A few weeks ago we had our first THREADSTACK thread conversation about how our craft connects us to others. I loved seeing everyone weave their answers together there and I would like to do these community threads regularly. Every other week currently feels good. So, here’s the next one …
experiments in crochet texture by Kathryn Vercillo
What are the benefits you experience from yarn/thread/fiber/fabric crafts?
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I could go on and on about this topic forever. In fact, I probably have - writing books about how Crochet Saved My Life. Another recent share:
Hi there! I’m Linn an woman in my early 40s who lives in the West of Ireland.
I reawakened my Creativity about 10 years ago and took up up crocheting at the very end of 2021. Mostly as away to get away from mindless scrolling on my phone.
Since then I’ve created many blankets and last year I did Sue Maton’s Homage to the Granny Square course which was an incredible creative experience and made a blanket that I’ll treasure for the rest of my life.
I recently took up knitting, something I didn’t think I’d be capable of and have made one (wonky) sweater and a pair of fingerless mittens. Currently on my second wearable project. I have to say I’m truly hooked.
It’s really fun making things for my wardrobe! Maybe sewing is next?
I find both crochet and knitting relaxing and stimulating, depending on pattern and complexity.
I would love to know what draws you to the craft? The process or the outcome? Or both.
Hello Linn, last year I was traveling through Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland with my family in our motorhome. It's an incredible place. Beautiful and extremely inspiring.
I love knitting and weaving blankets, so I understand you perfectly.
I actually have a blanket pattern that I published a few months ago in Radicle Threads Magazine and it's now in my substack.
My favorite portable project is socks.
When I am painting or knitting I focus much more on the process than the result. I feel great while I'm at it.
Ireland is beautiful. I’m so blessed to live here. Socks sounds like a great travel project. I’ve not attempted that yet. Once I’ve made enough sweaters I think I’ll be ready for socks ☺️
Hi Linn, thank you for sharing your experiences with crochet and knitting. Granny square blankets are beautiful! I've never made one myself, I am more of a knitter than crocheter, though I practice both.
I agree with you, it is fun to make things you can wear. For me, it's even more fun if I make something for others and they wear it - which unfortunately is rare, since I live in a a hot environment. Mostly though, I love to knit and crochet because it makes me feel good :)
It is nice when other people use the stuff that we have made and I've donated to charity for that reason. Even if I never see them wear it, I know that someone out there probably is. <3
I love "getting away from the mindless scrolling" ... I was in deep depression when I came to crochet and one of the many ways it helped me was that it gave me something productive and creative to do instead of phone scrolling or being online or watching TV. Even if I had the TV on the whole time, it just felt better to be making something!
I learned a bit of knitting but was much better at the knit than the purl so didn't get too far. Enjoyed it though. I am much more a process person than an outcome person although I think all stages of the craft feel great in different ways.
I agree. For me I’ve realized that it’s important to creat with my hands. Not just with my head.
I didn’t think I could switch from crochet to knitting because of how you hold the yarn, but then I learned about Continental knitting style and that made it possible!
Purling is harder but I’m getting better at it I think. That’s why knitting in the round is so much better 😅
Hi Linn. My love is crochet. I like that is only one stitch at a time. The few times I tried knitting I got stressed out about losing stitches. I like the textures crochet creates. It calmes me to crochet and the designing gives my mind something to chew on. And above all else I find it fun to do!
It's very difficult for me to put a label on myself. Because I read and write as much as I knit. I draw and paint as much as I weave. And I love communications (is it because I'm a journalist?) So I'll just say that I'm a mother, wife, and creative person.
My activities bring me immense happiness. I can't imagine my life without knitting or reading.
I have had many ebbs in flows with whether I call myself a writer or an artist or not. I've used crafter, creative, maker, crocheter. Sometimes it's been important to me to separate my work from my identity so I've used "person who writes" or more vague, "I do lots of things."
That said, I started my book "Hook to Heal" with these lines ...
"I am an artist. So are you. Bear with me if you don’t believe that yet, because by the end of your journey through this creativity workbook you’ll understand exactly what I mean."
