Guest Post: Creating your own Patterns by Eileen Troemel
A Bag of Yarn “Mom will you make me….” Over the years, my daughters, nieces and occasionally my nephews ask me to make them something. Often this is accompanied by a picture or a pattern. There were times I spent money on patterns only to buy yarn and follow the pattern to discover it was not well written. This has happened to me so many times. I hate wasting money on patterns only to discover they aren’t well written or tested. I started crocheting when I was twelve. I was an infrequent crocheter until my late teens. More than once I’ve made enough afghans for my nieces and nephews for Christmas. I love to take yarn – fiber of some sort – and turn it from a long strand to something I know someone will use. During one visit with my daughter, she showed me a pattern for a trivet. She asked and wanted. I was okay – I’ll try. I was so frustrated. ...