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Here is a picture of a chicken doily for my brother’s girlfriend who really likes chickens. I am happy how it turned out. This was a pattern I found in a book I think called A Baker’s Dozen Doilies

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Here is a jigglypuff filet crochet piece. I put it on a black table so you can see the design better. Clefairy and chansey will be coming soon

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Christmas tablecloth

At last, after two weeks of crocheting this thing, it is finally done and ready to go for Christmas

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Craft Yarn Council Reply

So the craft yarn council emailed me back about my one question about whether or not they will be able to accommodate me for the Certified Instructors Program as I want to teach other disabled people how to crochet and they were very nice and more than willing to help me. I think I might sign up after Christmas when I am done with all of my Christmas projects and I have time to do it.

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Doilies included in the centerpiece for my wedding were made by me. Patterns used to make the doilies were from various vintage crochet books.

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Crocheting with a disability

I have autism and I have been crocheting for over a decade. One of the things about autism is that it often affects your fine motor skills. In some ways, crocheting has improved my fine motor skills, but one thing I noticed watching YouTube tutorials is that I crochet a lot differently than most people. I hold my hook in a modified knife grip with the palm of my right hand even though I am left handed, I find it easier to hold it in my right not that it matters since I use my left hand a lot to manipulate the loops through everything. I also don’t stick my finger out with the thread or yarn when I am crocheting rather I wrap it around the hook and hold it between my right index and middle fingers. Sorry if this is a bad description, I really need to post a video to better illustrate. From what I can tell, my loops are pretty neat and even. I think there really is no right or wrong way to hold everything, but I am afraid to get that Yarn Council instructor certification just because I tend to hold it differently plus I am not sure if I am good enough. Oh well, I did write an email to them, maybe they will reply, but honestly, do I really need a certification to prove my skill? If they really wanted me to prove it, couldn’t they just look at my portfolio or something? It doesn’t matter to me really plus I could spend the money on better yarn and patterns anyways.

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Welcome

Hello everyone, welcome, I post patterns and crochet projects I made as well as talk about random vintage patterns I found on eBay and Etsy among other things. I am a married, 28 year old autistic woman who has been crocheting since I was 12 years old. My mom taught me how to crochet back then and though I wasn’t good at it at first, I eventually surpassed her at the age of 16. I mostly specialize in doilies and lace. I have especially like filet crochet and I have been trying to make it more modern. I will probably post some patterns and filet crochet charts. I like to make filet crochet art of various video game characters and will post the charts used as I go. In the meantime, enjoy my blog and again, welcome