Crochet From Scratch

My journey — like many, I imagine — started with a therapist recommendation and an Amazon Prime Day sale.

My therapist believes that a fulfilling life includes a creative hobby. (I’m paraphrasing her, but she’s not wrong.) I, on the other hand, have what you might call a… track record. A long one. Of hobbies I loved passionately for exactly three weeks.

I’m a serial hobbier. I fall in love fast: painting, embroidery, cooking, yoga, singing. I buy the kits, the tools, all the “must-have”s — and then quietly drift away. My closet still holds the ghosts of hobbies past: acrylic colours, embroidery hoops, dumbbells.

So when I came across a crochet kit during the Prime Day sale — a little penguin from a brand called The Woobles, “as seen on Shark Tank” — I was predictable. Cute, affordable, destined for abandonment. I clicked “buy now” anyway.

And then… I forgot about it. For two months.

But one rainy Saturday in August, sick with a cold and thoroughly over Netflix, I remembered the kit. It was tucked away in my closet next to dusty acrylic paints and a rolled-up yoga mat. I pulled it out, opened the box, and made a decision I’ve made before: Let’s try this.

Crocheting didn’t feel like something I had to be good at right away. It wasn’t about doing it perfectly. I could go slow, mess up, rewatch the same video five times, and still feel like I was getting somewhere. It let me be slow, make mistakes, and still give me a tangible proof of something I had made.

The first project (a little penguin named Pierre) took me months, and I’ll tell you all about it in the next post. But by the time I fastened off the last piece, I realized: I wasn’t done. I wanted to make something else.

Since then, I have dabbled in making more amigurumis, even an odd scarf and a bag. I am so in love with crocheting, and I had to share it.

So, here’s what I’m doing: I’m documenting my first 10 crochet projects — mistakes, lessons, finished (and maybe unfinished) pieces, one by one. Not to show off. Not to prove I’m good at this. Just to prove I’m doing it. That I’m trying.

This blog isn’t about expertise. It’s about beginning — over and over again, if needed. From scratch.