And later these lines:
"We all create. We do it in ways big and small every single day, intentionally and unintentionally. We create personal fashion styles through the clothes we select and combine and wear at different times in our lives. We create magical moments when we say the right word at the right time or allow the right space to happen when things need to pause. We create relationships with others. We create ourselves. Creation, creativity … it’s at the heart of all that we do. And yet there remain so many people who deny their creativity. I find this all too often in my life and it especially saddens me when I see it in the craft community where people are making something by hand every single day and yet hesitate to name themselves as creative, let alone as artists!"
Hi, I'm Caitlin! I'm 38 and I've been crafting for at least 30 of those years. I loved 4-H in middle and high school to show off my crochet and sewing skills. I worked in a scrapbooking store in my undergraduate years and a yarn shop in graduate school.
Right now, crafting gives me a way to slow down and enjoy the small moments. I've found a local community to sit and stitch with and it makes me so happy! I prefer to stitch with others.
Hi Caitlin, sounds fun to stitch in a local community! I used to get together with a few friends in a knitting group, we'd meet for morning coffee and work on projects together. I have a small crafting corner in my house I like to craft the most, but I also like to crochet while traveling, especially in airports and on planes.
Lovely to learn more about you. I typically sit on the couch to crochet or knit. I think I need to get one of those string lights people put around their neck, so to keep my partner happy that we don’t need the light on whilst watching a movie 😅
I use Clover crochet hooks. Mostly Clover Soft Touch and sometimes Clover Amour. Depends on the stitches I'm making. My preference definitely goes to the tapered ones. I also like the Clover ones because the handle is short and since I have quite small hand, there is no weight that pulls the hook up or down. Fortunately there is no crochet police, so everybody is free to use the tools they want and prefer.
Hi, I'm Emese, a long-time knitter and crocheter. I also design knitwear, or at least used to. Some got published in an online magazine, and i have several listed on Ravelry. However, I mostly knit and crochet for fun. I design my own knitwear because it's easier for me than reading and following other patterns. What I really love about any yarn-related activity is the process. It's amazing to me that I can start with a ball of yarn (that sometimes I need to rescue from my cats since they love playing with it), and I am able to create something from it, something wearable or useable. I love playing with patterns. I think the process for me is like playtime, a fun way to keep my hands occupied (otherwise i would find other ways to fidget, at least this is constructive). The benefits for me are so many! Playtime, the joy of creating something is just one of them. Besides that, I usually carry a project on long flights, which keeps me from getting bored, but it may also be an opportunity to connect with other crafters, since I tend to meet others who either knit or crochet.
Do you knit or crochet on a plane, train, or during long road trips (if you're not the driver)?
I am never the driver and I always crochet on road trips. In fact, in recent years, it's become part of the trip for me to find a local yarn store and choose a yarn special to the trip and then crochet a wall hanging or scarf from that yarn during the drive so that it serves as a tangible memory of the trip itself.
I love the idea of choosing a yarn and creating something special during a trip to serve as a memory of it! I only did this a few times. Once we visited an alpaca farm during a trip and I bought yarn from there. The scarf I made from that yarn reminds me of the trip every time I wear it.
Yes, yes to the wonder of having some strands of yarn and creating something from it, something useable or wearable. Oh, I crochet. I started about 20 years ago as a way to actually have the feeling that I "produce" something; something tangible.
Hi. I’m Karen, and I’m a fiber artist. Spinning, knitting, crochet, embroidery, cross-stitch - yeah. I started crocheting when I was 8, embroidery when I was 9. My mother is from a family of women who were creative out of necessity.
I create because I enjoy it. Spinning in particular has saved my life. I was diagnosed as autistic when I was 6. Spinning has become a stim for me. It has kept me working for the past 7+ years, it drops my blood pressure, it’s been amazing.
"Spinning has become a stim for me" makes so much sense to me. So does "women who were creative out of necessity." Love this.
I create ... because we are all meant to create, I think. Recently someone said that our hands are extensions of our heart and I think that kind of explains why I create.
I’m Kim. The best description of myself is I’m an all round creative person, because my creativity extends to several different types of creative outlets.
If I think of thread work, what I get out of it is an emptying of my mind. Most of the things I do with thread (sashiko and sewing felt hearts mainly) follow a template, so I don’t have to think beyond selecting the colours. I like that. It’s nice sometimes to quickly begin a new project with barely any thought. The repetition of stitching is therapeutic.
