I have been crocheting for most of my life. It was something that I was taught as a young girl. I was brought up in a family where we made many of our things. My mom was also a single mom so if she could make it cheaper and better she did.
Crocheting didn't come easy to me. I am left handed so I needed to turn everything around and do it my way. I have gotten the hang of it now but as a young girl I spent many hours learning things. My mom would get tired of doing the same stitch over and over to show me how. Now there are videos to assist people on how to do thing. The videos really make things easier.
A few months back my mom found a book in her crafts called 100 Flowers to Knit and Crochet byLesley Standfield. I told her I wanted to borrow it. I have been wanting to beautify our place a bit. I have felt the need for more flowers and pretty things in my life lately. What better way to have them than to make them. I decided that if I make them I can wash them and keep them far longer than a flower. I mean I love flowers, but I started making these flowers in March of this year. I could make these little things faster than starting my own seeds. The first ones I knit. I love knitting as well. I was looking through the book and spotted these fuchsia flowers and wanted to make them. My plan is to make a bouquet of them and put them in a pot as if they are a real pot of flowers. I have run out of cotton but this is the beginning of my fuchsia bouquet. I figure I will do 4 to 6 more for the final project.