It was a Thursday afternoon in October 2012. I was sitting in front of my computer at work pondering my upcoming weekend plans. Suddenly I had an intense urge to learn something new. "What could I teach myself this weekend?" I thought. A recent conversation with a coworker came to mind. We were driving back from a work trip a couple weeks prior when she told me about a blanket she was crocheting for her mom for Christmas. "What an awesome, sentimental gift idea," I remember thinking.
Light bulb! I'm going to learn how to crochet this weekend! When 4:30 struck, I was excitedly on my way to Michaels to buy a crochet beginner's kit. I walked in that Michaels like a kid in a candy store, "I'm ready to craft!" Let's see, hooks (check!), yarn (check!), Boye pouch for hooks (check!), and of course a How to Crochet instructional book with DVD tutorials!
God blessed me with an incredible amount of determination. For the next 72 hours, I read, I watched, I read, I watched - hit play, hit pause, hit play, hit pause. I practiced until I figured it out and ended the weekend with one handmade bookmark more than I had when it started. I wasn't very good, but I knew I could be good and I knew I had the determination to get there. The rest, as they say, is history. You can truly do anything you put your mind to.
-- Marcy, Owner of Simply Hooked
Light bulb! I'm going to learn how to crochet this weekend! When 4:30 struck, I was excitedly on my way to Michaels to buy a crochet beginner's kit. I walked in that Michaels like a kid in a candy store, "I'm ready to craft!" Let's see, hooks (check!), yarn (check!), Boye pouch for hooks (check!), and of course a How to Crochet instructional book with DVD tutorials!
God blessed me with an incredible amount of determination. For the next 72 hours, I read, I watched, I read, I watched - hit play, hit pause, hit play, hit pause. I practiced until I figured it out and ended the weekend with one handmade bookmark more than I had when it started. I wasn't very good, but I knew I could be good and I knew I had the determination to get there. The rest, as they say, is history. You can truly do anything you put your mind to.
-- Marcy, Owner of Simply Hooked
