“I’ve been crocheting since I was 15. I started out with...

“I’ve been crocheting since I was 15. I started out with patterns from the magazines but there was one point where I just said ‘screw this’ and started designing everything myself. I’ve got twelve giant tubs of yarn at home. Everything I make is one of a kind, even if it’s a shawl. My shawl is going to have a slightly different color or slightly different stitch than any other shawl. I’ve crocheted hundreds of Christmas presents. I crocheted the sweater I’m wearing. I even helped crochet a sweater for a huge water tower. My section alone took three weeks. The theme of the Crochet Guild convention last year was ‘under the sea,’ so I knitted 110 sea horse pins. And right now I’m working on a mermaid tail for the daughter of the niece of my brother-in-law.”