In a forum I visited recently
I found a question that intrigued me.
" How many stitches can you complete in 1 minute ? "
So I took the time to consider the
variables to really measure speed.
Knit or Crochet,
Yarn: type / weight,
Stitch: Type / Pattern,
Duration: Time needed for accuracy
(“Remember the legend of "John Henry")
I have a friend who teaches the art of crochet and
she tells everyone I crochet with amazing speed.
Faster than anyone she has ever known.
But no matter how many projects I complete,
like the old Pennsylvania Dutch saying,
"The hurrier I go, the behinder I get".
I never checked my speed.
I just check the need
I always see dozens of wants,
needs and special projects waiting for me.
So I won't check my speed
I’ll just keep doing what I do.
It is not how fast I crochet,
it is the fact that I can crochet at any speed
and I pray I will be able to crochet
and share the love till the end of my time.
I haven't really checked speed myself, but I do remember an afghan that I checked to see how long it took me to complete a row and then I tried to make sure I spent no more time than that on a row so that I could get it finished. It was about the 7th of that pattern that I had done that year and I was getting tired of doing it.
ReplyDeleteI also remember 2 episodes in my 20's - 1 where a man said I was crocheting to the beat of the country music that my uncle had playing and another where 2 aunts put their crocheting down & were just watching me crochet - they said I was going twice as fast as they were.
I am retired so I have lots of time to crochet. My theory is if you don't have time to do it right you sure don't have time to do it over.
DeleteI crochet slow enough to get it right but fast enough to "Git Er Done" A rather tenacious person I believe begun is synonymous with done. I crochet anywhere I have to sit and wait, so if I am sitting I have a hook in my hand.
I understand crocheting to the "beat" I used to do my ironing that way. (Does anyone still iron ?) I watch TV with my ears, and keep both eyes on my crochet project. When I was a kid, there was NO TV. We did our crafts while listening to the radio. I can turn out about 1 full size afghan a week or usually about 3 afghans a month as well as a variety of smaller items like hats, scarves, bags, mittens trivets,etc....... I waste NO yarn so I also have a basket that I fill with granny squares. When I get enough I create an afghan that I call a freebie cause all I had to do was crochet it together. Thank you for your comment Dorie