“…in life one has to make one’s own mistakes.” Mrs. Bulstrode in Cat Among the Pigeons by Agatha Christie
There are things in life that one can hire out for someone else to do — wash a car, mow a lawn, prepare a meal, oversee the care of a child — but even in the “insta-age” with many “on demand” services, there a few things that one must do oneself, and making mistakes is one of those things.
While a consistent diet of failure isn’t fun or illuminating, if you don’t make your own mistakes, you will have precious little…
To crochet or not to crochet? What’s the question?
Before I learned to crochet…
Truth be told, it’s been over twenty years now, and I don’t recall my life before as clearly as I might, but I do remember this:
I waited in lines — impatiently. Now I just pull out a project and keep working.
Recently, as I waited my turn in line to order coffee, I reached into my bag, put a crochet tension regulator on my left index finger, and attached a new skein of yarn to resume work on another tree I am crocheting for my…
Leslie Stahlhut
Crocheter on a mission to make the world a better place — one stitch at a time. Twitter: @crochetbug. Crochet blog: https://www.crochetbug.com
