ruth
this is our niece - i was teaching her to crochet.. as you can see, she has mastered the chain stitch!! she is wearing a hat that i intially for myself, but it looked much better on her. i threaded some thin elastic around the bottom to make it fit her head better and put a red bell at the end.

i started crocheting when i was about her age. i was fascinated with making bun covers to wear over my hair bun in ballet class... now that i think of it -i did have a cool wardrobe of ponchos, shawls and matching hats...