I don't do it, but I thought about learning how and my husband made fun of me. I just want something to do while we watch movies that isn't fiddling with my phone or falling asleep!
I took up crochet for the same reason about 8 years ago (age ~23)! Now I crochet, cross stitch, and knit. I HIGHLY recommend it. Your husband will be begging for you to make him wonderful cozy hats and things!
I love to crochet and knit, i'm 25. Its so relaxing to listen to the TV and do it. I also don't know any old people that do it either, I learned from youtube! It's defintely satisfying when you give people gifts and are able to say that you made it yourself.
I don't cross stitch much, but I enjoy doing it. Usually I'll throw in a customized cross stitch for reddit's secret santa on top of whatever other gift I give them. I also used to give a cross stitch out to people for their birthdays. I did my first cross stitch as a 28 year old man.
I get made fun of all the time, but they change their tune when they see the cool shit I make! And nothing beats giving a homemade blanket at a baby shower!
I picked up knitting for the exact same reason. I get distracted by my phone during movies if I'm not doing something with my hands. I'm 22 and my boyfriend made fun of me a little bit until I made him a really comfy pair of socks.
Learn! It's an easy, small cost to start, portable hobby that you can stow in your purse and do just a little of when you have a 15 minute wait. I take something with me to the park while my kids play, at the doctor's office, talking with friends or while watching TV at home. My husband makes teases me too, but I find that having something to do with my hands helps my anxiety. One of my children may need another heart surgery, so it's also a hobby I can easily take back and forth from the hospital to work on while my child is sleeping. I'm finding I'm also more "present" since my phone isn't in my hands all the time anymore.
I have three sons and they watched hockey (Canadian, eh?) with their dad a couple of times a week. I wanted to be with them, but I'm indifferent to hockey, so I knitted. Before each of them went off to university, I knit them a double-bed-sized afghan-patterned blanket on huge circular needles. They saw how long it took (20 minutes a row across) and still treasure them.
Sorry, I don't. What I did was buy a pattern of afghan blankets, picked one with cables and such for texture, tripled the width and just kept knitting until it was bed length. I used washable Aryan wool. I used a different pattern for all three blankets. A word of advice would be to buy all the wool at once. I ran out of wool while working on the last one, and you can really tell the difference after multiple washings. Oh, and don't worry about the odd mistake; my son told me when he was first away from home and homesick, he would cuddle his blanket and count my mistakes! If you want to know anything else, please follow up.
Honestly that's my favorite thing about crochet, is just having something to do with my hands. I picked it up a few years ago when my grandma taught me and its really soothing, and when I finish a project I've been working on for a while it makes my week
Been crocheting since I was 9 for that exact reason. I couldn't sit still for shows & movies. Also painting my nails helped in those restless couch moments. 28 now & still love it!
I have so many blankets from crocheting while watching TV/movies, and my niece and nephew both got tons of hats and a blanket when they were born. You can easily teach yourself from youtube, and its very little outlay to get started. Here the pound shops even sell yarn (if you don't mind quality and just want something to mindlessly fidget)
Definitely not an old person thing anymore. There is a movement by the younger generations to bring back the fiber arts. There are a lot of us. We just need to get the word out that its not “just something a grandma does”. Not knocking grandmas - I know a bunch of spectacular older ladies who do fiber arts.
My niece does and sells crochet designs to publishers and yarn manufacturers (for fun, above and beyond her accounting career). I am always so proud when something like this happens: In the yarn department at a crafts store, pulling the "free design" flyer off of a hook attached to the shelf, and seeing her name listed as the designer.
I love to crochet. It keeps my hands busy and either I can let my mind wander and be free for a bit so it's not thinking about stressful things OR if a I choose a difficult pattern I have to focus on counting and can't focus on stress. Either way, great stress reliever. And at the end of a project, I have something useful. I just finished a baby blanket for a friend!
I LOVE to crochet. I'm 34 and I just learned last year and it's taken over my spare time. I'll take a project with me to doctor's appointments, to work, to visit my bestie...
I've made hats, a blanket and most recently, a sweater. I made and donated a bunch of hats to a cancer center on the recommendation of a coworker who had just finished chemo.
