Hi! My name is Rochelle, and I have a daughter Hayley.

Thank you for taking part in our journey. Your support means a lot to us, maybe even more than you might think.

I’d like to tell you something about who I am, where my dream came from, and why I’m so excited to share this journey with you.

Like many others, I was feeling the pinch of the pandemic. But at least I had some comforting things to look forward to. Even something as simple as….my favourite little black hat!

Problem 1

lost my hat

Problem 2

couldn’t find another similar hat anywhere…

Solution

why not try crocheting a new one?  Can’t be that hard, after all I used to crochet when I was a teenager.  So I bought a hook, some yarn and as they say….the rest is history!

But not quite…Even though I crocheted multiple hats, I could never seem to make the exact one that I lost. That got me started scouring the internet and of course pinterest to try and find a pattern that would work. Interestingly, I couldn’t find one that worked, and I didn’t have enough crochet skills to make my own. I started crocheting like crazy and of course I got hooked (ha ha)! I made everything you can imagine. Some projects great, some not so much. But my family and friends gratiously accepted my gifts saying they loved them. When I look back on my first projects I think they are all awesome, but of course my stitches and tension got just got better and better. I started to custom the patterns that I was following to fit my daughter or myself and realized if I can do that, I can probably create my own designs! Its not as easy as it sounds but that’s where I am in my journey.

I have created about 20 designs, some amazing, some not so much. I promise to share only the ones I am most proud of because they have to impress everyone, not just the designer.

By the way, about a year later guess what I found? My little black hat…