Betty Good makes size newborn to toddler hats, headbands, hair clips, and newborn dresses. She also enjoys making hat and cocoon sets for newborns. She says they are especially nice for newborn pictures. She started learning to crochet last year. "My hats look much better now then the ones I first made."
Betty recently retired after working 37 years as a labour and delivery nurse. Last year, in anticipation of retirement, she knew she would need to find something to keep herself busy. While searching for a new hobby, she came upon her mother's old crochet hooks. She used to crochet stuffed animals and donate them to the emergency department at the local hospital for the kids. So, she started making hats and headbands for the family's children and enjoyed it so much that she kept making more and more. Her grandkids can only wear so many hats so she decided to start selling them. "I love making different animal hats. Dogs, cats, frogs ... anything I think the kids will like."
Betty just moved to Lakefield late last year. She and her husband also love to travel in their 5th wheel trailer. The long drives give her lots of time to crochet. Last December they had visited their son's family in Alberta, travelling by car. She finished 6 hats by the time they returned home. When travelling, she tries to remember to look up once in a while so that she doesn't miss all the sites.
Betty usually sticks to hats for kids and an animal theme or holiday themes. She's still learning new stitches and how to read a pattern so it's a work in progress. She also finds it difficult to find time to do anything else like cooking or cleaning.
Betty will work anywhere, and won't go anywhere without a project to work on. "It's a bit of an obsession now. All my family and friends call me a real Grandma now because I'm always crocheting. But, that ok because I am a Nanny to 3 and 1 on the way. I used to be a very conscientious housekeeper. Unfortunately you can't vacuum and crochet at the same time. Guess which one suffers."
Her favourite piece of work that she has created was a matching dog face hats for her friend's baby boys. In addition, her grandson loves trucks and tractors so she made a hat for him with a tractor on the front. "When I gave it to him he loved it so much that he wore it all day in the house and even to bed. I guess I get my inspiration from my grandkids. They love the different hats and they look so cute in them. If I make a different hat and I try it on them for sizing, they look so cute in it that I just have to let them have it."
When crocheting, Betty is either watching TV, travelling in the car, or visiting with family.
She recently created a Facebook page to take orders for the hats displayed on there. It's called "Bet's Baby Boutique"
Betty loves to create new style hats. Each one gives her a sense of accomplishment. She was never into arts and crafts much, but now she feel very craftsy. When she finishes a project I want to start another one right away. She finds crocheting very relaxing and therapeutic.
Meet Betty at Artisan Dreams on June 27 at Silver Bean/Millennium Park! She'll be under the outdoor roof.
She recently created a Facebook page to take orders for the hats displayed on there. It's called "Bet's Baby Boutique"
Betty loves to create new style hats. Each one gives her a sense of accomplishment. She was never into arts and crafts much, but now she feel very craftsy. When she finishes a project I want to start another one right away. She finds crocheting very relaxing and therapeutic.
Meet Betty at Artisan Dreams on June 27 at Silver Bean/Millennium Park! She'll be under the outdoor roof.