Crochet

 This is a current hobby...........am I becoming my mother?  I enjoy the feel of cotton yarn in my hands as it becomes something (currently a simple single crochet baby blanket). Also it is a way of keeping me awake while watching TV.  It's a great 'take along' project and Gma can help me with problems while she is here.

Crochet  is a process of creating fabric from yarn, thread, or other material strands using a crochet hook.^[3] The word is derived from the French word "crochet", meaning hook. Hooks can be made of materials such as metals, woods, or plastic and are commercially manufactured as well as produced by artisans. Crocheting, like knitting, consists of pulling loops of material through other loops, but additionally incorporates wrapping the working material around the hook one or more times. Crochet differs from knitting in that only one stitch is active at one time (exceptions being Tunisian crochet and broomstick lace), stitches made with the same diameter of yarn are comparably taller, and a single crochet hook is used instead of two knitting needles. Additionally, crochet has its own system of symbols to represent stitch types.

I've tried knitting before, made one thing, and never kept going.  When I picked up a crochet hook a couple of months ago.....'it came right back to me'.
So far I'm keeping it simple and plan to learn Tunisian crochet too.