How it All Started

In April 2011, the Philippine Volcanoes, our National Men's 15s Rugby Team played 2 test matches against Hong Kong's National team.  I shot both matches with a Canon 5D Mark II and a 70-200 lens.  Against a friend's advice, I shot without a monopod thinking I would have enough rest in between since the 80-minute matches were 2 days apart.  Naturally, I was wrong and I ended up busting my right shoulder.  I couldn't lift anything with my right arm, I couldn't rotate my shoulder and I was in a good amount of pain.  But I'm not a photographer.  I'm a pool player.  Shooting Rugby is something I do once in a while to support the Philippine Rugby Football Union.  Playing pool is something I do every week.  Not being able to lift my cue and move my shoulder meant staying home from pool on weekends.  The sports doctor I saw also advised me not to sit at the computer at night after work.  So this left me with quite an amount of free time and room for a new hobby.

Then I came across a photo of this little guy.    My first thought was "Aaaawww.... it's Wicket.  How cute."  Then I thought "Hang on... it's crochet.  I think I can do this."  Clicking on the photo led me to Etsy and the shop of lucyravenscar.  I purchased my first set of crochet patterns and searched the net for places to find yarn and needles.  Dreams Yarnshoppe in Glorietta 5 carries a variety of yarns and accessories so I bought my first crochet hook there.  It was a 3.25mm Silvalume by Susan Bates.  I also found a really nice brand of soft, almost cotton-like acrylic yarn there called Excell.  Since then, I never looked back.  It's been year and a half and I thought it would be great to start a site and put up all the photos I've taken of all the dolls and things I've made, all the "crochet things" I've accumulated, and maybe share some tips and tricks I've learned from other crochet sites. 

Nowadays I'm back to playing pool -- now that my shoulder is healed. But I also make crochet dolls for my pool buddies, their wives and children; and even booties for their newborns. 

Photo lucyravenscar

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