Barbara, "Barb, crocheted for a lot of her adult life before she had a stroke in 1993. She crocheted herself a sweater and would often make potholders and other small pieces to give as Christmas gifts to her children’s teachers and the women she worked with. She enjoyed crocheting a lot, and made all of her children afghans, which are small blankets. Her favorite things to make, though, were baby hats and layettes to give to people who had just had a baby. Barb has two sons and two twin daughters, and while raising them was “a lot of work, but a lot of fun,” she thinks that the work she put into crocheting was an artform of sorts and allowed her to give handmade things to others, which made her happy.