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Things to See and Do in 2021
Hello 2021! In 1935 Stanley Grauman Weinbaum imagined a future where the boundaries between the real and the imaginary were blurred in his short story Pygmalion’s Spectacles. In this story Dan, the protagonist, sits on a chair, in a grubby…
Online Crochet, Community and Connectivity
Perhaps the way we see the world depends on which lens we choose to look through. For most of 2020 I’ve been observing my life through a telescope that’s blocked most of my peripheral vision but has allowed me to…
Daily Practice: How to Stop Procrastinating and Build a New Crochet Habit
If you’re struggling to stay motivated on your current WIP, (work in progress) or perhaps you have several UFO’s (unfinished objects) languishing around the house, this post is especially for you. It was inspired by the work of Todd Herman…
Homage to the (Granny) Square: An ONLINE CROCHET COURSE
THIS COURSE WILL RUN AGAIN IN OCTOBER 2021 Is your crochet missing that elusive Wow Factor? Do you lose interest after that initial buzz of starting a new CROCHET project? Would you like to be better acquainted with your creative,…
My (Craft) Life in Lockdown
In 2020 we’ve all witnessed monumental changes on a global scale. It feels like the alarm clock’s going off at full volume. Some people are just getting up, some are hitting snooze and some were never asleep, but it’s definitely…
A Guide to CROJO RETRO
This post was written in March 2020 but you can still receive the patterns for this project by signing up to my newsletter here: https://www.themercerie.co.uk/newsletter/ If you’ve landed on this page my guess is that you’re looking for distraction or…