A new beginning

    All hail beginnings! My first post, hurray! First things first, my name is Mariah (think Mariah Carey, but not, definitely not). I'm into a lot of things (too many things, maybe) but I definitely have a passion for crafts, art, and music. A few weeks ago, I finished my very first crochet pattern. Of course, I was excited. But what I'm more excited for is what is to come. I'm just thinking of all the possibilities! For me, I prefer to create little dolls or animals, in example, amigurumi, as I see the "crochet crowd" have come to call them. However, that does not mean I won't ever make other things, but that's all up to when I crochet. ;)
     I believe the first time I really fell in love with crochet was when I was browsing online to figure out my next craft. On random, I found some crochet patterns, which prompted me to look up some other things, specifically, a Totoro. It was love at first sight and I just thought, "That's what I want to do! Learn to crochet." I knew my grandma knew how to crochet (she knows everything, haha) so I asked her to teach me. Well, that Christmas, she got me all the things I needed and promised to show me how to crochet. Although I wasn't able to get that pleasure from her teaching me, I started on my own, but got frustrated because I was doing it so slow while other people seemed to work so fast. I gave up, but a few months later I eventually looked up some videos on youtube to help me and I was hooked! A lot of patterns looked daunting at first, but I was determined to work through them because of those difficult patterns I had saved. One in particular:

    A lot of amigurumi crocheters would probably recognize this pattern. It is an original pattern by Becchin, translated by the author of this blog. I got the pattern for his sword and sheath at this blog. I think the only thing I changed was, 1) his color, 2) minor changes to the sword, and 3) added the yellow "buckle" to his belt. I'm very pleased with how everything came out.
    After I had completed this pattern, I felt as if I had got a lot of experience under my belt and I started thinking about making my own patterns (with a lot of added encouragement from my mom). I didn't have very many options, because I had limited colors, but I decided to go with something I couldn't find anywhere online: a chicken named Goose from one of my favorite games, Animal Crossing.

look at that face c:

     Now, he wasn't my first pick, but I didn't have the colors for my first pick so I had to compromise. But I'm glad I was able to finish him, because it was quite the process putting him together.
     Anyhow! I think that's enough about me for now, and next week, I hope to post my first pattern for anyone to see and make (if they wish). So, I hope this journey goes smooth, or something like that, because I am totally new to this and excited and nervous. So if you're reading this, it probably means you're into crochet or something. If you are, awesome! Post a comment, say hello, and I hope you'll come back sometime!

     - M