It is in the nature of hobbies that most of them start out with yelling at inanimate objects. But once you get to know each other’s eccentricities a little better, the yelling dies down, and slowly becomes the appreciation of someone’s little quirks.

I learned to crochet a little over a year ago, and while I can rock a solid granny square, I am still in the occasional yelling phase with new patterns. These flower potholders started out a little shaky, but we made friends by the third or fourth one. You don’t want to know what happened to the first couple.

I used this pattern as a base, but changed a couple things due to my yarn size and colors. A set of three survived to be given as a gift. If you are handy with a crochet hook and give it a go, let me know so we can see!