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preparing for sheep and wool

21 September 2023

It's autumn and that means the fall sheep & wool festival season. These events are fun for the entire family but can be overwhelming the first time (and ever after). This post shares my tips for attending a festival in person. I walked many trade shows before I went to my first sheep and wool …

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tunisian crochet resources

15 September 2023

mannequin with a black long sleeve tshirt wearing the multimesh cowl looped three times

Over the past few years, I've fallen in love with Tunisian crochet. It was a long time coming. Honestly I'm surprised this didn't happen sooner. When I was a child, I wanted to learn to knit and couldn't figure it out. My mother couldn't and said it was "too hard" so she hated it. We both knew …

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technique tuesday: granny squares (& other motifs)

15 August 2023

stack of multicolorful motifs in progress on a black background. in front are 6 centers, the stack includes the first 3 rounds for the "literary fragments blanket"

Happy Granny Square Day! Don’t worry if you didn’t know that was today (15 August); I hadn’t heard about it until earlier this week. May your counting be correct and your ends weave themselves. Granny squares were the next thing I learned to crochet after perfecting miles of chains. When I was 7, …

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Making with Notes

06 July 2023

Tuxedo Cat on a messy desk with a ball of pink yarn in her mouth.

Notes and notebooks are an invaluable part of everything I do. By recording observations, ideas, triumphs, and failures, I've created an environment that I can review and learn from. This process enables me to find new patterns (in all senses of that word) and draw different connections to create …

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Thoughts on my supply & tool organization

03 June 2022

Two shelves, the top shows labeled containers with crochet hooks or knitting needles, with a container behind holding larger straight needles, and a jar with yarn scraps. Below is a wooden chest of drawers labeled with washi tape:"notions, scale", "chiaogoo", "hiya", "crochet", "3.75mm". There are some books partially visible in the image

My studio is a feline friendly space so I need to keep it tidy. That task is easier when I also keep it organized. The system evolves as my work and priorities shift. Today's post shares a few thoughts about my system. Why organize? In addition to helping me safely share my life with a cat or …

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Swatch Thoughts: Focused vs Sampler

08 April 2022

Pile of swatches

There are as many ways to swatch as there are to create. Two of the most common methods are sampler and single swatches. A sampler can combine multiple techniques, materials, or tools in one. A single swatch, by contrast, decides on the variables and keeps them consistent throughout. Is one swatch …

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