Learning to knit went on my bucket list back in secondary school. Its time finally came during the pandemic: my mother-in-law taught me, although she started me on crochet, and I got hooked. What really caught me was amigurumi, small crocheted figures with a Japanese name. I mostly make little animals, usually for my friends’ children.
I had another goal too: less screen time, less mindless scrolling through my feed. Crochet turned out to be a surprisingly effective tool for that. Here’s a taste of what I’ve made so far:
An amigurumi pattern is a lot like a program: exact instructions round by round, and the stitch count given at the end of each round works like a test. If you don’t get that number, there’s a bug somewhere. I picked up the logic quickly, and I enjoy reading patterns. As I got the hang of it, I deviated from them more and more often, and by now I’ve made patterns of my own.
This is a laptop bag, and its strap is a recycled climbing rope:
My own speciality: I crochet magnets into them:
If you crochet too, or now feel like trying it, feel free to write to me. I’m always happy to talk about it.