Comments on: Crocheting with Friends

By: aimymichelle

aimymichelle — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 05:11:56 +0000

i’ve never crocheted in a group. i have crocheted while a friend knitted.

By: Gardenchef

Gardenchef — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 03:34:33 +0000

I would love to adopt this in our church. How about a Crochet Fellowship?!!! Sounds exciting?

By: Collette

Collette — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 19:58:12 +0000

Two and a half years ago, I started a crochet class at our local Senior Center, and we’re still going strong–even adding new members every month! Our ages range from 23 to 92 years old! Since we formed our club, we have crocheted over 1,000 hats for various hospitals, almost 100 lapghans for 3 Veterans’ hospitals, made 85 hat/scarf sets for a local daycare, made 147 “Spirit Gloves” for our local Relay For Life, and made 20 prayer shawls for our local Hospice. We meet for two hours every Monday morning, and even reschedule when bad weather cancels our meeting! Everyone agrees it’s the best thing we have ever done! We call ourselves the Froggers Crochet Club. We highly recommend doing something like this!

By: Victoria

Victoria — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 18:19:26 +0000

The Monday night meetings of my stitching circle is the highlight of my week! I learned to crochet at church last April at the age of 52; my first project was a wonky baby blanket for the local crisis pregnancy center. The crocheters at church met sporadically, and the weekly group I joined was just the inspiration I needed to really take off in the craft. It’s wonderful for all the reasons you said, but what makes our group especially enjoyable is that there is rarely any talk of politics or other issues that can get heated or cause hurt feelings. There’s plenty of chatter though… About new or favorite techniques, sales, what book somebody read, what someone’s dog did, yarn reviews, vacation anecdotes, new patterns, offspring tales, etc. Plenty of project show-and-tell, which can be encouraging and sometimes hilarious. There are usually at least a dozen of us there (we meet at our local library) and sometimes one person gets everyone’s attention, but more often there’s two or three conversations going at once. It’s amazing how two hours with such a lively group can feel so PEACEFUL.

By: Penny

Penny — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 17:35:17 +0000

I created my own group at the local library about 8 yrs ago. My life was at a point where I needed new friends and something to take my mind off my father passing away. We’ve been there ever since! The great friends I have made have helped me time and time again with good times and bad and I love them all! We named our group “The Chain Gang”. Come join us anytime!!!

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 17:13:01 +0000

We have a great little community over on facebook!

http://www.facebook.com/crochetgal79

or you can find us online: http://www.thehookupblog.wordpress.com!!

By: jpr54_

jpr54_ — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:33:35 +0000

I went to my first meeting this past Wednesday.
I enjoyed my first visit and will attend again

By: Caissa "Cami" McClinton

Caissa "Cami" McClinton — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 03:40:14 +0000

If it doesn’t come along, you can start one! Check on Ravelry to see what is already in your local area, and if there is nothing, then see if there is any interest in starting one! I agree that a shared interest is great for bringing people together! Best of luck, Bailey!

By: Bailey

Bailey — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:05:47 +0000

I haven’t found a group yet, but I really do want to belong to a local crochet/knitting group. As long as they are crochet friendly I am happy to join a kniting group. I like being a part of a group that shares an interest. I know the right group will come along.