Crochet Spot Not Working?!
I woke up Friday morning, rolled out of bed as I normally do, brushed my teeth, then sat at my computer to check my email and of course the wonderful comments that you all leave for me to read. I refreshed the browser to look at Crochet Spot and there was this big ugly server error!
I immediately started freaking out, I mean Crochet Spot is like my baby and it wasn’t breathing. So I called up a friend who assured me that the web hosting techs were already on it. But of course I couldn’t sit still, too much stress for one person to handle. So I spun around in my chair, grabbed a crochet hook and started crochet. Crochet is proven to help reduce stress after all. If a woman can use crochet to survive an earthquake, I was sure that I could use it to survive the down time of Crochet Spot.
I started crocheting a purse using Tunisian simple stitches so that I can sell the pattern in my soon to come store (and hopefully afford a better hosting plan). It’s almost done, but I haven’t decided how I’m going to make a closure for it. I’ll post picks soon!
Hopefully this Crochet Spot down time isn’t as nerve racking for you as it is for me. But I am glad that it motivates me to crochet even more!
Now Rachel, take a deep breath my friend. Keep crocheting. It’ll get better.
Glad that it’s up and working again- and yes- crocheting does relieve stress. I’ve been watching the Yankees blow a 6-0 lead to the Red Sox and started crocheting to relieve the stress- finished a baby ghan I had been working on and then made a dishcloth!
Rachel – I’ve been crocheting since I was five years old… often during stressful times. I took crochet to the first Gulf war with me, and crocheted an entire scarf during a scud missile attack, but yesterday was the biggie for me, yesterday I had to go to the hospital, the emergency room, my doctor thought I may have meningitis, and I needed an IV and a spinal tap and lots of other very scary and very uncomfortable procedures for 8 hours before they finally released me as meningitis free. In the midst of all the chaos I asked my husband to go out to the car and see if my crochet bag was there still from the day before… he thought I was crazy but he went, it was, and he brought it back to me… with an IV, through a spinal tap, in and out of CAT scans, I crocheted. I was almost manic about it. But it kept me from freaking out and it kept me from crying, and when we left the hospital I had 10 of your lovely roses and 20 leaves (I make varigated ones) to go with them finished.
I think we should teach it it mental hospitals to anxiety patients. Personally. 
You are not the only one who crochets through stress.
Thanks everyone for the support and for sharing your stories
I hope you feel better soon Ria!