Wuddled Murds (aka Muddled Words): Hooked

I apologize to all you clever craft people out there at my attempt . Look at Posy get cozy if want to see what I mean or go to Flikr photos and type in granny squares you will be amazed how many young faces there are on there who are showing off their work . After looking at lots of blogs I had the urge to get out my crochet hooks and have a go again. When I was in my teens I spent my evenings when not out dancing, drinking and enjoying myself, sitting in watching TV and crocheting. I was taught how to do it by a friend of my mothers who used to knit and crochet anything and everything from dresses and cardigans to bags, jumpers and soft toys.

I made shawls which were the fashionable thing to have then, cushions and bags and when I was pregnant with my eldest son I spent the months leading up to his birth making a bed cover. Then he was born and my hooks got packed away and later another baby came along but I wasn't tempted. All that time my eldest son treasured the bed cover and had it in his bedroom either on the bed or near by to sit on. Suddenly he was a teenager and the bed cover was put in a cupboard and then packed in a box and put in the attic. But even when we moved house recently he told me he wouldn't ever part with it.

Then suddenly reading the blogs I realized it wasn't an old fashioned activity and so I tried to remember how to make a granny square. Some of it came back straight away but I have wondered if I am doing it correctly. It seems strange that something that was like second nature to me so long ago I now struggle to remember. Not sure I have got it right yet.

The worst thing though was when my darling sons came into the room yesterday and saw me making the square below, wearing my reading glasses on the end of my nose to help me see close up. They both burst out laughing.

"Look at mum, she turning into a granny" youngest son said. "Quick get the Stannah Stair Lift ordered" said the eldest. I wasn't sure if I should be upset or laugh because actually I did look a little bit like a granny. It hasn't put me off. Let them laugh. I find it therapeutic and I think I may just be 'hooked' all over again.