A new year, a new endeavor!

Welcome to Those Yarn Hookers! I created this blog for several reasons. To have a place to post my crochet patterns for the world to see; a place to write my musings, share my favorite memes, and discuss yarning; but most of all, to share my love and passion for crochet!

My Mom was an avid crocheter, among other things. She tried to teach me several times while I was growing up, but I never had that “aha!” moment, and could never do more than a chain.

A few years ago, my husband was away from home (an out of town trip with friends that I couldn’t attend due to work, I think), and I was feeling extra depressed and missing my mom. Somehow, I had ended up at the Joann website, and was browsing crochet stuff. A few clicks later, I had some yarn, hooks, and a For Dummies (my favorite books for learning anything!) book ordered.

A couple of weeks later, we were out for a yarning and coffee date with some friends, and it happened. The “aha!” moment where everything came together. Once I had my breakthrough, I took off like gangbusters, and never looked back.

It didn’t take me long to actually make things. I started off with simple coasters for my coworkers. Then, I taught myself to make hats after finding a pattern on Ravelry, but finding that the sizes in the pattern were not quite right for adults. So, I found a similar pattern somewhere else, and did my own write-up and variations.

A month later, I surprised my husband with a Minion Hat, one of his most cherished possessions, and probably the best gift he had ever received. Funny thing is I made it right in front of him, ripping it apart a more than once, and he never had any idea!

I tried other patterns I found on the internet, learning new techniques with each one. A year later, I started my 1st really big project, a queen size afghan for my bed, that took me about a year to finish (partly due to a needed break because of Phoenix summers).

I find that I am constantly learning as I try new patterns. If I find something isn’t working, I’ve learned to tweak things to get the desired result. I have even started rewriting a bottom-up hat pattern I found on another blog as a top-down hat.

My latest accomplishment is definitely recreating the last afghan that my Mom made. I am very pleased with the results, even if slightly different from hers.

Check back soon, and until next time, keep on hooking!