Crochet hooks are a very personal tool when it comes to crochet. Something I love, you might hate and vice versa. Instead of writing about everything I already said in a video, I’m just going to share this video with you. It went live on YouTube just a few minutes ago. I would appreciate it […]
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Crochet Apps I Use
When I got my new tablet, I decided to look for some crochet apps to help me with keeping track of rows, patterns, and the like. So I went to the App Store and found what I was looking for and then some. The apps I found (and use0 are My Row Counter and Crochet […]
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(Re)Starting My YouTube Channel
Today I am doing something a little different here. I am restarting my YouTube channel. It’s been a while since I posted anything to it. For some reason, I decided now would be a good time to have another go at it. In the past, I talked about a wide variety of things. I talked […]
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Crochet Pattern Testers Request
As you know, I usually do blog posts on Tuesdays and Thursdays. However, I intentionally did not do a blog post yesterday. That was partly because I was getting ready to put out a call for crochet pattern testers. But, also, today I am starting the Ultimate Blog Challenge. The mission, and I chose to […]
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Guest Post: Leopold the Lion Crochet Pattern
Have you even searched the internet for a quick and cute baby gift you could crochet for a friend or a coworker without spending a lot of time and money? Well, stop searching, dear crochet friend, I’ve designed just that for you. Leopold the Lion Materials: 1 skein of size 2 cotton yarn in the […]
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Learn to Crochet: Reading a Pattern
This is the last post in my three-part Learn To Crochet series. Now that we’re familiar with the abbreviations used in crochet, let’s look at how they all work together in a pattern. We’ll look at each part of a pattern closeup. In many ways, this post will look a lot like this one where […]
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How to Answer “Are You Still Writing?”
As a writer, do you get people asking you “Are you still writing?” I don’t get them as often as I used to, but I do still get it It used to bother me, but now I understand it. But what do you say? Here are three possible answers to that age-old question. Yes That’s […]
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On Writing Personal Essays
I knew what I wanted to write about today, but I didn’t really know how I wanted to approach it. Since I am trying to figure out how to write a personal essay, I didn’t want to try to sound like I’m trying to tell anyone else how to write one. In fact, please don’t […]
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This is not the post I had lined up for today. That one will wait for another time. Today, I want us to take a step back. Look at what we read. I know my own to-read pile consists of primarily white men and women. Especially men. Especially white. Today, I want us to all […]
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