You Know You're Addicted To Crochet When You...

How do you know if you're addicted to crochet? Well, here's my list!

Or I may just be describing myself here.

• Have tons of yarn in your Wish List. Just because.
• Bring it anywhere! In the airport, in the car, at work, in the salon, during your vacation, and possibly even during a date (?)
• Have skipped a meal because...you were crocheting
• Tell yourself you'll stop after this row or round but end up making 10 more rows or rounds before you actually stop
• Have a bag that has at least a hook and/or a skein/ball of yarn

• Think yarn hoarding actually means only "collecting" or "preparing" for a future project
• Know the etymology of the word "crochet"
• Have at least two of these sites bookmarked in your browser: Moogly, Ravelry, Petals to Picots, Red Heart, Yarnspirations, Crochet Crowd, Etsy, Interweave, Crochet Geek, Crochet Pattern Central, etc. 
• Are already used to doing it in public (alone) and don't care what other people think when they see you
• Take your coffee with your crochet (or the other way around). [This is another topic that can take up a whole blog entry for me]

• Have that "ability" to see the "potential" in every yarn
• Count how many skeins or balls of yarn your meal could buy
• Have more yarn in your stash than clothes in your closet
• Consider a bad day to be the absence of crochet
• Can easily spot in less than a second the "prodigal" stitch in a project
• Can crochet with your eyes closed (yes, it can be done)
• Already know your crocheting angle in pictures [insert vain crocheting picture here]

• Always have to post your latest work online and say, "Fresh off the hook!"
• Know the difference between a Hamanaka and a Clover or a Susan Bates and a Boye
• Already have your own yarn swatches
• Begin to worry about carpal tunnel
• Are actually considering getting a rocking chair
• Have 2-3 different kinds of hooks...of the same size!

• Look forward to the weekend because you can stay at home and crochet (and probably not socialize)
• Have more WIPs than finished projects
• Have worn a head lamp to try to crochet in the dark (or use a lighted crochet hook)
• Have crocheted at least 1 of each type of project: coaster, doily, shawl/scarf, blouse, afghan, bedspread, amigurumi
• Are already thinking of your next project while crocheting another one 
• Automatically daydream of crocheting when you see the sight of rain (or better yet, jump into it right away)
• Make a list like this :p