My question, is there a fibre hobby you have no desire to learn? Why? I’m fascinated by things people aren’t interested in, as much as the ones they are interested in.
I crochet. I have no desire what so ever to learn to knit. Tried it, but it was so stressful. So many stitches that can fall of those needles. I love and prefer my crochet hook.
Oh yes, the pain of dropping stitches is too great! I can’t knit anymore due to a wrist & elbow injury. I never got beyond making scarves, but dropping stitches was the worst!
I didn't think I wanted to learn to knit. But then I got the opportunity to learn knitting as part of my job, assisting Marly Bird in creating her series of lessons "Beginner Knitting for Crocheters" so I learned and it was great to try something new and gather different muscle memory. That said, I haven't really knit since that class and definitely prefer crochet.
That’s a really interesting question Kim. I’m so new to fiber craft that I feel like I still would like to learn more. I’d like to do some sewing and some embroidery, especially on clothes. Weaving looks like fun too. And felting.
That’s said I don’t like things that are too delicate or intricate. So lace probably isn’t for me.
I’ve also tried willow basket weaving and loved that. One of the things I’d love to do more of.
I have however decided that crafting will remain strictly a hobby and not something I want to commodify or make my line of income.
I’ve already turned two previous interests into paid work, and I love having something that feels free to just be whatever it wants to be.
I want to learn weaving! And crochet. I agree with your thoughts about lace work. Beautiful but to delicate for me ☺️
You must try sewing, I love it. I don’t do it often enough, although I recently made a coat for one of my dogs and have begun a second one for my other dog 😊
Yeah I think I will take a beginner’s class locally this autumn. The biggest problem being having then possibly buy a machine and the lack of space to set it up. 🥴
yes, space is always a problem with anything. I'm sure you'll be able to make it work, somehow. I find if I want something enough I can make space for it :)
Relate so much to needing to maintain a boundary around a creative outlet and not monetize it. Crochet was that for me although I ended up monetizing my writing about crochet which was different enough that it didn't take the joy out.
I love the point you've made about following a template (or pattern or simple design of basic stitches) because you get choice in selecting colors (unless you choose to follow exactly the pattern someone else picked colors for) but you don't have to paralyze yourself with a million other choices. And yet, when you want to have choice, you can make choices in so many parts of craft!
Thinking more about this question. I don't know if there's anything I don't want to learn. But as much as I would love to be someone who sews clothing and quilts, I have learned from learning these crafts that I don't actually enjoy them. I occasionally enjoy a little bit of embroidery but mostly sewing stuff doesn't do it for me. I don't have the patience or precision. Threading a needle annoys me :) So I admire so much the people who do these things.
But I think there's almost anything I would try at least once.
I've decided life is too short to try to try all the things. Not that I'm saying I'd never try new things, because thats not true, but rather I prefer to follow what my heart wants, when it comes to creativity. There are some things I admire but they don't call to me as something I want to learn. Also, there's things I used to do, which I no longer have any desire to go back to. I used to sew teddy bears, loved it. That was all I wanted to do. Then I stopped, and have no desire to go back to it. Which reminds me, I've got supplies to get rid of somehow :)
Oh I definitely agree with that! I just find that given the right set of circumstances if an opportunity popped up to learn a craft, there isn't one that I'm like "nope definitely don't want to learn that" ... And I love getting rid of supplies for things I've realized I no longer want to do :)
Hi there! I’m Linn an woman in my early 40s who lives in the West of Ireland.
I reawakened my Creativity about 10 years ago and took up up crocheting at the very end of 2021. Mostly as away to get away from mindless scrolling on my phone.
Since then I’ve created many blankets and last year I did Sue Maton’s Homage to the Granny Square course which was an incredible creative experience and made a blanket that I’ll treasure for the rest of my life.
I recently took up knitting, something I didn’t think I’d be capable of and have made one (wonky) sweater and a pair of fingerless mittens. Currently on my second wearable project. I have to say I’m truly hooked.
It’s really fun making things for my wardrobe! Maybe sewing is next?
I find both crochet and knitting relaxing and stimulating, depending on pattern and complexity.
I would love to know what draws you to the craft? The process or the outcome? Or both.
Nice to meet you, Linn! I love both the process and the outcome in seasonal, flowing ways. Sometimes more outcome and sometimes more process.
