Reflections: Crochet

The Amigurumi Fox

Random thoughts and things I learned

• There are a billion YouTube videos that all have “Crochet” and “Beginner” in the title; I had to watch multiples until one YouTube finally made it click for me! The one that I found most helpful: Sigoni Macaroni (This is the specific video that allowed me to no longer growl in frustration/cry mad tears - true story, I was Mad Crying at one point 🤣)

• I have a very hard time being bad at things (see above: Mad Crying), but one area I hope to continue to get better at is being P A T I E N T with myself (and most importantly, being K I N D to myself). I always tell Hudson: “We can do hard things” (and I had the opportunity to really practice what I preach). When I found myself getting frustrated, I took some deep breaths and found a video or blog to break things down in a different way.

• I enjoy it: I haven't quite mastered tension yet and that is kind of frustrating. But practice makes progress, so I know I'll get better the more I crochet.

• Black yarn is impossible to work with. I gave up after multiple attempts to work with it. This is why Foxy has maroon arms and legs.

• I love having tangible things to actually see progress: I've expressed this about cross stitch. Crochet is another avenue to create and then having something [hopefully] cute at the end.

• I throw myself into new hobbies and goals and I have a tendency to hyper focus until I complete it. I'm certain there are times this is a positive thing, but I had definite moments of “I just spent 4 hours of my day crocheting. I feel like I wasted my time 😅” - and in reality, there are probably things that I should have prioritized over crocheting, but in the end, self care is important and crocheting a fox was self care.