“C” hobbies were hard to decide on…I thought of several that we have dabbled in. Coins collecting, cross stitch, camping and caving were some. In the end I chose two. One for the long history of it and the other just cuz the picture is so dang cute.
C is for Crochet
My mom taught me to crochet when I was young. First was finger chaining…any crocheters out there do that? I would make yards and yards of chains….take them out and do it all over again! I don’t remember the first real project I made back then. Probably a pillow or something simple like that. In high school I made several afghans that I gave to friends. Luckily for me one of those friends was my boyfriend…..who I married so I still have that afghan! After I had my first baby my mom came to stay with us for a few weeks to help out. She was still crocheting and made three afghans in that time! She has always been fast! I made toilet seat covers, towels, coasters, bags…everything but clothes. Never got into clothes. Baby blankets were my favorite and everyone I knew who was pregnant got one. I continued to crochet until the quilt bug hit me. I did decide when the grand babies were coming that I *had* to crochet them a blanket along with making a quilt. Tradition.
This is hubby’s afghan from high school and Jenn’s baby blanket:
C is for Crochet
My mom taught me to crochet when I was young. First was finger chaining…any crocheters out there do that? I would make yards and yards of chains….take them out and do it all over again! I don’t remember the first real project I made back then. Probably a pillow or something simple like that. In high school I made several afghans that I gave to friends. Luckily for me one of those friends was my boyfriend…..who I married so I still have that afghan! After I had my first baby my mom came to stay with us for a few weeks to help out. She was still crocheting and made three afghans in that time! She has always been fast! I made toilet seat covers, towels, coasters, bags…everything but clothes. Never got into clothes. Baby blankets were my favorite and everyone I knew who was pregnant got one. I continued to crochet until the quilt bug hit me. I did decide when the grand babies were coming that I *had* to crochet them a blanket along with making a quilt. Tradition.
This is hubby’s afghan from high school and Jenn’s baby blanket:
Jenn took to crochet just like I did. Loved being able to pass that down. And she is still doing it. Here are some of her first projects...doll clothes for her American Girl Dolls.
C is for Clowning
Our 4H club did a clowning project one year. Dan and Jenn both participated. Had to include this one so y’all could see this cute picture.
6 comments:
I have a friend who is a retired clown. He started when he was a Boy Scout leader. His day job was firefighter.
Nice photos... love your afghan and baby blanket... I'm a knitter...Great choice for C...
Oh boy. Danny is going to loooove this picture! Hahahaha! I got a huge kick out of the one you posted on FB, by the way. Thanks for that!
Love and miss you!!
oh, I love that we both did CROCHET! And I love the pictures! Thanks for teaching me to crochet, I really love it! And, we loved the boys' crocheted blankets too, David uses them in his crib!
What fun to see all of your handiwork! Perfect choice for today.
Thanks for sharing with us!
I can crochet too...I just don't very often...I learned from my grandmother and use it now to make dishtowels that hang off my cabinets..no patience to do anything else. I have done baby blankets but not for a while! nice post.
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