A creative outlet for #MyTime

I wondered if I might choose a craft or two for #MyTime and, challenged by my partner’s daughter to make her a hat for Xmas next year, and having a little time to dip into my wool bag whilst visiting my mother, I started to play around with a few stitches.  So, for #MyTime, when I have some to spare, I’m going to do some crocheting.  And maybe I will produce that hat for Hannah.

I gave away my crochet hooks and knitting needles a good twenty years or so ago, assuming I would never want to pick them up again.  But crochet is a pastime that seems to resurface every decade or two when I create a hat or scarf (and a few shadow puppets I seem to recall).  In my pre-teen years, I learned to crochet from “auntie Claudia” – a family friend – who was quite the expert, very patient and guided my creation of a white beret which I wore for many years.  So, yes, it may not be something I spend a lot of time with but it still feels good and is a great creative outlet – I don’t really have many of those.  I’m not looking to be an expert but it could be fun from time to time to revisit the wool bag.