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\"\"<\/a>As I attend several graduations I ponder my days of completing high school and where I thought my life would go, and if someone told me that I would be designing and teaching crochet I seriously would have laughed at them. I even remember telling a friend my senior year of high school, after he was in awe of an afghan I had created that I should make and sell them for a living, that there was no money in such an endeavor.<\/p>\n

Granted all these years later, I will not say that the money in crochet is great, but it is now my profession, even if it took an odd journey to get there.<\/p>\n

Like most students graduating high school, or even college, I was never able to answer the question \u201cwhere do you see yourself in five years?\u201d. A great question, but one that always felt like I could not adequately answer.<\/p>\n

I worked the food industry, I worked retail, I worked for startup companies and local government before finding myself currently in crochet. In reality I would probably still be working local government if there was not a change in the direction of the management that no longer wanted to employ part time workers. I had been working part time for a few years juggling the typical family demands of running a household and raising kids, and the costs that I would incur in the additional child care did not justify working full time.<\/p>\n

When these management decision were made, I was fortunate to have already had an opportunity to sell my first crochet design. It began just a couple of years earlier, when I was attending an event with a silent auction and I won lessons on using a drop spindle.<\/p>\n

I had already been crocheting for decades, but due to the speed of completing my projects I was wanting to find a way to enjoy the process longer, so learning how to make yarn on a drop spindle was an exciting adventure. During the lessons my instructor was telling me all about her local guild, and invited me to attend a meeting.<\/p>\n

I admit I was a bit apprehensive, but after finally taking her up on her invitation, I met so many interesting people that fostered a new desire to learn and grow in all crafts related to fiber.<\/p>\n

I then learned of the Crochet Guild of America, and that it had a Masters program. I decided to test my skills in this program, of which I graduated. I was then invited to attend the annual conference of this organization, with the encouragement of my family I attended. I met so many people and gained so much insight. With a determined new friend\u2019s guidance I sold my first design, it was published the same week I left my job in government.<\/p>\n

You never really know when life can completely change, you never know when a skill you used as a child will now become your income source. I do not know \u201cwhere I will be in five years\u201d, but I will continue to support the twists on turns of life\u2019s journey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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