“CrocheT”

by second year Ava Gruszczinski

I like the feeling of yarn slipping through my fingers. The nice, simple repetition of a single crochet.

next v, yarn over, pull through, yarn over, pull through

I think it’s what humans were made for. I think we overcomplicate these things.

next v, yarn over, pull through, yarn over, pull through

It’s easy to criticize simplicity and keep asking yourself for more. How will I possibly complete this research project in time? I don’t even know how to collect the data.

next v, yarn over, pull through, yarn over, pull through

My brain is searching itself over and over and finding more and more things I need to do. Maybe I’m a ticking time bomb. That’s too cliche. Or is it meta?

next v, yarn over, pull through, yarn over, pull through

And suddenly I feel a little less so. Less stressed, less intense, just less.

next v, yarn over, pull through, yarn over, pull through

I am only one of me. I only have the capacity of one person at a time. One thought at a time, one stitch at a time.

next v, yarn over, pull through, yarn over, pull through

My life is a collective of all of what makes me, me. And it’s not nearly finished. I don’t always have to be extraordinary.

Next v

Yarn over

Pull through

Yarn over

Pull through

–And it’s finished.

Crochet

“CrocheT”