Let me introduce myself. My name is Jen and I am a hooker.
The yarnie kind of hooker. Not the other kind. I am a single mom and a small
business owner. I have 2 cats (hence being called a crazy cat lady by a certain
friend’s husband), a talented son who frequently helps me with my online shop,
and a room full of yarn.
Okay, maybe not completely full. We aren’t talking about a
small room with no walkway and I have to swim through it to get to the one
skein of yarn I need. Although, that would be pretty cool. A yarn vault like Uncle
Scrooge’s money vault.
I live and breathe being a crocheter. I love yarn. I have a
lot of yarn, and yet I always seem to buy more. A good sale, coupons from
Joann’s, a Friday after work – almost anything will send me to the yarn store.
However, I am very particular about my yarn. I dislike dye lots, which means
that you can have 2 skeins of yarn made at different days or times, and they
won’t be exactly alike. Annoys me to no end. I will go out of my way to find
yarn that has no dye lots if I can. Red Heart Super Saver is an example of a no
dye lot yarn. I can run out of RHSS and go to the local Walmart and pick up the
exact same color and know that there will be no color discrepancy. However,
Caron Simply Soft, while one of my favorite yarns for blankets, is a dye lot
yarn, which means I have to make sure I buy enough of the yarn in one trip for
a project. And I have to be careful and make sure all the yarn I am grabbing is
the same dye lot. Otherwise, I have to get creative with my pattern in order to
hide the color changes.
I also knit. I learned how to knit a few years ago when I
was making a Christmas gift for a friend’s daughter. She is a HUGE Doctor Who
fan. So I decided to make her a scarf inspired by the 4th Doctor. And of
course, I couldn’t find a crochet pattern. So, I took the most basic knitting
pattern I could find and learned how to knit. Now, I can create my own patterns
for knitting, and I can pretty much follow any pattern I am given.
I also create patterns for crochet. I currently have 3
crochet patterns for sale in my Etsy shop, and I have ideas for so many more.
So much yarn, so little time.
What makes me a Happy Hooker, you ask? Yarn makes me happy.
I love the feel of it through my fingers and I love creating beautiful pieces that
people buy or order from me. The careful repetition of stitches clears my mind
of all the bad things that happen in life and is almost Zen. Even when I have
to pull out stitches because I made a mistake. It calms me when I have a hectic
schedule or the world seems to be falling apart around me. I have my favorite
hooks, and hooks that I only use on certain projects, and spare hooks in case I
break one or lose one. Just like a chef has his favorite knives and specialty
knives, I have my specialty hooks. I’m not to that part with my knitting yet,
but soon, I think. My favorite hook? My purple Boye H hook. I use that hook for
so many projects.
So, that’s me. I welcome anyone who reads my blog. This blog
will be about my life. Single Mom, Hooker, Business Owner, Crazy Cat Lady.
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