Today at the 9-5, I spent the majoity of the day working through a fabulous crochet pattern by one of my favorite, most inspired-by crochet desigers. I'm not finished yet, but I'm really enjoying the time I'm spending on it—really diving whole-heartedly into visualizing the sweater as I read through each row. I decided at one point to pick up a hook and yarn to swatch it. I was instantly reminded of how much love I have for my old, dear friend, Crochet! Needless to say, I really want to crochet up one of these sweaters now. It's added to the mental list... and once it's on Ravelry, it's going into the queue.
I realized today that I haven't done any crocheting in a while, and I kinda miss it. I seem to have this sort of relationship with crochet. I have a love for it stronger than I do for knitting. I feel like I shouldn't say that... like they're two children, and I shouldn't pick a favorite... but it's true. Crochet was my first love, and we've always had on and off periods of time together. I'll engross myself in nothing but crochet for a while, then put it down for a while. Imagine a wave with extreme highs and extreme lows... the knitting wave tends to waver less—more mediated—so it's around more often... I guess.
Anyway, about this crochet pattern. It's scheduled to be in next week's CEY web-letter, so if you love crochet as much as I do I highly recommend you take a second to sign up to get it sent to you for free... so you don't forget about it and what-not. Even if you don't make it, read the pattern and visualize... it'll feel like you've made it, and give you a warm fuzzy feeling inside.
