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Radiant Rose Free Crochet Pattern
Whether they’re given as a romantic gesture or as a gift for a friend, the rose is a classic. So why not crochet your own? They’re cheerful, bright and can’t die! 🥳
The Crochet Flower Pattern Collection
The Floral Collection features delightful crochet patterns for a rose, daisy, daffodil, and tulip, along with patterns for creating leaves and various styles of stems.
The Power Of Making
Make is a powerful word. It implies creation, something being brought into existence, a physical and tangible thing. But it can also relate to the making of something intangible: friendships and connections. See? Powerful stuff 🙋 When I crochet, I take yarn and a hook...
ME Awareness Day 2023
ME Awareness Day is very important to me. Here's why. At the end of 2001, I was teaching in secondary education. And I was exhausted. "All teachers are exhausted!" I hear you cry. And yes, Yes, they are. But this was a different kind of exhausted. The kind that no...
Crochet and AI: Good Or Bad?
I don't know about you, but it seems like everywhere I turn I see stories about AI and its impact on the world - from the impact that it may have on the creative arts with the Writers' Guild Strikes in the USA, the replacement of actors with AI-generated humans which...
Crochet and Mental Health
I've been able to crochet most of my life and for the majority of that time, it was just a hobby, but now crochet and my mental health are vitally intertwined. My Crochet History I learnt to crochet when I was little, about 8 years old I think. I could already knit as...
You Want Crochet Basics Tutorials?
I don't know if I have mentioned this before, but I love crochet! Had I mentioned that? Had you picked up on it? And, I love teaching others how to crochet. And, as you know, I have plans for the future to teach as many people as possible how to crochet. This will be...
The New Website has Launched! What Next?
Towards the end of last year and the start of this year, I teased you all with little snippets about what I am working on this year. Obviously, this brand new and shiny website was one of the new things, but there is still much more to come. I am going to be offering...
International Womens Day
Some Thoughts So today is International Women's Day. A day to celebrate all things 'women'. And this year, more than any other, it has made me think about being a woman in the UK, in the year 2023. I am very proud to be a woman, but I don't conform to the gender...
Crochet Techniques – Part One
Amigurumi & Why You Should Try it Now This post contains affiliate links, which means that if you click on the links and buy the item, I may earn a small commission. But don’t worry, it doesn’t affect the price you pay and I only recommend products that I have...
