{"id":920,"date":"2019-10-12T18:43:21","date_gmt":"2019-10-12T23:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/?p=920"},"modified":"2019-10-12T18:43:21","modified_gmt":"2019-10-12T23:43:21","slug":"crochet-everywhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/2019\/10\/12\/crochet-everywhere\/","title":{"rendered":"Crochet everywhere!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-935 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Hatmetropolis-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>I\u2019m not ashamed of the fact that I crochet. It\u2019s just that I didn\u2019t want people to ask me questions about crocheting when I crocheted in public. Reading in public is a closed activity, for the most part, no one will feel free to talk about what you are reading, unless they have read the book, or want to read the book. Generally, if you are reading, no one will bother you. When you are crocheting in public, however, that is a different story. Someone may decide to come up and ask what are you knitting, ask &#8220;is that for me?&#8221; or chat about your project.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, I will crochet everywhere!<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-920 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Metropolis2019crochet-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-928\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-928'>\n\t\t\t\tCrocheting at Metropolis\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/crochetlunch2019-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-924\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-924'>\n\t\t\t\tLunchtime projet\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/crochetbeethoven2019-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-923\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-923'>\n\t\t\t\tCrocheted during the pre-concert talk and intermission\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/crochetmillpark2019-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-925\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-925'>\n\t\t\t\tCrocheting at Millennium Park\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/beerandcrochet-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-871\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-871'>\n\t\t\t\tCrocheting with my knitting and crocheting group\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/CRpoolcrochet-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-926\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-926'>\n\t\t\t\tPoolside crocheting in Costa Rica\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Festival2019-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-927\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-927'>\n\t\t\t\tCrocheting and enjoying a beer at a street fest\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/crbarraincrochet-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-922\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-922'>\n\t\t\t\tCrocheting in Costa Rica in the rain\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_20190702_132701432-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-834\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-834'>\n\t\t\t\tDidn&#8217;t like how it started, so I unraveled it&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/opera2019-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-929\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-929'>\n\t\t\t\tCompleted during the pre-opera talk\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>By everywhere I mean I will crochet:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>at home,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>at a park,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>at a concert,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>at the talk before at the opera,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>at the pre-concert lecture at the symphony,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>in the bed,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>in a chair,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>in a restaurant or in a bar.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I will crochet near &#8211; at my favorite coffee shop (Metropolis) or far &#8211; my most recent vacation in Costa Rica and even on a cruise with a group I met and still keep in touch with on social media.<\/p>\n<p>I will crochet in my home, in a friend\u2019s home, or in a relative\u2019s home.<\/p>\n<p>If I\u2019m waiting, I\u2019m crocheting because I can still be social.<\/p>\n<p>People will inevitably ask what I\u2019m working on, this may be the reason that other people don\u2019t crochet or knit in public. In certain spaces, people are too polite or unobservant to ask. What are The answers come easier now that I have been crocheting longer. One place that I don\u2019t crochet is public transportation &#8211; that is my reading time and it\u2019s easier to read on a crowded bus or train than it is to try to gather up the yarn or fight for elbow space. When I would visit my grandmother in the nursing home or even visiting people in the hospital, I crochet because it gives us both something to do.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t care anymore about people looking at me, because I can people watch and crochet and that\u2019s just fine by me. Don\u2019t worry about others, worry about yourself &#8211; crochet or knit in public and enjoy yourself. Taking your project \u201con the road\u201d is exhilarating, unless it\u2019s an afghan and too unwieldy to manage.<\/p>\n<p>Happy crocheting &#8211; crochet where you want!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m not ashamed of the fact that I crochet. It\u2019s just that I didn\u2019t want people to ask me questions about crocheting when I crocheted in public. 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