Okay. I'm finally doing something for myself - mostly for myself. I've joined up on a site I just discovered called "Ravelry". It's a community of diverse needleworkers who knit or - as in my case, crochet. So far I've come across hundreds of beautiful crochet ideas I'd like to try. There are thousands of free crochet pattern links and photos of projects that are unique and challenging. The site has inspired me to pick up my crochet hooks again (I've got dozens of them!) and to get together my barely used skeins of yarn that have been laying around for years.
I first learned to crochet when I was a little girl, about seven years old, I think. It was my great Great GREAT Aunt Daisy who taught me how to chain and sc (single crochet). I remember working very hard to please my wonderful Aunt. She was about 85 years old, had silky white hair up in a bun, and bright blue eyes. Her head used to shake a lot, I remember. She probably had Parkinson's Disease but I didn't know it at that age. I loved her so much I remember trying to make my head wiggle back and forth the way hers did. She was an actively practicing lawyer, the first female to pass the bar in her day I believe, and at the age of 85 she was still flying back and forth from L.A. to New York working for a prestigious law firm. She was an awesome lady and I wanted to be like her when I was her age. I'm no where near that goal though. I don't think anyone could be like my Aunt Daisy.
I'll be posting some of my work (past and present) here and on Ravelry. I hope you enjoy, I hope you are inspired and motivated by something you see or read. My project blogs will be mixed in with the blogging about taking care of my mother. She's a kick now that she's dependent upon others for her daily needs and I want to keep some account of the caretaking we do so I don't lose any memory of her -- good or not so good. Since my stroke a few years ago my memory is terrible and this is a great way for me to store the stuff my brain won't.
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