Club members discusses the goals of a new club on campus
BY: MACY GILLICK
Staff Writer
The Crochet Club is a brand new club at Meramec this semester. According to Vice President Alexis Brutcher, the club “is really fun, we built a really great community environment. We are all really supportive.” Overall according to President Jessica Wynn, “Our club is pretty casual. The vibe is supposed to be fun and we crochet.”
What’s your club like? What do you guys do?
Brutcher: Our club is really fun, we built a really great community environment. We are all really supportive. Right now, [as of Press Time] we’ve been working on prizes for SpringFest but before we were working on brainstorming ideas (on what) to make. We got Wooble Kits for the beginners in the club. They’re really great, also there’s videos online to teach people how to crochet like step by step tutorials. Some people bring in their own personal projects. It’s really just common crochet, it’s whatever you would like to crochet.
Wynn: Our club is pretty casual. The vibe is supposed to be fun and we crochet. Right now we are doing stuff for SpringFest and that’s been lots of fun. We’re making keychains and pouches. [Our club] is a great way for students to come and learn something new if they never crochet or meet other people that do crochet and have similar interests to them. Before I started the club I didn’t know many young people that liked to crochet, so it’s been fun to talk to people my own age who like to crochet.
Why do you want people aware of your club?
Brutcher: I think it’s a really fun hobby. For most of us in the club it’s a great stress reliever and school can become very stressful so it’s a great club to join while also taking classes.
Wynn: I think if more people were more aware of crochet more people would want to learn how to crochet. I think it’s appealing to a lot of people, they just don’t know how to do it. We are here and we love helping people learn how to crochet and it’s a lot of fun and very casual. I think that it would be a good space for beginners or for experienced crocheters. I’m experienced and we have a few other experienced crocheters but we also have a good handful of crocheters who have only been crocheting for a little bit now.
Why did you join the club?
Brutcher: Jessica and I created it (because) we both wanted to do the club. One day, I came in and Jessica was crocheting and I was like “Oh my god you’re crocheting, I love to crochet too.” We both bonded over that then one day, Kelly, [who is] Jessica’s boss, was like you guys can start a crochet club, I’ll be your advisor and we just needed to find 3 more members. We really started it because we like the hobby and it’s really fun.
Wynn: I actually never had a big intention of starting the club. I never came into school thinking I’m going to start a crochet club. I started teaching my friend how to crochet and we were doing it in the club room because she expressed interest, and she caught on really quickly and I realized maybe I’m actually a good teacher for crochet and then Alexis got excited when she saw us crocheting and then my boss Kelly she said she would advise our club if we got 5 people to be apart of it. Most of those 5 people never showed up but we have plenty of other people who did show up and have been really enjoying it. I was like ‘maybe yeah that would be fun’ and it seemed to happen so quickly. I’m really happy it did, because it’s been something I’ve been really enjoying since we started it up. I really like the other members of the group and I’ve made lots of friends. I love seeing everything that everybody makes. And hearing about the different styles that they use and talking to them.
If your interested in joining the club please contact the advisor: kmoroney3@stlcc.edu.
Pictured at top from left to right: Group Members Alexis Brutcher, Vida Carroll, Jessica Wynn, Morgan Sprowl and Kelly Moroney
