Ok, so I’ve been knitting for a while now, but never could seem to get the hang of crochet.  Everyone says it so easy, it’s so much easier than knitting, but I never could figure out, well, where to stick my hook (though I had a few ideas during my frustration!)  But then I started seeing these adorable little crocheted critters on the web, called amigurumi. And I wanted to make them so badly!  They’re just so… CUTE! 

There’s a group at work that gets together every other week to knit and crochet while we eat lunch. So last Friday, I took some junk yarn and a crochet hook, determined to learn how to crochet.  And in about ten minutes, I had the basics down, and that night, I started my first crochet project.  You guessed it, an amigurumi project — a bear.  I’ll post some pictures later.

So I’ve been kinda floating, all pleased with myself that I learned something new.  You know, I guess you need to take your successes where you can find them!

Examples of amigurumi