I Made It Back to Quilter’s Plus Finally

I made it back to Quilter’s Plus finally. That is the only thing about working and going to school at the same time: It delays your creative process.

Oh, the horror!

I wasn’t about to let my life be a horror story anymore. Freddy, Chucky and Jason were all going to die by strangulation with my yarn and stabbing with my crochet hooks and knitting needles. I got back to my Monday night sewing circle called Quilter’s Plus. I told them my intent: I wanted to master the crochet granny square this summer if it is the last thing I ever did. My maternal great grandmother was an expert at crochet, I loved the work of the yarn bombers for the Whitney Young High School 50^th anniversary yarn bomb, I was doing this, then I fell out of it and I have made the decision that I was going to do it, this was my story, but I was literally going to stick to crochet finally.

I’ve made sure my purse was a backpack where I am able to have yarn and crochet hooks. I am keeping yarn and crochet hooks in my car. I have yarn and crochet hooks in my home. In case of emergency, break glass. There would be no excuse and no escape: I would finally master the granny square.

There was a retired Chicago Public Schools bus driver who was also an expert at crochet who was only too happy to share her knowledge with me. She started the square first. I finished it and started another. Something in my muscle memory was starting to take hold. Life does get busy. We are all trying to complete a long-held dream and every effort must be applauded, but I had no idea of how much I needed this: pleasant company, cookies and crochet.

It was a good day!