The Sisterhood of the Travelling Crochet Hook: Dawn’s Story

Dawn has kindly given me permission to share her story for the Sisterhood of the Travelling Crochet Hook:

Dawn wrote: “I was taught to crochet while I was a girl scout. She taught about 4 of us to crochet and cross stitch for a needlework badge.
I made some chains. That was it. I did not do any crocheting for several years and when I was 18 and pregnant I decided to make a granny square afghan for my baby. What made me decide to tackle such a huge task with my very minimal skill? I have a pink and white hexagon afghan that my mother made me when I was 6. It has tassels that are matted together and the poor thing has shrunk a bit since it is made of wool blend yarns— but I love that afghan and can actually remember the day my mother gave it to me. I was 6 and was moving into a bigger bedroom that I would not have to share with
my 2 year old sister. It was painted pink and white with a huge mural of raggedy Ann and Andy on one wall. The furniture was white with pink diamond inserts in the centers of the drawers. The curtains were pink and white with
Raggedy Ann hand painted by my mother on them. And on the bed was this beautiful afghan made up of over 100 hexagons in dark pink, light pink and white with tassel fringe on 2 edges. I walked into that room and it looked
like a fairy land to me, And it was all mine. Raggedy Ann and Andy were painted over long ago, the furniture was painted
and given to my little brother when I moved out, the curtains became blocks in one of my mothers quilts. but MY afghan has gone with me from bedroom to bedroom and then when I moved out on my own , from home to home. It is always easily found in the cedar blanket box in the family room. IT is one of the favored blankets used on winter evenings by the kids to cuddle under and watch a movie. It has a special power that makes any who snuggle under it feel warm, safe and loved. This is the wish I had for my child and thus prompted my attempt to make one for her.
It never quite became a twin size afghan, more of a lapghan, done in yellow and white. I gave it to her and forgot about it until recently when a very bedraggled looking yellow and white object was thrust in front of me by the now 22 year old recipient. She looked at me with a pouty face and whined ”
Mom, you HAVE to fix it, there are some holes and it will fall apart! I NEED it! ”
SO I am on a mission to find comparable yarns to make the repairs— and it is a mission I really do not mind as I KNOW how much she really NEEDS that afghan. Like my pink and white one, she feels loved and protected by simply throwing it over her lap. The family tradition lives on.”
~Dawn
DHDesigns
https://www.alljeweledup.com/dhanlon 

Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful ‘Sisterhood of the Travelling Crochet Hook’ story, Dawn!

I would LOVE to hear  more stories from the Sisterhood of the travelling crochet hook!

hugs all round,