Embrace your inner old lady

I have recently found a new hobby (aka obsession) – Crochet! In February, my mother in law came to visit and she was crocheting a dress for my daughter. I once attempted to learn knitting several years back and failed pretty miserably. Nonetheless, I asked her to show me how to crochet. She showed me how to do a basic chain and a double crochet stitch and within a few days, I had completed my first scarf! You could say I was hooked (pun intended).

Over the next few weeks I made my mom and sister some scarves and made a bow for a friend's baby. A couple days later, I was home sick and I thought I’d try my hand in making a bunny hat. It was really easy since I watched a video tutorial (links included below). I loved the finished product! My daughter… not so much, she wore it for about 10 seconds and hasn’t worn it since. I couldn’t even get a decent picture of her in it.

I find crochet to be a very relaxing and very rewarding hobby. The repetitive motions are soothing and focusing on a simple task helps me decompress and forget about the stress of the day. If you are
interested in learning crochet, I’d recommend watching some youtube tutorials. There are tons out
there. Here are a few tutorials that I watched and enjoyed.

B. Hooked Crochet: lots of beginner video tutorials, teaching you the basics from the absolute beginning including explanations of hooks, yarn, and basic stitches.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrSuS969matU--vDkBYh1Tg

Wooly Wonders Crochet: Tutorials on making hats, blankets, etc. – the videos are very easy to follow
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyToSTyaK64TeKwkST6a7AQ

Melanie Ham: Tutorials on how to make easy crochet projects
https://www.youtube.com/user/iheartstitching

Here are the videos I watched for the bunny hat:
Pattern and tutorial here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFccsjOKGd8 (part 1) and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i7lQMBVZjg (part 2)

Hope you find these videos to be helpful! More crochet posts to come...