Chronicling the second Crochet journey of one Dodo
This blog is going to be used to share my thoughts, ponderings and wonderings on my Crochet journey, my second.
To start, I will share a quote by Martha Graham:
“There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is nor how valuable nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep yourself open and aware to the urges that motivate you.”
I think the TL;DR of that is “Create whatever you want, no matter what your feelings on it are, because it will be uniquely you”, which is something I definitely struggled with in my first crochet journey, as I would make mistakes and I would feel that the piece was “ruined”.
This time round, I want to try and work past that feeling and create anyway. Part of my reasons for restarting my Crochet journey are desire to have a hobby that is not solely screen-based, and to have something I can do away from a screen. The other is to help my mental health, which my first Crochet journey did, and now that I'm going through a lot of personal issues, I want to try to head off any issues I may encounter, and even counter them by making new friends both online and IRL.
I already have a plan on what my first big make is going to be, and that is a coat which is following the Elf Coat pattern by Morale Fiber, although it will have some slight alterations to make it a little more suitable for a man, as the pattern is designed to be dress-like. I've already chosen the yarn I will use, which will be John Arbon Textiles Devonia in Moon Bloom and Dark Skies. The desire to make this coat comes from my other new hobby which is my Dungeons & Dragons character. My character is a Druid, and although the pattern is titled Elf coat, I think with some minor alterations, it will be good for a druid too. I wanted to make it a dark forest green, but decided that green doesn't suit me as well as blue, and that blue could still be a good colour for a Druid.
Stay tuned for further developments.