Introductions! Class starts May 5
Well hello everybody, glad you're here. Week one we're not touching a pattern yet, just chain stitch and single crochet until your hands stop fighting you, probably with some ugly acrylic on purpose so nobody's precious about it. Go ahead and introduce yourself below, tell me your name and why you signed up. Bored hands, gift for a grandbaby, therapist told you to, I've heard it all and none of it scares me. See you May 5th.
Margie Olsen here, signed up because I have a granddaughter due in August and every crocheted baby blanket I've seen online looks better than what I could produce right now! No therapist involved, just pride. Ugly acrylic sounds correct, actually. See everyone the 5th.
margie a granddaughter deadline is real motivation, augsut is not far off 🙈 sarah wolf here, mostly signed up because bored hands. see you the 5th
Carly Johnson here. Bored hands is basically my whole crochet career, Sarah. I've got a cloest full of proof. See you the 5th.
kellie peterson, also bored hands. margie your deadline scares me a little 😅 ❤️
Margie, August will come faster than you think, but eight weeks is plenty of time to go from trapezoid-scarf-level to a blanket you're not embarrassed by. Mine came out shaped like a mistake my first try and I wore it anyway!
Sarah, bored hands is the best reason there is, I've built a whole life on it!
See you both the 5th.
marilyn a trapezoid scarf you wore anyway made me actually laugh out loud 🙈 love that energy going in. bringing my competitive spirit and my ugly acrylic, see you all the 5th
april sorensen here, signing up mostly because i finish quilts fast and thought i should have a slower hobby too honestly 😅 sarah you're trapezoid scarf comment got me too. bringing ugly acrylic like marilyn said, not precious about it. see everyone the 5th 😂😂
April, funny you say that, quilters usually make my best students, you already know how to follow a rule even when you don't want to!! Sarah, bring the competitive spirit, just aim it at the yarn, not the lady next to you. See you both the 5th.
marilyn a mistake you wore anyway is basically my whole wardrobe philosophy already 😅 april same, i can follow a recipe or a pattern fine, it's the "just wing it" projects that get me. bringing my ugly acrylic and low expectations. see you the 5th ❤️ 🎉
Kellie, "low expectations" is the way to go into any new craft 😊 I'm self-taught continental crochet from decades ago and still learning things week one covers. See you the 5th 🌞
vickie decades of continental and still learning week one, bless, that makes me feel so much better 😅❤️ ❤️
Vickie, self taught for decades and still showing up for week one is sooo relatable, I feel like I "know" crochet but my hands disagree 🙈❤️ see you the 5th!
Lisa, that's exactly it, my hands "know" continental but nobody ever corrected my tension, so I'm hoping Marilyn fixes thirty years of bad habits 😊 See you the 5th! 🌞
Vickie, thirty years of bad habits is nothing, I've been unlearning things since the Clinton administration! Tension is fixable, it's just muscle memory arguing with you. Bring your continental hooks Wednesday and I'll take a look, no promises I won't just tell you it's fine and move on. Kellie, Lisa, same goes for you two! See you all the 5th.
Week 2 update from the bored hands department, they're officially busy hands now. The colset pile hasn't grown either, which is a win.
Carly, "unfinished proof" made me laugh. Bless. I'm on week two now, still fighting the single crochet myself 🌷 😊🌷
cathy, week two and still fighting? bless 😅 😅
kellie 😂 give cathy grace, i'm on week 3 and still counting stitches out loud like a crazy person 💛
Kellie, that's fair teasing but Cathy's right on schedule, week two is when the yarn still feels like it's got a mind of its own. Jamie counting out loud in week three is normal too, I still do it on lace stitches. Nobody's behind here. See you all Wednesday, we'll finally crack open a pattern.