Colors inspire

Race to finish red versus natural

For any fellow beginners of crochet who get bored easily, you could try to work on 2 identical projects at the same time in 2 different colors.  I'm working on a motif hat that needs 5 motifs. At moments I couldn't advance from the first round to the next.  I just kept running out of gas (maybe steam is better said).  So I bought more yarn in a brighter color (red) and started to compete with myself to see which color I would finish first. It turns out that I progressed more slowly with the brighter color, to my surprise, and I finished the original color (natural) first.  I hope this will help someone else to keep trying before giving up. (written 4/2/11)

Lovely brushed acrylic yarn

Here I rant about crochet.  It may not make much sense at first.

Do I have what it takes? like...

---> speed -- don't have it (I guess some are turtles and some are rabbits)
---> agility -- is this a sport?
---> integrity -- the opposite attitude to 'get it done, get it done fast'

I'll revisit this later in retrospect. Honestly, when I considered crochet for the first time my mind was really on results. (ranting 3/28/11)

What should you know to crochet?

You should know math. But, if you don't then you must be good at this free-handedly (if that's a word). Think of a  musician. There are those musicians that must read notes to play and there are those musicians who learn by ear. My mom played piano by ear by the way. I think that math is essential to follow patterns especially. Crochet is good for boosting students' confidence in arithmetic and geometry. Freehanded is more creative or intuitive. (my thoughts - written 3/21/11)