So I recently messed up… I may or may not have accidentally left a ball of yarn in my laundry and when I opened it… 
THERE WAS YARN ALL OVER MY CLOTHES…
Only took an hour to untangle…
So here is my question… What is your “You’re not a real crocheter until…” story?
you’re not a real crocheter until you realize you left one of the five essentials at home
the five essentials:
yarn
hook
needle
scissors
stuffing
or safety eyes 
Your not a real crochet artist until you were crocheting in bed, and you fell asleep on the middle of a wip and in the morning you were tanged in yarn 
It didn’t happen to me but I heard the nurses talking when I was in the ER some years back. About a surgeon that had to remove a steel crochet hook from someone’s backside because they had sat on it
Oh no! I guess I’m not a real crocheter than… I’m not sure if I want to be…
Oh no! I am physically cringing.
you’re not a real crocheter until…
you start crocheting and realize you have made a big mess and have to vacuum for the 50th time that day.
you’re not a crocheter until you have a desk/bed COVERED with yarn fluff, yarn, stuffing, stitch markers, and needles 
Haha I just did this on a trip to Walmart as the passenger princess . Left my scissors 
I honestly couldn’t imagine today I did some laundry and found my cut off tail yarn in the laundry. I totally freaked telling myself to be more careful because one day it could be a skein .
you arent a crocheter until you have a GIGANTIC yarn stash
You’re not a real crocheter until… you get into bed and are about to fall asleep until you find a metal crochet hook or plastic needle in your bed 
You’re not a real crocheter until… you’re crocheting in bed and accidently drop your open container of needles (I did this yesterday, trust me, it was NOT FUN waking up in the middle of the night because I rolled onto one)
You’re not a real crocheter until you have lost your crochet hooks and needles then try to look for them, but you find it on your desk all along 
You’re not a real crocheter until:
(A)The exact color you need mysteriously disappears when you finally have something you need it for.
(B)Lost a crochet hook and/or your favorite pair of scissors after you set it down for 2 seconds.
(C)Have a favorite stitch marker.
(D)Lost your favorite stitch marker and have it mysteriously appear on the opposite end of the room/house.
(E)Have so much yarn you like but are never going to use that it’s stored in large storage bins in the pathways.
ur not a real crocheter until u make excuses for ur yarn hoarding
you’re not a real crocheter untill you spend 5+ hours untangling one skein of yarn
You aren’t a real crocheter unless you have so much to do but you still crochet because it feels productive 
you aren’t a real crocheter until you have lost 100 stitch markers