My grandma used to say, “I’ve got to keep my hands busy.” I think that meant she had to keep her mind busy, too. She crocheted all of the time. I inherited her crochet hooks when she passed away, so in honor of her I learned to crochet two years ago.
I have made many things since then, but what I am working on right now is something that goes along with my goal of giving for 2010. I have set a goal of crocheting 50 hats during 2010 for charity.
This month I have tried to crochet any time I sit down to watch TV or while the kids are playing near me. So far I have crocheted 19 hats. I have another one almost halfway finished and I am making a scarf with the scraps.
All of the hats have been made with yarn that was given to me by friends and church members as well as any yarn that I had in my stash. I am almost halfway through with my goal for the year. I won’t set a new goal, but I will try to make as many as I can.
The newborn hat pattern came from the blog Kelley’s Yarns. The other hats are made using a simple double crochet hat pattern I found in a book, but didn’t write down the title. I just use a different hook size for each size of hat.
I am linking this post with Strut Your Stuff Thursday at Somewhat Simple. This is a new blog to me that I am looking forward to reading.
