Addictions have a reputation for being bad. Well I guess it would depend on what exactly it is you were addicted to. Hobby, obsession, addiction, call it what you will it seems to be lurking in most crafters. To determine if you are a crochet addict, actually you could insert the hobby of your choice for most of them. Knitter, Scrap booker, Stamper, Beader, Weaver, Spinner, Quilter, Rug Hooker, etc. You get the idea.
Symptoms of a Crochet Addict
- You're proud to be called a "hooker".
- You have a room for your yarn, not a shelf or a drawer, you have an entire room.
- When someone greets you they start off by saying, "What are you working on now?"
- You have more crochet hooks and patterns than you can count or will ever use.
- You walk through a yarn store and look at the colors and feel the skeins and you have to own that yarn, with no project in mind.
- You have a designated crochet bag that you carry projects in, and the bag isn't small. (You probably don't have just one.)
- You always keep a crochet project in your car or at work, just in case you have some down time.
- Your hands get fidgety when you go a day without crocheting (as if you would ever do that).
- You have a list of TV shows on TiVo you don't really have to pay close attention to while crocheting. (CSI, Law and Order, NCIS)
- You memorized when the major yarn stores have discounts and coupons.
- Your family makes fun of you because you can't sit still without working on something, not at a hockey game, movie, church. It doesn't matter where you are.
- Your most recent searches on your Garmin are for yarn shops in areas surrounding you.
- You crochet with things other than yarn, such as plastic bags, cassette tape, duck tape, rags, etc.
- You've learned to die yarn with Kool-aid and spin yarn out of your pet's hair.
- You wear one of those necklace medallions that cut your yarn for you.
- Your number of WIPs (works in progress) and UFOs (unfinished objects) keeps multiplying, and you blame it on your cat/dog/spouse.
- You occasionally stumble upon started projects that you have no memory of ever starting and have no idea what it was going to be.
- You are crocheting while reading this post.
After writing this list, I became a little afraid of my addiction. Does anyone know where I can find a crocheter anonymous meeting??? I think I have a problem and need to admit it to others. Well I think maybe they are having one at Yarn Harbor on Sunday. I think I will attend, I am sure they can help me.
