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magnetar mastery

"I am Stardust gathered fleetingly into form." - Laini Taylor Stars! There are many people who liken our being to stars, including Joni Mitchell and Jostein Gaarder (read HERE). A magnetar is a type of neutron star with a powerful magnetic field, the strongest in the universe. I don't know, I cannot say, why the STAR Crochet blanket pattern has captivated my mind and hands recently. I do not know. I found it by chance, randomly seeing someone posting about a 6-day crochet-along blanket. It kept popping up. So I found the pattern HERE and HERE started... I am including a YouTube tutorial below, very helpful for us visual learners: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhPSXvp3Dqk I made…

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November 15, 2025
Read more about the article nurtured necessity
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nurtured necessity

It is cold! Winter appears to be LONG this year. And COLD! When I recently started updating my BLANKETS and WEARABLES pages, I noticed a trend in the photos I took of my crochet creations. I have not been able to blog regularly because of other commitments. That is okay. I have various things pulling on my time and consciousness, mostly for educational and personal development reasons. It's all good. I am still able to crochet, please do not worry. Just that I am doing it less frequently, because my mind is otherwise engaged. And so are my hands - typing mostly... So when I crochet, at the moment, I make easy things…

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February 14, 2025