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If you are wondering about what is Crochengy, it is Crochet + my first name which is Engy. My grandmother helped me when I was thinking of a name to brand my work with it. Cool huh? 😃

You have no idea how many times I thought and decided to start my business in crochet. First I thought about selling the things I do, but soon realized this is not exactly what I want! I want to have an impact and show people how influential crochet is. 
  
I decided to start a blog as a kick-off. Just to talk about how all of this is rolling in my head and share my experience and ideas to spread the knowledge. 

So, to start with, let me tell how I started on crochet and crafts in general. Back in school when I was in grade 4 or 5 I think, we had one class every week where we learn about cooking, stitching, knitting and all house-related activities. I was fascinated by it and with the encouragement and support from my grandmother (an experienced crafts woman herself), I got more out of it and spent time doing projects for school events. 

Moving forward to university when I was just a freshman, I met a friend's mother who asked me “do you know crochet?”. Here is where pure chance plays a big part. If it wasn't for that lady, I never would have known about what is crochet. She simply showed me the very basic thing in crochet which is the starting chain, and I was hooked! She even gave a crochet hook to practice with at home (which I still have till date). I went home googled crochet videos and went off with the simplest projects and made gifts for friends. 

Fast forward 10 years later, here I am an experienced crafts woman who can do whatever with crochet. I can understand written patterns, diagrams and go for whatever project I want to do. I'm so proud of myself and I love the look on people's face when they see how good a finished project look. 

Please feel free to subscribe to my YouTube channel, if you want to learn about crochet. I am posting tutorial videos in Arabic for now. Also, follow me on Instagram and Facebook to check out the cool pictures I post of my projects! 😉

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