Crochet for Beginners

There is a specific kind of heartbreak that only a beginner crocheter knows. It usually happens about ten rows into […]

Why are we still teaching people how to crochet as if we are living in a 19th-century finishing school? If

You’ve spent forty hours on a blanket. You’ve used the most expensive hand-dyed merino wool. You’ve maintained the focus of

I am a failure. Not the kind of failure that loses a job or misses a deadline—I’ve done those too—but

You sit down, full of excitement, with a fresh skein of yarn and a hook. You open YouTube, find the

Have you ever looked at a ball of yarn and felt an overwhelming sense of… inadequacy? You walked into this

Have you ever spent forty hours—actual, irreplaceable hours of your life—meticulously crafting a sweater, only to try it on and

You see it across the aisle of the craft store—a deep, mysterious navy, a sophisticated charcoal, or a sleek, midnight

Have you ever watched a master pianist? Their fingers dance across the keys with a speed that defies the conscious

Close your eyes and think of the word “crochet.” What do you see? If you’re like most people conditioned by