Lorna Collins
Posted By Craft Corps on April 3, 2009
Lorna Collins
Name: Lorna Collins
Age: 37
Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana
Profession: I did work in the shipping department of a factory, but since a bad car accident, I’ve been off on disability. Probably won’t go back to that job.
Craft(s) of Choice: Many. Knitting, rubberstamping, photography, cardmaking & scrapbooking, some needlework, latch hook, plastic canvas, beading, polymer clay, painting, lampwork beadmaking, punch embroidery, machine embroidery, wet felting, and 3D felting, stained glass, sewing, quilting, and most recently learning how to spin yarn on a wheel.
As a kid, I did a needlework craft project for 4-H every year. But I got started crafting seriously, at the age of 20, when Publisher’s Clearing House mistakenly sent me a crafting magazine. I was going to send it back, and cancel the subscription, but started looking through the magazine, and saying, “I could make that, and that, and that”. So instead, I paid the subscription fee, and started my journey. Even though I was a crafter, for years I never wanted to knit or crochet. Then one day, I just had the desire to learn, and have been knitting ever since. I recently read a journal entry from an ancestor, and the guy talked about his wife spinning yarn, and knitting their clothing. This really makes me feel good about doing it too. And my grandmother could crochet afghans like crazy, despite the fact that her hands were crippled up very bad. My other grandmother learned to crochet doll dresses. I have one of her dolls today. I guess crafting not only relaxes me, but makes me feel a little closer to the older generations.
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