by Jo | Apr 20, 2023 | Crochet Pattern, Crochet Techniques, Opinion, Uncategorized, Woolly Wonderings
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...
by Jo | Apr 6, 2023 | Cwtch, Mental Health, Opinion, Uncategorized, Woolly Wonderings
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...
by Jo | Mar 23, 2023 | Creativity, Inspiration, Learning Crochet, New Ideas, Opinion, Woolly Wonderings
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...
by Jo | Mar 8, 2023 | Opinion, Woolly Wonderings, WoollyThinking
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...
by Jo | Feb 9, 2023 | Crochet Basics, Learning Crochet, Opinion, WoollyThinking
Apart from me, of course! I wanted to put together a list of my favourite crochet pattern designers and I was going to do a top 5. So, I looked at my list designers that I have bookmarked. And then I tried to narrow it down to 5. Reader, I failed! Miserably. My...
by Jo | Jan 26, 2023 | Buying Yarn, Clothing, Opinion
And how it can be as enjoyable as going to an actual shop! Last week, I posted about the Wondrous Journey of Making and the hexagon cardigan I had recently made for myself using yarn I already had in my ‘yarn stash’. I’ve seen many memes doing the...
