Hello and welcome to my shop. My name is Christina Mercadel and I have been knitting & crocheting baby essentials for over 30 years. I donate many of my finished items to my church for an organization called "AngelCare". It is a group for women who have chosen to keep their baby and who need support in raising their infant. We also donate car seats, strollers and baby clothes. I have also begun crocheting Baptismal blankets for infants who are being baptized.  

My journey with crocheting started when I was a teenager. My mother tried to teach me but my tension was always too tight and I got frustrated and gave up. Then in 2020, when COVID hit, and I was in lockdown with my dad who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's, I saw a post on YouTube of someone teaching crochet stitches. I decided to get some yarn and give it a try. What did I have to lose??? I was able to pause the video and when my piece didn't look like to one on the video, I pulled out the stitches (which is called "frogging" because your rip it, rip it out.) I practiced and was finally able to make a 4x4 square that looked like to one on the video. Wooohooo!!!