Thanks for sharing Caitlin.
Hello Linn, last year I was traveling through Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland with my family in our motorhome. It's an incredible place. Beautiful and extremely inspiring.
I love knitting and weaving blankets, so I understand you perfectly.
I actually have a blanket pattern that I published a few months ago in Radicle Threads Magazine and it's now in my substack.
My favorite portable project is socks.
When I am painting or knitting I focus much more on the process than the result. I feel great while I'm at it.
For knitting socks, do you ever get "second sock snydrome" or do you work both socks at once or do you enjoy the whole process?
Ireland is beautiful. I’m so blessed to live here. Socks sounds like a great travel project. I’ve not attempted that yet. Once I’ve made enough sweaters I think I’ll be ready for socks ☺️
Hi Linn, thank you for sharing your experiences with crochet and knitting. Granny square blankets are beautiful! I've never made one myself, I am more of a knitter than crocheter, though I practice both.
I agree with you, it is fun to make things you can wear. For me, it's even more fun if I make something for others and they wear it - which unfortunately is rare, since I live in a a hot environment. Mostly though, I love to knit and crochet because it makes me feel good :)
It is nice when other people use the stuff that we have made and I've donated to charity for that reason. Even if I never see them wear it, I know that someone out there probably is. <3
Thanks Emese. I wish I could post a picture of my favorite one here. I’m glad you find it makes you feel good. That’s a major point of it, isn’t it?
Feel free to post it in today's Chat Thread if you use Substack chat! We would love to see.
I love "getting away from the mindless scrolling" ... I was in deep depression when I came to crochet and one of the many ways it helped me was that it gave me something productive and creative to do instead of phone scrolling or being online or watching TV. Even if I had the TV on the whole time, it just felt better to be making something!
I learned a bit of knitting but was much better at the knit than the purl so didn't get too far. Enjoyed it though. I am much more a process person than an outcome person although I think all stages of the craft feel great in different ways.
I agree. For me I’ve realized that it’s important to creat with my hands. Not just with my head.
I didn’t think I could switch from crochet to knitting because of how you hold the yarn, but then I learned about Continental knitting style and that made it possible!
Purling is harder but I’m getting better at it I think. That’s why knitting in the round is so much better 😅
Yes knitting in the round makes that easier :)
Hi Linn. My love is crochet. I like that is only one stitch at a time. The few times I tried knitting I got stressed out about losing stitches. I like the textures crochet creates. It calmes me to crochet and the designing gives my mind something to chew on. And above all else I find it fun to do!
"The designing gives my mind something to chew on," makes so very much sense to me
I am a creative woman. That's my superpower.
It's very difficult for me to put a label on myself. Because I read and write as much as I knit. I draw and paint as much as I weave. And I love communications (is it because I'm a journalist?) So I'll just say that I'm a mother, wife, and creative person.
My activities bring me immense happiness. I can't imagine my life without knitting or reading.
And can you imagine a life without wires?
I love that description Claudia - I, too, am a multicrafter and it all kind of flows together through all parts of life.
I love that! A creative. I find that much easier to identify with than “Artist”.
it's just that I haven't studied art 😬
Same ☺️ Which is why I don’t feel ‘entitled’ to call myself an artist. But creative works just as well
I have had many ebbs in flows with whether I call myself a writer or an artist or not. I've used crafter, creative, maker, crocheter. Sometimes it's been important to me to separate my work from my identity so I've used "person who writes" or more vague, "I do lots of things."
That said, I started my book "Hook to Heal" with these lines ...
"I am an artist. So are you. Bear with me if you don’t believe that yet, because by the end of your journey through this creativity workbook you’ll understand exactly what I mean."
And later these lines:
"We all create. We do it in ways big and small every single day, intentionally and unintentionally. We create personal fashion styles through the clothes we select and combine and wear at different times in our lives. We create magical moments when we say the right word at the right time or allow the right space to happen when things need to pause. We create relationships with others. We create ourselves. Creation, creativity … it’s at the heart of all that we do. And yet there remain so many people who deny their creativity. I find this all too often in my life and it especially saddens me when I see it in the craft community where people are making something by hand every single day and yet hesitate to name themselves as creative, let alone as artists!"
I really appreciate you sharing that Katherine.
