program. Maybe y'all can cheer me on in my progress! I am the founding President of the first Mexican Chapter of the Crochet Guild of America, but I currently live in the Miami/Fort Lauderdale Metro. If you need help starting a chapter, please let me know!
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