I Blogs Crochet!!!
A great big hug to you all this Saint Valentino’s Day! And thank you, fellow crocheter Alsiva, for passing on to me the much coveted VERSATILE BLOGGER AWARD. 
As per Award Rules – and the fun part – here are 7 Random (Valentine) Things About The Crochetologist (took me over an hour to think of these).
1. My first ever handmade Valentine card was for my Mom
2. I kept my hair shaved off for three years to ward off boys
3. I grew my hair to my waist to attract boys
4. Neither tactic worked
5. Chocolates depress me
6. Most romantic evenings: at home on the balcony with the fireflies about
7. My husband is my first and only love.
Blogger Award Rules:
1. Add the award to your blog.
2. Thank the blogger who gave it to you.
3. Mention 7 random things about yourself.
4. List the rules.
5. Award to 15 bloggers.
6. Inform each of those 15 by leaving a comment on their blog.
My Award to 15 Bloggers:
(Please don’t worry if you can’t take this award or can’t pass it on. I just want to give this to you, and I hope you folks keep on blogging!)
1. http://lorisart.blogspot.com/ (Not crochet, but a fellow-crocheter’s painting blog. Ultra passionate about her art, it is inspiring)
2.http://crochetknitunlimited.blogspot.com/ (I always follow Irene’s postings from Ukraine, home of Duplet)
3. http://fruitfulfusion.blogspot.com/ (From Saudi Arabia, fellow crocheter and crochet designer)
4.http://outstandingcrochet.blogspot.com/ (From North Russia to USA, a great blog to keep updated on amazing crochet fashion)
5. http://www.ruffledteadiary.com/ (I miss her Lolita Project but this blog is just as amazing! From fellow crocheter-crafter from the Philippines)
6. http://laceproject.blogspot.com/ (Oh, I just found where Lolita Project moved to! I love Lace and I love Lolita!)
7. http://ekatearcher.blogspot.com/ (Ravelry friend, Erin-Kate – I love her romantic aesthetic)
8. http://www.mycrochetstuff.blogspot.com/ (Ravelry friend and long-time crochet blogger from the Philippines, great pattern-writer!)
9. http://handmadebyfasola.blogspot.com/ (From Poland, I love her blog and work, delicate and beautiful!)
10. http://gordelicious-crafts.blogspot.com/ (Very prolific crafter, Ravelry friend from Macedonia!)
11. http://kryukist.ru/ (One of the best crocheters specialising in Irish crochet I’ve seen – from Russia)
12. http://solaris-eaglefeathers.blogspot.com/ (Polish crafter living in Canada with very beautiful embroidery work)
13. http://hookalike.blogspot.com/ (From Austria, another fantastic Irish crochet worker)
14. http://mauriciobernalacecorset.blogspot.com/ (This fellow from Bogota, Colombia makes amazing tatted lace, corsets, and oh those beautiful painted shuttles! I hope he continues blogging)
15. http://moiracrochets.hubpages.com/ (FB and Ravelry friend, crochet designer, from the Philippines, and for me, her “signature work” involves use of “plarn” or yarn from discarded plastic bags – Beautiful work from trash!)
Wow Fats, I love your picks – so international! Thank you very much for including me!
You’re welcome, Mimi! Yeah, it’s quite a good blogroll, I worked hard selecting those!
Thank you very much for picking my blog! Congrats and Inspiration to you and everybody else. Go crochet!
You’re welcome, Natalia! And let’s keep on blogging!
Thank you for this award!~
I was too excited when I saw this on my tracker but I wasn’t able to thank you first before blogging about it. I am very sorry for being so excited..
But really! I am so happy that I was on the list! Million thanks! ^___^
P.S. I love your patterns, too!~
Ahah! That’s okay, I knew about it already when I visited your blog yesterday!
Please keep blogging, yours is one of the really nice blogs out there. 
Aaaaaww… Thank you!~
Sometimes I get the feeling that I want to stop and shut it down for a while. But now, I am more inspired! ^_^ Thanks again!
Sigh. I have that feeling too many times. In the past I have deleted over 5 years of blogging and other writing because of such feelings. I’ve managed to steer away from such feelings by simply writing for myself, writing and creating because of the craft itself, and not because of an audience or other expectation. For me, that’s the secret.