Hi, I'm Caitlin! I'm 38 and I've been crafting for at least 30 of those years. I loved 4-H in middle and high school to show off my crochet and sewing skills. I worked in a scrapbooking store in my undergraduate years and a yarn shop in graduate school.
Right now, crafting gives me a way to slow down and enjoy the small moments. I've found a local community to sit and stitch with and it makes me so happy! I prefer to stitch with others.
Where do you like to craft the most?
Hi Caitlin, sounds fun to stitch in a local community! I used to get together with a few friends in a knitting group, we'd meet for morning coffee and work on projects together. I have a small crafting corner in my house I like to craft the most, but I also like to crochet while traveling, especially in airports and on planes.
I always crochet on planes!
Stitching with others - whether you're talking or not, making the same thing or not, whatever it is - is such a healing thing.
Lovely to learn more about you. I typically sit on the couch to crochet or knit. I think I need to get one of those string lights people put around their neck, so to keep my partner happy that we don’t need the light on whilst watching a movie 😅
They are handy, but can be a bit heavy on the neck.
Good to know. Thank you.
Or a light up crochet hook
https://www.amazon.com/lighted-crochet-hook/s?k=lighted+crochet+hook
😳😳😳 You learn something new everyday. Looks like a clever invention.
That didn't work for me since I prefer aluminium or "metal" crochet hooks.
Yeah I do too but in the few times that I’ve really wanted light while crocheting this has worked for me.
Do you like the tapered hooks (Boye-style) or the straight ones (Bates-style?) I prefer tapered.
I use Clover crochet hooks. Mostly Clover Soft Touch and sometimes Clover Amour. Depends on the stitches I'm making. My preference definitely goes to the tapered ones. I also like the Clover ones because the handle is short and since I have quite small hand, there is no weight that pulls the hook up or down. Fortunately there is no crochet police, so everybody is free to use the tools they want and prefer.
Hi, I'm Emese, a long-time knitter and crocheter. I also design knitwear, or at least used to. Some got published in an online magazine, and i have several listed on Ravelry. However, I mostly knit and crochet for fun. I design my own knitwear because it's easier for me than reading and following other patterns. What I really love about any yarn-related activity is the process. It's amazing to me that I can start with a ball of yarn (that sometimes I need to rescue from my cats since they love playing with it), and I am able to create something from it, something wearable or useable. I love playing with patterns. I think the process for me is like playtime, a fun way to keep my hands occupied (otherwise i would find other ways to fidget, at least this is constructive). The benefits for me are so many! Playtime, the joy of creating something is just one of them. Besides that, I usually carry a project on long flights, which keeps me from getting bored, but it may also be an opportunity to connect with other crafters, since I tend to meet others who either knit or crochet.
Do you knit or crochet on a plane, train, or during long road trips (if you're not the driver)?
I am never the driver and I always crochet on road trips. In fact, in recent years, it's become part of the trip for me to find a local yarn store and choose a yarn special to the trip and then crochet a wall hanging or scarf from that yarn during the drive so that it serves as a tangible memory of the trip itself.
And I always have crochet on a plane with me.
Love your description of crafting as play.
I love the idea of choosing a yarn and creating something special during a trip to serve as a memory of it! I only did this a few times. Once we visited an alpaca farm during a trip and I bought yarn from there. The scarf I made from that yarn reminds me of the trip every time I wear it.
I love going to fiber farms!!!
Oh what a fun idea!
Yes, yes to the wonder of having some strands of yarn and creating something from it, something useable or wearable. Oh, I crochet. I started about 20 years ago as a way to actually have the feeling that I "produce" something; something tangible.
Hi. I’m Karen, and I’m a fiber artist. Spinning, knitting, crochet, embroidery, cross-stitch - yeah. I started crocheting when I was 8, embroidery when I was 9. My mother is from a family of women who were creative out of necessity.
I create because I enjoy it. Spinning in particular has saved my life. I was diagnosed as autistic when I was 6. Spinning has become a stim for me. It has kept me working for the past 7+ years, it drops my blood pressure, it’s been amazing.
Anyway. Why do you create?
"Spinning has become a stim for me" makes so much sense to me. So does "women who were creative out of necessity." Love this.
