I'm a hooker
Updated: Sep 9, 2019
It's true!
I've been a hooker since I was about 6 years old.
My Granny taught me. She was a very experienced one. It was just a way of life for her in "the good ol days." She would tell me stories often, but one I remember most, is one when she and my Papa first got married. Our family farm was still suffering from The Great Depression and she felt compelled to help out with expenses, so she got to hookin' to pay some bills. She would have about 4 or 5 happy customers every week... and the money she made helped put food on the table, and buy things like laundry and bath soap.
I'm also big into needles. She passed that down to me as well and taught me how to pick the right ones for the job at hand. I still have my very first needle set. It was one of my Granny's, that I have cherished for the longest time, and I use it often. And let me tell ya... as any good hooker would, I don't share my needles. I just don't! They're mine and when you've been using them for so long, you kinda don't want them to pass along any "magic" to someone else. I mean... whenever I've taught another how to hook and use needles, I DO keep some to the side... just in case, but NEVER! NO! will I let someone use my good, personal needles.
It's just wrong!
Some of you fellow "hookers" will get that intro immediately and laugh hysterically.
Those of you unfamiliar with crocheting, knitting... or crafting in general... are probably thinking I've hit rock bottom. BUT! Fear Not! I have never made a living off of my sexual prowess.
Not gonna lie, though... when times have been tight...
I got a second job as a bartender or something like that, so get your head out of the gutter, you filthy animals! (LOL!)
I crochet and knit mostly little items for kids. (They love my character/ superhero hats I make) I've made many hats, gloves and scarves for the homeless as well as for preemie- babes and cancer patients. I enjoy it. It's my way of giving back to my community. This is that time of year, too, when I whip out my yarn and thread stash and get to "hookin, " or knitting. I even make lace, sew, or just huge messes with a glue gun or blow torch from time to time. (I'm also big into Pyrography.)
When times have been tight, especially when I was a single chick, living on my own, I would make to order these little goodies for gas or grocery money. Its a skill... an art... that shouldn't be wasted. Like riding a bike, you have to keep at it to be proficient. I could be better, like most would admit, but crafting is a past time that I enjoy. The knowledge of crocheting, knitting, sewing, etc... will be something that I will even pass down to MY SON... because it's a sustainable practice, which will come in handy for him in the future.
Just like a firearm provides security/ protection as well as the ability to put food on the table (sustainability), being able to turn a big ol ball of yarn into a blanket, hat or scarf... even other clothing items, is a skill of value.
Recently, my good pal Shannon R. Watts of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, decided to make a mockery of the crafting community, by pushing her Anti-American rhetoric on Craft/ DIY Stores, like JoAnn's Fabrics, Michael's, etc...
This is pretty much what she's doing as she bullies these stores and others into submitting (much like she did with WalMart, WalGreens, DICKs, etc...)
The Journal Thoughts of Shannon Watts:
Because White Male Supremacists suck at making cute booties for the babies that I actually DO support being born, it is time that we ask stores like JoAnn's and Michael's to change their policy on firearms.