Author: thecreativehook

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valiant violets

How crochet travels! Crochet in the woods. This month's post is a continuation of my Crochet on the beach story, which you can read in gloriously full detail HERE: https://thecreativehook.com/yours-yarnly After i took the above blankets to the beach, i wanted to see them in the woods. To see how crochet blankets look in a different location, in a new setting. Maybe, also, to see if crochet in the woods would work at all?! By the time i organized this trip/ art installation, there was 10 blankets made by me in existence, and with a limited space in the car, i decided to take four (4) which have not been made when YOURS…

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August 1, 2021
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utilitarian utopia

A little while back, i made a blanket inspired by a certain glass artist's work, read more HERE: https://thecreativehook.com/phenomenological-pondering/ The crochet blanket worked well enough then, and i was happy with the outcome. More importantly, its recipient was happy with it too, and it has a pride space in our living room now! Since then, i have been looking at more and more of his glass work, in more and more detail. Becoming mesmerized by the pattern, i decided to try again. Make another crochet blanket, based on the more complicated glass bowls that he makes. Not with mohair, as i did not have much of mohair left. Instead, i chose double knit,…

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July 1, 2021
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travelling tortoise

Crochet is counting. Crochet is Maths. Maths is everywhere and in everything. I have recently been asked to check a statement for my grown up niece when she was applying for a Math teaching degree course: she needed to come up with everyday examples of maths being present, and why she was passionate about teaching it. Since then, i cannot STOP finding more and more examples for her! There are examples of maths in SO many things that we do daily. And what I do daily is crochet - as you may have noticed... When i was completing the #travellingtortoise blanket brought to you today, i was convinced for the longest time, it…

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June 1, 2021
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spontaneous symmetry

Spontaneous symmetry?  Or, as this post should be more accurately called - Arranged Asymmetry.  You will see what i mean when you look at the gallery at the end of this post. Anyway, back to the beginning.  I have a niece who is four (4) years old.  She says,  "Auntie crochets things for me", and I love that she now sees me that way.  She told me the other day: "Auntie, thanks for being my auntie and for crocheting things for me."    My heart melted at this.  OF COURSE I will crochet you anything you like, whenever you ask me to..  So I asked her if she wanted anything else crocheted.  She asked for a face mask.  Oh dear, that might be a bit of a tricky one to crochet an effectively…

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May 1, 2021
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rainbow reverie

Welcome to the world a new baby! When i make blanket for babies, i like to use rainbow colours. Baby crochet blankets are smaller and take less time than my giant crochet thinking projects. Baby blankets are finished quicker, and usually way way before the babies are due, just in case.... Spy my BLANKET page HERE to admire them on the bottom of the page in their own dedicated picture gallery, and if you have been gifted one of my baby blankets, see if you can spot yours amongst the others.*

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April 1, 2021
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quintessential questioning

I have finished MOHAIR QUEEN, before New Year’s Eve 2020, and as much as i have wanted to start learning a new brioche hat technique, i wasn’t quite ready for that. What i was ready for, was more of completing a whole, finishing and old crochet WIP (work in progress) project. The cotton squares (mentioned before HERE and HERE) blanket was about to get finished, all together with working out my dense centre granny square into a favourable configuration of granny square and popcorn stitch... Pattern for this singular square, can be found in my Ravelry Pattern Shop HERE. As you may have noticed from the date of the two above referenced blog…

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February 27, 2021
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phenomenological pondering

I have no words for the world right now. Hope for the best, be prepared for the worst, i think that is the only/ best possible state of mind to have right now. So let's not dwell, and get back to crochet. I mean, those of you who have not picked up needles and yarn, you may as well... I have said before HERE: #crochetplayoneaday you have probably seen this before but I have adapted it with crochet hooks rather than knitting needles. Wooly eyed skull anyone? :) #crochetplay #oneadayPosted by thecreativehook.com on Monday, July 14, 2014 Today i am showing off a quick turnaround, lots of love, specially designed blanket that is warm…

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February 1, 2021
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opulent opalescence

Retrospectively REWRITTEN DUE TO TECHNICAL Difficulties in 2026... Some projects arrive like a quiet signal, a colour, a material, a piece of art that nudges something in you. Opulent Opalescence began with his glass work: those luminous layers, the sense of depth, the way light seems to move inside the piece rather than across it. The aim of the game was to connect my work with his, entangle our creative expression, whilst making a bespoke, individualised gift of purpose. https://ianchadwickglassart.co.uk/ Mohair felt like the place to begin. It’s a natural fibre with that rare combination of being feather‑light and unexpectedly warm, almost like it generates its own atmosphere. I imagined him travelling with…

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January 30, 2021
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nautical noel

So, we have made it to December 2020. This month i would like to concentrate on the good this year has brought. There had been a lot of hopeless moments in 2020, for sure. The year 2020 shall be remembered as ... dramatic pause ... We will see how it is remembered, i cannot possibly predict that, that is for future generations and future historians to determine. Intense? Tense? In a word that has been a lot by the media to describe events: Unprecedented. Today's post, however, is not going to be concerned too much with the disasters that have struck the world in 2020. This post comes out on the 5th December,…

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December 5, 2020
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mammalian mutts

Teddy bears are for November.  Are they?  Let's say that for the purposes of creative hooking in 2020, they are.  I have been making these for a while. Cute bears with big heads and bodies way too small to support their big thinking brains. There is evidence on this website, in a number of different places, feel free to check it out:  If you would like wonder over to HERE to see crochet creatures and therefore crochet bears related pages, or click HERE and follow the link for all the other blog posts containing more photos of brainy beauties, as and when they were created and included on the website. Some of the blog posts include background…

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October 31, 2020