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Stories, updates and general woolgatherings……
Snowflakes and Paper Cut-Outs
This is an edited version of a post I first published in 2014 It’s grey in the UK today. Outside the sky is grey, the morning fog is grey, the news is grey and I have to remind myself…
GLORIA and The Lighthouse Customers
You probably know by now that I’m getting ready for my next online crochet course and I have to confess that I feel like I'm walking across a highwire. It feels scary. I feel like I shouldn’t be here and…
Botanical Opticals and Other Repeating Patterns
How good are you at filtering out the noise? How do you manage the unnecessary and annoying distractions that surround you everyday; the ones that pull at your strings or attempt to seduce you with a hundred different attention seeking…
From Chaos to Quiet (Drowning Monkeys in a Sound Bath)
PROLOGUE How often do you stall on a craft project? Why do some of your projects languish as WIP’s for months, even years? I have one particular project that’s stalled for several weeks now and I’ve already pressed the buzzer…
WALLFLOWERS: Logging-In to a Global Crochet Community
We need to bridge our sense of loneliness and disconnection with a sense of community and continuity even if we must manufacture it from our time on the Web and our use of calling cards to connect long distance. We…
The Creativity Firestarter Online Course
Q. What’s your most precious work in progress? A. It’s YOU!!! Wherever you are in life; whatever your age, occupation or experience, whatever life choices you’ve made, it’s never too late to change, grow and see the world differently. https://youtu.be/v_ALpGivzxE…