Author: thecreativehook

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Read more about the article woolly warriors
arts health / blankets / ramblings

woolly warriors

Wondrous Women – Warm Wanderers So, it is finished. It is now time to write the story of another "thoughts-in-knots" blanket which i recently realised are the core of my current creative crochet work. The process of making these free-form crochet blankets helps me considerably when organising my thoughts.. It started with my Nan's work. I have been given these amazing leaves, pictured below, made by my grandma. The idea together with encouragement for Nan crocheting these maple leaves came from my mum, after having been surrounded by grandma's crochet work for the majority of both my mum's and my life... After completing my last thoughts-in-knots adventure with my Rainbow coloured Chevron Crochet…

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April 16, 2019
Read more about the article venerated vocations
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venerated vocations

Do knitters crochet and do crocheters knit? i can really only speak for one crocheter, and let you make your own mind up. But, let me assure you, contrary to some opinion: THEY ARE NOT THE SAME THING!!! I have recently attended a talk by the amazing knitnibble.com writer and knitter.  Read my three things to remember HERE.  My arts health interest was expanded to include not only mindful crochet, which I have been doing for myself for even before I have started sharing this with you here, but also mindful knitting. I do also knit, and I have been pondering the difference between these two in-distinguishable (JOKING!) crafts offer in terms of…

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March 9, 2019
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universal unity

Unanimous Understanding  -  Ultimate Uniqueness I have been meaning to write a post about feminism and where my own particular type of crochet wooliness stands in terms of women and equality.  It has not been coming easy…  Still isn’t.  There is too much to talk about and no clear idea of how to put the complexity into punchy blog post...  Today, however, instead of writing nothing because i am not yet sure how, i would like to say to each and every woman: Thank You to all the women in my life, that made me and make my life better by being part of it! In terms of crochet being a female craft,…

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February 9, 2019
Read more about the article ted talks
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ted talks

Teddy Bear Troductions I am not going to be very wordy with this post...  Thanks sis for asking me to make these, it has been a pleasure and a privilege.  I will have to now re-organised the TEDDY BEARS blog page of this website, so keep an eye on that, for updates... BACK TO BLOG

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January 9, 2019
Read more about the article spirited sweater
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spirited sweater

Short but sweet, this one, but i really DO want to show off this creation: Can everyone please appreciate my modelling moves as well... Well, what can i say - the rationale for making this jumper was to create something rainbow that i can actually wear...  Because i have been looking at Instagram and just generally looking at pictures of crochet and jumpers and thanks to @bohemianstyle_crochet and their Instagram inspiration, i started convincing myself i do indeed need to make myself a jumper out of crochet (considering how much crochet items i make and how much i love wearing jumpers by others), because otherwise - well the universe may mis-align and then…

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November 16, 2018
Read more about the article rainbow ramblings
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rainbow ramblings

So, another project finished, it is time to share the story of the rainbow blanket.  I cannot remember, and refuse to count, how many times i have seen a chevron crochet blanket in the movies...  It is one that these days appears, do i dare venture an opinion, even more often than the very classic of American crochet, the Granny Square Blanket.  I have seen one in many films and because i have used the chevron stitch before, and liked it, i thought, why not....  so i started, a long-ish while ago. it got to a stage, where it was sat on the side and not much was happening with it, because, when…

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October 11, 2018
Read more about the article people power
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people power

'There is strength in numbers', I have heard someone say on many an occasion...  Being a great believer in individuality, but at the same time questioning TRUE individuality of each and every notion, in my personal views on life, something had made me want to write this post.  Crochet related, of course, this is what has happened in my work... I have famously finished the BAVARIAN CROCHET ROUND BLANKET and you can congratulate me endlessly HERE and wherever else you may wish to do so....  But, this had left me open with a space for the next project....  I have tried Chevron Crochet on numerous occasions and most of the time abandoned the…

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September 21, 2018
Read more about the article arc alliance
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arc alliance

...when you cannot see forward, to see clearly where you are going; look back at how far you have come... Suppose I should listen to the things I say to others- listen to my own advice sometimes… I have managed a to submit two pieces of work into the exhibition currently (May 2018) at Arts for Recovery in the Community (Arc) in Reddish, where I have been part of the volunteer team few years back, which made me somewhat reflective. My memory crochet blanket (LOOK) is displayed so that the tactile quality comes across really well and apparently visitors have been enjoying moving it around, unfolding and folding again to reveal/ discover different…

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May 18, 2018
Read more about the article start the day right
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start the day right

A little thing could make all the difference!  Start the day right.  I have recently felt how true this could be.  I have had the repair of my favourite handbag in my TO DO pile for absolute ages.  I have LOST the second button i have put on, and the strap needed reinforcing.  So on Saturday, i decided to do it, because i was up, sleep was no longer an option for the loudness of my busy mind, and so the sewing machine came out and i decided to do this one thing at least, because, well, why not now? The day took a brilliant turn from there.  We ended up visiting Black…

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May 11, 2017
Read more about the article posts that didn’t happen
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posts that didn’t happen

A little while ago i had an idea to finally connect my samples, trials and favourite patterns into a rainbow rectangular rug.  It started well.  The idea came to me back in June 2015, after seeing a blanket my nan had made for my cousin.  A basic zig-zag pattern, using double crochet stitch.  It was so very intricate and soft and rectangularly shaped and very inspiring. Full of enthusiasm, i started off the next time i had my own yarns and hooks at hand.  it started growing, all was well.  then, somewhere along lines, as it can happen with freeform projects, stitch counts on opposite, parallel sides stopped matching.  it was too exctiting…

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April 11, 2017