Crocheting Delights

Crocheting was the first yarn craft that I attempted to learn when I was the ripe-old age of 9. My grandmother did a lot of quilting, and embroidery, but it was when she was crocheting doilies that I became her shadow. When she moved to live with my aunt due to health reasons, my mom took me to the neighborhood grocery store to find a book on crocheting basics.

Although Mom offered to purchase it for me, I stubbornly wanted to buy it for myself. So returning later in week with me toting my long-saved coins, I proudly became the owner of  "Coats & Clark's: Learn How Book" , yarn, and my first crochet hook. My total cost was less than $2.00. {Boy, are those prices ever gone bye-bye!!}  Today, I own several set and types of crochet hooks, and a multitude of crochet books, magazines, and booklets covering a wide range of  crochet items.

My first crocheted item was a dishcloth, then I progressed to a purse, blanket, and doll clothes for Barbie for my sisters and me. By the time I graduated from high school, crocheting had become my stress reduction tool and an offset to my avid love of reading. However, it was not until I was stationed in Holland that I experienced an explosive expansion of my personal crocheting skills and desires to design. 

The crafts and yarn industry supplied a wide selection of crocheting books and magazines that could be found in the local grocery stores, newsstands, major department stores, etc. I spent a great deal of time in the yarn sections and shops of found in the Noord Brabant, Zuid Holland, Gelderland, Utrecht, and Noord Holland provinces and the town of Zwolle. I learned how to read their patterns, especially those for filet crocheting and received help in calculations from various neighbors and friends. It was a great up-close and personal learning experience!!

The crochet patterns, which make up the offerings found on this website are an expression of  those times, as well as of myself. Some are simple, some are complex, and some are creations that arose from my refusal to pay the high prices attached to just about everything.

You may access them by clicking here or from the drop-down menu tab above.

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