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Where it began....
Jul. 9th, 2008 02:50 pm...... Was as a child growing up with my parents and also my grandmother (aka Nana) and my uncle who all lived with us together. Since both my parents had to work, I was fortunate to spend time at home with Nana. From her, I learned how to work jigsaw puzzles, loving to read and crocheting.
On Saturday evenings, we'd all drive to shop at Great Eastern Mills on Rt 46 Totowa and one of the things I looked forward to was a trip to the book department with my grandmother where we'd hunt for the next Nancy Drew Mystery for us to read. We usually got two or three so that we could each read one without having to wait for the other to finish it.
During those years, I also watched as my grandmother crocheted. She would sit with steel hooks (which I am fortunate enough to now have) and thread and do amazing things. She made me an entire blouse out of Irish Rose motifs. I also saw the creative abilities of my godmother who crocheted as well (and still did even into her 80's). By the age of nine, Nana had taught me the basics and I would make small things -- change purses, doll scarves -- whatever I could think of.
Over the years, I've added other crafts to my "repetoire" as it were: counted cross stitch, scrapbooking, sewing, knitting and others. It was no surprise that somehow, my love of reading and my love of crafts would eventually meet up and I would begin crafting Harry Potter related items. Somehow that led to my working as a crafty witch here at the Leaky Caulron where I have made some wonderful friends.
On Saturday evenings, we'd all drive to shop at Great Eastern Mills on Rt 46 Totowa and one of the things I looked forward to was a trip to the book department with my grandmother where we'd hunt for the next Nancy Drew Mystery for us to read. We usually got two or three so that we could each read one without having to wait for the other to finish it.
During those years, I also watched as my grandmother crocheted. She would sit with steel hooks (which I am fortunate enough to now have) and thread and do amazing things. She made me an entire blouse out of Irish Rose motifs. I also saw the creative abilities of my godmother who crocheted as well (and still did even into her 80's). By the age of nine, Nana had taught me the basics and I would make small things -- change purses, doll scarves -- whatever I could think of.
Over the years, I've added other crafts to my "repetoire" as it were: counted cross stitch, scrapbooking, sewing, knitting and others. It was no surprise that somehow, my love of reading and my love of crafts would eventually meet up and I would begin crafting Harry Potter related items. Somehow that led to my working as a crafty witch here at the Leaky Caulron where I have made some wonderful friends.