I create ... because we are all meant to create, I think. Recently someone said that our hands are extensions of our heart and I think that kind of explains why I create.
I love that! Hands being an extension of your heart? That’s beautiful, and true.
It really has stuck with me since the second she said it!
I’m Kim. The best description of myself is I’m an all round creative person, because my creativity extends to several different types of creative outlets.
If I think of thread work, what I get out of it is an emptying of my mind. Most of the things I do with thread (sashiko and sewing felt hearts mainly) follow a template, so I don’t have to think beyond selecting the colours. I like that. It’s nice sometimes to quickly begin a new project with barely any thought. The repetition of stitching is therapeutic.
My question, is there a fibre hobby you have no desire to learn? Why? I’m fascinated by things people aren’t interested in, as much as the ones they are interested in.
I crochet. I have no desire what so ever to learn to knit. Tried it, but it was so stressful. So many stitches that can fall of those needles. I love and prefer my crochet hook.
Yeah I hate picking up stitches 😬
Oh yes, the pain of dropping stitches is too great! I can’t knit anymore due to a wrist & elbow injury. I never got beyond making scarves, but dropping stitches was the worst!
I didn't think I wanted to learn to knit. But then I got the opportunity to learn knitting as part of my job, assisting Marly Bird in creating her series of lessons "Beginner Knitting for Crocheters" so I learned and it was great to try something new and gather different muscle memory. That said, I haven't really knit since that class and definitely prefer crochet.
That’s a really interesting question Kim. I’m so new to fiber craft that I feel like I still would like to learn more. I’d like to do some sewing and some embroidery, especially on clothes. Weaving looks like fun too. And felting.
That’s said I don’t like things that are too delicate or intricate. So lace probably isn’t for me.
I’ve also tried willow basket weaving and loved that. One of the things I’d love to do more of.
I have however decided that crafting will remain strictly a hobby and not something I want to commodify or make my line of income.
I’ve already turned two previous interests into paid work, and I love having something that feels free to just be whatever it wants to be.
I want to learn weaving! And crochet. I agree with your thoughts about lace work. Beautiful but to delicate for me ☺️
You must try sewing, I love it. I don’t do it often enough, although I recently made a coat for one of my dogs and have begun a second one for my other dog 😊
Yeah I think I will take a beginner’s class locally this autumn. The biggest problem being having then possibly buy a machine and the lack of space to set it up. 🥴
yes, space is always a problem with anything. I'm sure you'll be able to make it work, somehow. I find if I want something enough I can make space for it :)
Relate so much to needing to maintain a boundary around a creative outlet and not monetize it. Crochet was that for me although I ended up monetizing my writing about crochet which was different enough that it didn't take the joy out.
I love the point you've made about following a template (or pattern or simple design of basic stitches) because you get choice in selecting colors (unless you choose to follow exactly the pattern someone else picked colors for) but you don't have to paralyze yourself with a million other choices. And yet, when you want to have choice, you can make choices in so many parts of craft!
I love being able to do one or the other, depending on what is happening in my life
Thinking more about this question. I don't know if there's anything I don't want to learn. But as much as I would love to be someone who sews clothing and quilts, I have learned from learning these crafts that I don't actually enjoy them. I occasionally enjoy a little bit of embroidery but mostly sewing stuff doesn't do it for me. I don't have the patience or precision. Threading a needle annoys me :) So I admire so much the people who do these things.
But I think there's almost anything I would try at least once.
I've decided life is too short to try to try all the things. Not that I'm saying I'd never try new things, because thats not true, but rather I prefer to follow what my heart wants, when it comes to creativity. There are some things I admire but they don't call to me as something I want to learn. Also, there's things I used to do, which I no longer have any desire to go back to. I used to sew teddy bears, loved it. That was all I wanted to do. Then I stopped, and have no desire to go back to it. Which reminds me, I've got supplies to get rid of somehow :)
Oh I definitely agree with that! I just find that given the right set of circumstances if an opportunity popped up to learn a craft, there isn't one that I'm like "nope definitely don't want to learn that" ... And I love getting rid of supplies for things I've realized I no longer want to do :)
Getting rid of stuff is almost like therapy!
At least I know you can and will try all the things, most likely share them here and then I can decide if I want to look into it further ;)
Yes, vicarious crafting joy!