{"id":34,"date":"2013-02-22T13:12:51","date_gmt":"2013-02-22T21:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lindadeancrochet.com\/blog\/?p=34"},"modified":"2014-03-07T11:50:49","modified_gmt":"2014-03-07T19:50:49","slug":"so-now-im-making-fabric-and-losing-labels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lindadeancrochet.com\/blog\/?p=34","title":{"rendered":"So Now I&#8217;m Making Fabric- and Losing Labels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Making fabric sounds like a high tech industrial trade, big machines and fine threads, but really I do it daily. Crochet is simply creating fabric. When I finally made this realization it opened up a world of possibilities. I\u2019ll admit it; I crocheted for nearly 25 years (maybe even 30) before I tackled anything resembling a sweater or garment, it was just too intimidating.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_26\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lindadeancrochet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ScannedImage-10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-26 \" alt=\"My first afghan\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lindadeancrochet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ScannedImage-10-200x300.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.lindadeancrochet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ScannedImage-10-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/www.lindadeancrochet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ScannedImage-10-683x1024.jpg 683w, http:\/\/www.lindadeancrochet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ScannedImage-10.jpg 786w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My first afghan<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I made afghans galore, many different color combinations, styles and stitch patterns, but to make a sweater or cardigan that just seemed like too much. I had seen knitters following grids and using stitch markers so I assumed that crocheting a sweater would be much the same. But I took the plunge as a challenge to myself to use a gift certificate at a local yarn store, and make something nice for myself.<\/p>\n<p>So I found a cardigan sweater that had a stitch pattern that looked enjoyable, and then I found some really nice yarn. I carefully read through the pattern and then jumped it, it was at this time I heard somewhere that I was making fabric, and it opened my mind to look at this pattern differently. If I was thinking I was making a sweater I felt intimidated, but when I looked at it was making fabric that I was shaping to fit a sewing pattern, it removed the point of intimidation. I could make crochet in any shape. So I concentrated on making these shapes and then put them together.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_59\" style=\"width: 281px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lindadeancrochet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/DSCF0363.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-59\" class=\"wp-image-59  \" alt=\"My first garment.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lindadeancrochet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/DSCF0363.jpg\" width=\"271\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-59\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My first garment.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>My first garment made. Crossing this threshold inadvertently caused me to begin designing (even though I didn\u2019t realize it at the time), as I took sewing patterns and crocheted fabric to fit the pieces in stitches that I like and put them together. I have never looked back.\u00a0 This has taught me that removing the label I place on things and giving them a different name has helped me to look at it in a different light and add something new to my life, this includes my role as a mom, a wife, a friend. I never realized that I had definitions in my words that dictated how and what I did, but changing the view as increased life\u2019s possibilities.<\/p>\n<p>Who would guess that crochet could have taught me that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Making fabric sounds like a high tech industrial trade, big machines and fine threads, but really I do it daily. Crochet is simply creating fabric. When I finally made this realization it opened up a world of possibilities. 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