Frozen Shoulder , bucket hats and lockdown.

I thought I could keep myself busy by  happily sewing and quilting during this long lockdown but my shoulder thought differently . It froze up and with it so did all my sewing projects that required a sewing machine.  I had to resort to other methods of creation! 

I began by knitting the famous oversized  JW Anderson "Harry Styles sweater" but  I quicky understood ( by the pain in my arm) that any future projects had to be  smaller. So with some online help I started crocheting up a few bucket hats from my stash of left over yarn and gifted them to loved ones for Christmas.
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All the recipients were very polite and did not comment on my beginner mistakes which made me very happy indeed!                                                                                                                 

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My shoulder is now in the  defrosting stage  so I'll still be in crochet mode for a while longer.
I just finished  a basket / bag that is pictured above .  This was perfect project  since I seem to have amassed a lot of scrappy leftover yarn over the years  and I love that I am using it all up with this "yarn eating" project.  Admittedly I need to make several more projects like this  in order to make a dent  in my stash but  the process is so enjoyable and soothing that I may take up this challenge - Lets see...... 
                                                                                                                                       Nonie        P.S.   If you want to try making these - Click on  photos with links  for patterns