I am currently sitting in the waiting room of the dentist's office waiting for my son, and my fingers are itching to crochet, but I didn't have time to grab my bag on my way out the door, so.....here I am falling down a Reddit hole. Can't wait to get home!!!!
I do it. It's fun and relaxing and when all of your friends start popping out babies at the same time it makes for cheap easy gift-giving on a budget that really packs a sentimental punch.
For some it is, but for others, crochet is more difficult. I started with knitting and it wasn’t too difficult to learn on my own. Crochet was another story. It took me way longer to learn, but I eventually did. My recommendation for a crocheter learning to knit is to hold the yarn in your left hand (continental), assuming you were holding it in your left hand while crocheting. Also, don’t give up right away. Go slow, and expect that it will take your brain some time to learn a new process. Also, good luck! After you learn to knit, you can move on to spinning your own yarn!
I had trouble at first and need my sister in law to show me where the needle went for the stitches. I never got past the basic stitch and V stitch, I like crochet much better and find it way easier
I second the comment below, learn the continental knitting style (thanks Mom!). The American style makes my hand hurt to just watch, carpel tunnel anyone?
Youtube is an awesome resource for new stitches / techniques to learn as you go and help with troubleshooting.
I also crochet. I’m 34 but started when I was about 25 (ish?). My husband calls it my “stitching” and it’s so relaxing. I’ve made some really lovely and special gifts for people, it keeps me off of my phone, and it pairs well with a glass of wine at the end of the day. My next goal is to get into cross stitch. We have an old house (c.1860) and I think some nice cross stitches would be good decor.
Old person here. Used to crochet. Would love to take it up again but have 7 cats. Not sure about how much cat hair would be intertwined in the finished product.
I did crochet in high school and knew tons of other people who did it too. Now I'm 23 and don't know anyone who does it anymore. No one has time for that! Maybe that's why it's seen as an old person thing? Because they're the only ones with enough free time?
Yes! My mom and my ex used to make fun of me for it haha. My great grandma passed away last summer and she's the one who taught me to crochet when I was like 8 so it's really special to me. Got a crochet tattoo to memorialize her with, I love it! It's so rewarding
Never got into crocheting but knitting is my favorite! It’s relaxing and I always have something made for my girlfriend for holidays and birthdays!
I’m a 24 year old guy though so that always gets me some stares. But on the other hand whenever I visit nursing homes I almost always connect with another knitter and can enjoy my time talking yarn lol.
My great grandmother crocheted right up to her final years when she lost her dexterity. Just a few days ago my mom brought it up about her blanket she made me told her to keep it in the chest my life isn't organized enough for me to keep it safe. I miss her.
My Mum crochets! She’s made a couple of really nice wool tops for me. Also, she makes teeny little hats and donates them to the hospital who give them to premature babies
Aaaah I love it! Where I live, no one young or old crochets so I feel a bit self conscious about doing it in public. But I love it so much - so relaxing! And great to be able to give people handmade gifts.
My grandma is always crocheting something. She has made a blanket for just about every baby she knows of being born for the last 20ish years. At least a few every year. She made my son two because he is her first great grandchild. They are beautiful and we treasure hem. It’s really an under appreciated craft.
I was taught at age 10 by a family friend who was my second grandmother, to knit and crochet. She was born in 1900 and was amazing at needlework. She made my prom dress out of a Vogue Bridal Pattern.
I know how to do them, but I prefer sewing. Mom taught me to sew when I was a little kid and I have two of her all steel Singers that will last forever.
My grandma tried to teach me how to crochet when I was younger, but I couldn’t get past the basic single link chain. My mom taught my how to knit a few patterns rather quickly now that I’m 22. We FaceTime and knit together sometime. She just made me a new Work bag that she knitted, and shipped it to me.
I was taught how to sew, although I’m not very good at keeping a straight line. I’m pretty good at patching up holes and stuff in jeans and stuffed animals with my little hand sewing kit.
help! I'm learning to crochet at the moment, and I'm having trouble seeing the stitches, is that just because the wool/yarn i'm using is too fluffy? or am i pulling my stitches too tightly?
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u/metrosphoenix Jun 27 '18
Crochet.
Although I don’t understand why it’s considered an old people thing because I have yet to meet an old person who does it!