About

About Me

I first learned how to crochet when I was 12 years old.  Back then, the ragingly popular colors of the early 1990s for my awesome popcorn blanket were pink, mauve, mulberry, and something between salmon and peach.  Yassssss. I was convinced that crocheting was relegated to amazingly uncool terms such as “granny square” and “afghan” (both of which I was quite good at at one time and covered my college dorm room).  So, convinced that my crocheting skills would only ever produce potholders and really unfortunate, unwanted baby blankets, I put my hooks away for about oh… fifteen years.

I picked them again in 2009 in an attempt to start up a hobby to replace my newly married hours of evening TV watching.  Crocheted hats – stylish, fashionable crocheted hats, shockingly enough – were starting to rage everywhere, and I thought I’d give it a go.  I never thought I’d soon become known as “the hat lady”, but here I am today, with several bookshelves dedicated solely to yarn and now blogging for your enjoyment.

In 2012 my husband started a job with the U.S. Department of State that has us traveling around the world in two year stints.  So, here I am, posting this from Beijing, China, all the way to currently Bratislava, Slovakia.  It’s possible occasional country-related weirdness will be inserted – all about yarn, of course.

About Classy Crochet

Upon moving to Beijing, China in April 2012 after a lifetime spent in the U.S., I found myself with ooodles and OOODLES more time than I ever had in my life.  What had previously been a cute hobby to occupy my spare time became the only thing that helped me through long stretches while looking for work and figuring out a new city (and/or country, whatever).  This blog was started as a way to share all the new things I’ve learned with all of you.  Some how-tos, some free patterns, some for-sale patterns, some yarn-ventures… thank you for stopping by and following along!

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, feel free to shoot me an email at classycrochet@gmail.com.

 

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