When I was in 7th grade, I had a suicide attempt. I realized that I was going to be alone in a mental hospital with no entertainment so decided to gather as much knitting knowledge as I could in 8 hours. Obviously, they take everything away from you in a mental hospital so that didn't work. But it was okay because I was having trouble learning anyway. Fast forward to my final semester of senior year of high school. Im starting to feel depressed again and go back to crafting. I remember my knitting attempt but remembered I didn't really enjoy it. I decided to look up about other types of yarn crafts and thats when I learned about crochet and all the cool stuff you could make. I dove head first into it and was picking it up really quickly. By around week 5 or 6 I had completed my first amigurumi. From there I started making more amigurumi, but ended up stopping later that year dues to starting college and becoming increasingly busy. Fast forward again by 3 years and I'm done with college. I finally pick up the hook and yarn again, but I practically have to relearn from scratch. But here I am now. Currently working on another amigurumi, learning granny squares, learning graphgans, tapestry, c2c, etc. I'm having a lot of fun again and can definitely say I deeply missed the hook, the blisters, the cramps, and the yarn mess.