I love doing all those kinds of things, knitting, crotchet, dressmaking etc. I have really got out of practice - as I got bigger I just lost interest. I have this lovely wall plaque thingy of a butterfly with Japanese writing on the side. I did not read what I was buying and it does not have the squares printed so you have to work out where the first stitch goes and work from there. Even the threads are complicated - I spent half an hour trying to sort them and gave up! Not like me - so I should try again. If I can do that one the rest will be easy.
tranquil x