Crocheting in the Library

Wednesday evening I participated in fiber demonstrations with the Twisted Threads Fiber Arts Guild by showing and demonstrating crochet at the Western Wake Regional Library in Cary, NC. The Guild does a series of demos in the summer at several of the libraries in Wake County to introduce children to fiber arts. Last year I showed knitting, but since there are fewer crocheters, I decided to volunteer to do that craft this year. In addition to several scarves and other items, I brought my LED doily which interested adults as well as the kids.

I crocheted and gave away some simple yarn hearts.

UPDATE 3/6/18: The link to the heart pattern that was originally in this post is no longer operable. So I am including the instructions for the hearts here:

chain 4, make all stitches in the first chain

3 treble crochet

3 double crochet

chain 1

1 treble crochet

chain 1

3 double crochet

3 treble crochet

chain 3

close with slip stitch

tie the 2 tails with a knot to secure

The hearts work up fast, making them an ideal project for demonstrations, and the kids loved getting them.

I had a great time, and tomorrow I'll be changing gears as one of Tri-Tatters' monthly tatting demonstrators at Mordecai Historic Park in Raleigh.