Project Support (Fix Your Mistakes) Crochet Class at Knit1 in Chicago

If you are anything like me, then you make a lot of mistakes when it comes to textiles. A class specifically focused on your learning how to get it right was necessary for me to be able to move ahead at all. This is where Knit1 in Chicago came in. They have a project support class. I call it a “fix your mistakes” class because that is what keeps happening when I show up there.

It has been part crochet/part therapy. I shared with them that my maternal great grandmother was a master at crochet. Sniffle. I shared that I was deeply disappointed that I had not inherited the crochet gene and could never wrap my head around it, so to speak. I looked away, barely able to hide my discontent. I just knew I would walk away with the same problems I had when I walked through the door. There wasn’t anything anyone could do for me.

The staff at Knit1 insisted there would be none of that.

They taught me a simply beginner granny square pattern and that was it! I was off to the races! No more crying about what I didn’t get from the familial textiles gene pool! I focused and built only on what I could master and control, which was the beginning granny square! And this is the purpose of fiber arts therapy!

Thank you Knit1!

It got addictive! I was supposed to be doing this for stress relief and to continue a family tradition. I got some red yarn for Juneteenth and started to crochet some beginning granny squares. Even my mother commented, “That is beautiful!” My family is like that. They may have dementia, but when they see me making a project they like, they will say they like it and ask for it. I made up in my mind that once I’d made enough granny squares with red yarn, I would put them in an afghan and give them to my mother as a present.