Never Say Never

When I first started getting into yarn fiber, I started with crochet (even though I really wanted to knit and my Grandma refused to teach me; in her words: "Too hum bug.  I'll just make it for you.").  I figured that crochet should be easier than knitting since you only needed one (1) needle in one hand and the yarn would be in the other hand.  Plus, both my mother and mother-in-law knew how to crochet so ... I figured if I ran into any problems, someone would always be there to help me, right?! ;)

And as such, I taught myself to crochet.  I learned how to do a single crochet, double crochet, even a treble crochet; I knew how to make a chain and even managed to get to the next row and make a swatch of something.  But, I struggled with my stitches.  I virtually had to put my crochet hook on the floor to push it through each stitch, pick it up the yarn on the other side and pray I could squeeze my next stitch through; it was so bad that my hands would tire after a few stitches and I even got blisters from trying to force my hook through the stitches.  In other words, my tension was soooooo tight, I'm sure even water wouldn't be able to seep through it.  And because of that, I hated crocheting and gave it up.  I thought I would never crochet again.

When I started to learn how to knit, I hoped my tension wouldn't be as tight as my crocheting and fortunately, it isn't (although if you ask some of my knitting friends they might beg to differ! :P).  I loved, loved knitting!  And because of this, I thought for sure, I'll never, ever go back to crocheting ... ever!  All I'll ever need a crochet hook for is to pick up dropped stitches or to fix a mistake.

Then, I found this ingenious idea from Makers' Mercantile:  How to use an interchangeable crochet hook (on a cable) to pick up stitches.  It was amazingly brilliant!!

So what did I do?  Called up my favorite yarn store and asked if she carried any Knitter's Pride interchangeable crochet hooks!  Of course she did! :)  And, of course I went down there to pick one up:

And of course, while I was there, I couldn't resist, I got this for Hubby too! ;)

(Looks like I'm in a green phase :P)

So, I tried this ingenious idea on a hat I'm making (blog to be posted shortly (I think :P)) and it worked out smashingly!! :)  I guess I am crocheting again ... unwittingly so! :P