Most-Used Tools: Crochet hooks
Website: HookedCreationsByBeth.Etsy.com
At 5 years old, Beth Lamey learned how to crochet with her great-grandmother Isabel by her side.
“I loved my great-grandmother,” Beth says. “She was a great and patient teacher.”
The first thing she crocheted was a hot pad that, in her words, was, “all wonky.”
“[It was] not square, no even stitches,” Beth says. “But my great-grandmother kept and used it.”
Now, nearly 50 years later, Beth still crochets under the moniker Hooked Creations, creating everything from animals to blankets.
“I love it,” Beth says. “It never gets boring.”
Beth started Hooked Creations in 2018 after her son was diagnosed with a rare medical condition and she herself was diagnosed with breast cancer.
“I knew I needed the extra income,” Beth says. “[And] my friends and family had been bugging me to do it for at least 15 years prior.”
With customers all over the nation and the world — including Australia and Ireland — making something like a hat can take around two hours, while it can take nearly 50 hours to make a throw blanket. Her favorite items she’s made are the ones her customers still talk about.
“[Recently] a guy I made a blanket for three years ago texted me and thanked me and told me hands down it is his favorite,” Beth says.
While her full-time job is as a supply chain manager at a telecommunications company, crochet will always have Beth’s heart.
“Making something for someone is the best thing ever,” Beth says. “I send a little love, peace and happiness out into the world.”