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I pull at the corners of each granny square, looking for the clumsy tie-offs I had fastened half a lifetime ago. The afghan is asymmetrical, and the yarn is the color of lentil soup. Deconstruction doesn\u2019t take long, and before I know it, the blanket I crocheted for my late grandfather is back to its original state \u2014 five sad beige skeins of yarn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am starting over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I made the blanket when I was 15, from clearance Red Heart yarn I found at the local Walmart. I diligently crocheted a blanket for my surly grandfather, who had always teased me about my own blankie<\/a>. When it was finished, in all its imperfections, he told everyone who would listen about how it was the warmest blanket he\u2019s ever had. It sat folded on his bed for many years before he died in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Back then I was fortunate that grief was nothing but a rumbling thunderstorm in the distance. Now 20 years and several storms later, the clouds have rolled in like never before. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the anxiety and depression of the past several years, I\u2019m also mourning the loss \u2014 or at least the transition \u2014 of an important relationship in my life. There\u2019s hope, and there\u2019s also deep uncertainty. It\u2019s been one of the most difficult personal years I\u2019ve ever had (sorry 2020), and I\u2019ve never felt so unraveled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Self-care has fallen by the wayside, and I now need low-energy ways to feel human again. Instead of disappearing into a video game<\/a>, as I\u2019m prone to do, something has been calling me to reach for my purple Caboodle of crochet supplies and unravel a blanket that has fulfilled its purpose. I\u2019m turning it into something I\u2019ll actually use \u2014 a sweater<\/a> for when it (hopefully) cools down in Los Angeles.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The metaphorical beauty of refashioning something old and ugly into something meaningful is not lost on me. And to be doing it with crochet, a grandma hobby<\/a> that\u2019s been intertwined throughout my life, feels only right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I learned to crochet when I was very young, and it was an early practice in patience and accepting my mistakes<\/a>. When all hope was inevitably lost (thanks to being too tight or too loose or too careless with my stitches), all I ever had to do was pull a single string and start over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the turmoil of my teenage years, crocheting quieted my mind like nothing else could. The meditation of counting stitches and sewing together squares was soothing no matter where I was \u2014 whether I was trying to avoid watching the screen during scary movies or daydreaming on long road trips while Alanis Morissette<\/a> played on my discman.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now I\u2019m years out of practice, and my fingers fumble more than they used to. I have to start over each time I miscount my rows. The yarn keeps tangling in my purse, and I\u2019m spending hours detangling the knots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“I\u2019m realizing how loss can be a bittersweet opportunity to start over \u2014 that with unraveling comes the chance to re-ravel.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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In all this, I\u2019m realizing how loss can be a bittersweet opportunity to start over \u2014 that with unraveling comes the chance to re-ravel. That\u2019s not to say it\u2019s easy. I debated for weeks whether or not to deconstruct something my 15-year-old self had spent dozens of hours crafting. Much like I\u2019ve spent the past several months trying to see clearly the self-isolation I mistook for protection. I\u2019ve always wanted to keep things the way they were, the way I thought they\u2019d always be. But things do change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s not a bad thing. Undoing this blanket and turning it into something I love is a powerful reminder that nothing will ever change if nothing changes. I can\u2019t sit around waiting for a blanket I made to become suddenly beautiful and functional in my life \u2014 I have to unravel, and I have to re-make.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I\u2019m here now, in the early stages of re-making the blanket. I can\u2019t help but think about the chain of people who\u2019ve made me who I am, and also of how much agency I have in stitching together a life I love. I yarn over for a half double crochet and hope I have enough yarn from this dye lot to make the entire project. But I remind myself, again, to stay open to starting over. I\u2019ve done it before. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I make and re-make everything I\u2019ve known to this point, I\u2019m releasing the expectations of a certain outcome \u2014 I am creating something just for the sake of following my interests. <\/em>I did not ask permission, I did not seek buy-in, and I will not pursue feedback. I\u2019m just a girl, unapologetically crocheting and no one (but me) can tell me to stop. Just like I am a woman, unapologetically rebuilding my life and examining what is truly important. No one can tell me to stop taking up my own space.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Crocheting is bringing me back to myself, a place I\u2019ve yearned to be for so long.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Forever a lover of metaphor, I like to think I am the yarn. Infinitely re-shapeable, sometimes tangled, forever persistent as long as I am patient with myself. What\u2019s broken can be re-tied, and loose ends can be repurposed \u2014 or they can fall away. I am weaving and looping through my own story, and there are no rules to follow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stitch by stitch, I\u2019m working up a new beginning for this old blanket, and a new beginning for myself. 
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“I like to think I am the yarn. Infinitely re-shapeable, sometimes tangled, forever persistent as long as I am patient with myself. What\u2019s broken can be re-tied, and loose ends can be repurposed \u2014 or they can fall away.”
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Emily McGowan<\/strong><\/a> is the Editorial Director at The Good Trade. She studied Creative Writing and Business at Indiana University, and has over ten years of experience as a writer and editor in sustainability and lifestyle spaces. Since 2017, she\u2019s been discovering and reviewing the top sustainable home, fashion, beauty, and wellness products so readers can make their most informed decisions. Her editorial work has been recognized by major publications like The New York Times and BBC Worklife. You can usually find her in her colorful Los Angeles apartment journaling, playing with her two cats, or crafting. Say hi on\u00a0Instagram<\/a>\u00a0or follow along with her Substack,\u00a0Pinky Promise<\/a>.<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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