This was my first ever crochet mend! It's crazy crochet, like crazy paving, since there was no pattern and I made it up as I went along. I have not picked up a hook for (redacted) years, but crochet turns out to be a fantastic meditative practice. Keeping the right yarn tension worked splendidly on my brain tension, as I joined up the knots--which is what crochet amounts to. As long as I held the hook comfortably, had enough light, and wore my very close-up glasses, it sort of worked itself. Now to the other holes on this ancient cashmere cableknit...
Techniques and Materials
Crochet
Size 6 hook
Vintage crochet yarn
Glasses
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