This post is written by Gbemisola Mba a professional Nigerian crotchet maker
When I was little, I always loved watching my grandma knit with her knitting needles, I found it very fascinating and I made attempts of knitting several times and I was only 6 years old. My auntie saw how enthusiastic I was toward knitting then she taught me how to knit, then she introduced crocheting to me, I fell in love with crocheting, I preferred it to knitting. I learnt how to crochet when I was in primary school, since then I have been doing the art till this very day.
I decided to turn my talent of crocheting into a business three years ago when I came across a crochet pattern for a top. I used to make only caps and bags because I didn’t know how to make clothes by crocheting them. Then I found the patterns for making skirts, different types of top for example the off the shoulder top, halter tops, cropped tops, ultra cropped tops, and so on.
BACKGROUND OF CROCHETING
Crochet is a process of creating fabric by interlocking loops of yarn, thread, or strands of other materials using a crochet hook. The name is derived from the French term crochet, meaning ‘small hook’. These are made of materials such as metal, wood, or plastic and are manufactured commercially and produced in artisan workshops. The salient difference between crochet and knitting, beyond the implements used for their production, is that each stitch in crochet is completed before the next one is begun, while knitting keeps a large number of stitches open at a time. (Variant forms such as Tunisian crochet and broomstick lace keep multiple crochet stitches open at a time.(that was gotten from Wikipedia 😉).
Crocheting has to be one of the best arts I’m involved in, I love how I can create complex things with just a hook and a yarn.
After my last post a lot of people had questions about what exactly crotchet was all about them I reached out to Gbemi to do a post on it, hope you guys enjoy and embrace crotchet !
Styling with Teni 