First of all, let me
explain my name. I got the moniker,
Nancy Drew, through marriage. I’ll bet
you didn’t know that the "real" Nancy Drew is a retired granny, who drives a red
minivan, and the only mysteries she solves involve a crochet hook.
My love of crochet
started over 50 years. I was taught by
my mother, who was a threadie and made the most beautiful tablecloths. Actually, I don’t think there was anything
she couldn’t crochet. I’ve always loved
crafting and art. When I took an early
retirement from a very stressful corporate job, I opened an art studio and
taught painting for several years. When
painting became my full time job, crochet was my way to relax. It still is today. I totally love it. I think you can say I’m obsessed.
I started publishing my
patterns in May 2013, but I’ve been designing since I was a child making doll
clothes. Inspiration for my designs
comes from many places. I love flowers
and nature, and those things are often featured in my designs. Sometimes it’s a beautiful skein of yarn or
rich color that sends me off to the sketch pad.
Usually all my designs
start the same way, with a sketch pad and swatches….lots of swatches. I have a
daily planner with a monthly calendar and tabs for my project ideas and
planning. I keep sketches and notes
there, and save photos, magazine clippings, and anything else that catches my
attention or inspires me. One thing I
learned from painting is not to discard an idea too soon. When I'm frustrated with a project, I set it aside for a few days and come back to
it later. Often when I come back, I find
things aren’t really as bad as I thought, or the problems have an easy
fix.
Designing has really
deepened my love of yarn crafts. Sometimes
I want to create my own design, and other times I want to relax and just
crochet. I love that I can do both. I feel designing and crochet in general keep my
mind young. As a granny, that’s
important. Some people like video games,
crossword puzzles, or Luminosity. Just
give me a crochet hook and a lovely skein of yarn, and I’m good.
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