{"id":72151,"date":"2020-10-26T04:55:25","date_gmt":"2020-10-25T18:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/?p=72151"},"modified":"2020-10-20T13:32:40","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T03:32:40","slug":"crocheting-her-way-to-happiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/crocheting-her-way-to-happiness\/","title":{"rendered":"Crocheting her way to happiness"},"content":{"rendered":"

ONE stitch at a time, owner of Blossom Blankets Emma-Lee Winters has been crocheting her way through the pandemic.<\/p>\n

A knitter since the age of 16, Ms Winters said it\u2019s always been something she loved to do.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have cerebral palsy so sometimes I can\u2019t walk, and I shake a lot so I started crocheting,\u201d she said. \u201cI learnt how to do granny squares from my grandma and from there got a bit obsessed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI shake a little bit so it\u2019s annoying but I don\u2019t find it hard because it\u2019s calming.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although crocheting came naturally to her, Ms Winters said she hadn\u2019t thought to turn it into a business until a friend of hers floated the idea.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the middle of 2019, a friend asked me if I could make some baby blankets, so I did and she said I needed to start selling them,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of friends and family were putting in their orders straight away.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t become an official business until March this year and then the website came two or three weeks after, I did it all myself.\u201d<\/p>\n

Not only are her colourful creations beautiful to look at, Ms Winters takes great care to create Blossom Blanket\u2019s with love using locally sold yarn where she can.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of my yarn is from the local store in Sebastopol, So Darn Special, Gayle has been really lovely,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI take custom orders, I make orders to buy including things like ear warmers, shawls, face washers, make up removers and ear savers as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll the ear savers are just using scraps and random buttons because I have a massive button collection and have become my biggest seller this year.\u201d<\/p>\n

What started as a hobby, Ms Winters said quickly became much more than that and even became a bit of a lifeline during lockdown.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith COVID, crocheting has been a really good thing to keep myself busy and keep other people happy, I just love everything in yarn,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, it started as a hobby, then a business and it might grow, who knows, I\u2019m just doing what I love.\u201d<\/p>\n

To order a custom or current crochet piece, visit blossomblankets.com.au<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ONE stitch at a time, owner of Blossom Blankets Emma-Lee Winters has been crocheting her way through the pandemic. A knitter since the age of 16, Ms Winters said it\u2019s always been something she loved to do. \u201cI have cerebral palsy so sometimes I can\u2019t walk, and I shake a lot so I started crocheting,\u201d […]<\/p>\n

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