[CR] The Alphabet Amigurumi Project Continues

Last week, I started working on a project for my little daughter that will help both of us learn something from. I started with just three letters but throughout the entire week following that, I slowly worked the alphabet with each letter showing more and more improvement as I go.

I'm actually starting to realize that I may be learning more from this than her. While crocheting, I would see her go from one toy to another and when she finds the amigurumi letters, she would come to me and brag how she knows what the letter is. And everytime she sees that I'm almost done with one letter, she would eagerly await until I've cut all the strings and I hand it over to her. After which she would exclaim what letter it is. She would then ask me to go ahead and make the next letter for her. Though she wouldn't sit by my side while I work on it. (She found out that it takes a lot of time and I timed her attention span, it only lasts for six minutes).

Anyways, as I moved on from one letter to another, I can see more and more improvement with my stitch. It is indeed true that constant correct practice makes perfect. Although I'm still far away from perfection, I can see that I am a lot farther from where I came from.

The tension I have in my hand towards the string and the crochet hook starts to even out now. I observed that the HDCs I make are now more level to each other than from when I started. So as you know, the first letters are the worst. I promised to redo letters A, B, and C once I'm done with letter Z.

Also, as I continue, the instructions that did not make sense to me at the beginning starts to have more meaning to me. I really am that kind of learner. I would have to read so that I'll have at least 70% to 80% of understanding but there are still some parts of the lesson that will only make sense to me once I experienced it and made sense to me as I go.

Also, I found an interesting post on twitter. Well, it was shared through facebook in one of those crochet groups I joined a couple of days ago.

In Ireland, it's said that you leave a bit of your soul trapped in everything you crochet. So to avoid this, you should always work in a hidden mistake so that your soul can escape...

It's a good thing I always have a lot of mistakes when I crochet. Most of the times it's just my laziness that stops me from frogging, but at least now, I have another excuse to just ignore the mistake and move forward. :D