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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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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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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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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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 […]
Continue readingThis 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 […]
Continue readingLast week, we talked about some common abbreviations that you will see in crochet patterns. Abbreviations aren’t the only things you need to know in looking at a pattern you might want to make, though. (If you need a refresher on the abbreviations, that post is here.) Let’s take a look at a pattern and […]
Continue readingLast week, I talked about three ways to start writing now. (If you missed that post, you can see it here.) Today, I want to focus on just one of those three ways. Make it easy. I know. You often hear about how writing isn’t easy. It’s hard. It’s lonely. It’s a lot of work. […]
Continue readingA few days ago, I shared a picture on Instagram. It was a project I’m working on without a pattern. A friend commented that was how she needed to do projects because she doesn’t know how to read a pattern. It got me thinking. I decided to do a series on how to read a […]
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