As the magic of Christmas break slowly wears off, I want to make one more pre-busy blog. And today, I’ll be talking crochet once again. It’s definitely one of my favorite hobbies; as of today, I don’t really get a lot of time to do it, but when I do, it’s like there’s a fire that is hard to put out.
I am quite passionate about this hobby, and I’m glad to have found and started it simply because of love; it’s the love that I have for the people around me. Although some of that love is past its prime, my fondness of crocheting never really left. It stayed, and I’m glad that I don’t have the pressure and stress to come back to it; my sudden will to create stuff usually comes conveniently.
Anyway, as I mentioned in my last blog, I am currently not in the financial position where I want to be right now. Destiny probably heard me because it gave me the best opportunity I could ever ask for. I found myself a job. Precisely, my cousin came across a post from her friend’s older sister. They were hiring crocheters to crochet a certain flower for Valentine's. Can you guess what flower it is? I bet you do, hehe.
ROSES
Yes, they had me and the other people they hired make crochet roses. Do you know that when I was added to the group chat, I was over the moon to see that my coworkers were all girls? It was one of the cutest groups that I could ever be a part of besides my friend group <333. I was a little nervous about making crochet roses because my first past trial in making a rose was far from perfect. However, they did provide us with the pattern. I would like to share the pattern; however, the pattern is a part of their secret recipe, hehehe.
THEIR SHOP: CROCHET STUDIO CEBU
As soon as I was able to confirm that I was accepted into the group, I was ecstatic and highly motivated to start my work. Before that, I was required to visit their shop, and guys, when I tell you that their shop is cute and cozy, it truly is. There’s a charm to it that gives it warmth, and when I took a look inside, the store had all kinds of crochet creations. There were flowers, bouquets, and all kinds of cute keychains.
Their crew and the owners consisted of only two people: Ate Cindy and her mom, the unstoppable duo. I was led into the store by Ate Cindy, and as soon as I went through their glass doors, I was welcomed by the sight of Ate Cindy’s mom crocheting (I presumed) leaves for the crocheted roses. She was a busy bee; she gave me a gentle smile and told me to sit down and make myself comfortable. Before we got to business, I got a chance to take everything in, the crochet projects that were displayed and the insane amount of yarn that I aspire to have.
After that, we had a discussion about the roses and my work itself, like how many petals a single rose should have, the pattern, and the way that they’ll collect the roses. It would be a seamless transaction with no complications. With the completion of the discussion, I felt so welcomed. I am an introverted and awkward person after all; meeting and talking to people for the first time isn’t really my strongest suit lol. However, I was able to get through it with little to no awkwardness at all, and I’d give myself a pat on the back for that. I am grateful to have worked for these kind and creative women.
THE CROCHETED ROSES
If I’m being honest, I was having trouble crocheting the first rose I ever made on the job because it took me at least 40 minutes to an hour to complete it. I was deciphering the pattern that was given to us. Before you come and judge me, I am a visual learner; I learned how to crochet through looking at videos on the internet. It took me a while to stop looking at the pattern and to simply memorize it (I also suck at memorizing). But I got the hang of it the more time I spent with my hook and yarn. However, I was not able to beat the approximate time that it usually took to create a rose, which is 8 minutes. Mine takes at least 15 to 20 minutes. Let’s just say that I am a slow crocheter, but I get the job done, so no biggie.
I was provided 6 skeins of yarn, and I ended up creating 37 roses, so I’d say the average was 6 roses per 1 skein of yarn. That was not bad at all because I made all that for 4 days. I was able to chill and take breaks on my own terms. Let’s just say that I did a lot of sleeping and watching my favorite TV shows.
This brings us to the end of this blog. I am quite grateful to have had this opportunity. Although it was only for a short amount of time, I was happy about the experience and, of course, my employment lol. I hope that if you guys are in the area (in Cebu, Philippines) or want to order from them, they have a lot of stuff in their shop:
feel free to visit their website! You can also search them up on the internet.
Thank you, my dear hivers, for reading this blog. I’ll see ya’ll in the next one!💙