As may be evident already, I love crochet! One of the things that I love is that I can do it whilst paying attention to something else: TV, radio, audiobook, music or conversation. The same is true, for me, of knitting, by the way. Listening and watching do not impair my concentration on the crochet; my hands go into automatic with a tiny part of brain monitoring whilst most of my conscious attention is is on the TV, conversation etc. What surprises me, however, is that when I am crocheting my attention is actually better than if my hands are idle. My mind is more focused on the conversation and, because my hands are busy, I am less likely to be distracted by, for example, checking email. So, whilst it might look rude if I crochet whilst you are talking, in reality I am listening more carefully than if my hands were empty. Now all I need is the courage to take my crochet to staff meetings!

I know that this is tinfoil-hat territory but I find webcams creepy.  A webcam is an eye that sits on the computer monitor looking at me like a little electronic peeping tom. So, from now on, all my webcam can see is the inside of this teeny cover, pulled firmly over its cyclops eye.  I fully realise that a crocheted cover for a webcam is silly, possibly even bonkers, so why not embrace the silliness to the max?  Therefore, I’ve put a little pom-pom on the top because every nosy webcam needs a bobble hat.

The pattern for this cover is adapted from an egg-cosy pattern at Annaboo’s House.