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We are working on an article about the joys - and pains - of learning to crochet, and need your help! Just send us* an email and share about how you learned, who taught you, your first crazy adventures, etc. Then keep an eye on this section for the finished product!

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Crochet me hereby offers for your emotional and crafting growth the following reads. They won't make your brain hurt, but you might just learn something. Don't be scared. Just dive right in.

Crochet Adventures

Super Loopy: Unexpected Crochet
A friendly neighbourhood crafty librarian pairs a fiber fest find with some repressed memories to create a compliment-grabbing scarf.

The Craft

Build Your Own Stitch Dictionary - A Two-part Series
Sure, there are tons of books you can buy that will put you in stitches. But you're an original! Shouldn't your very own stitch dictionary follow suit? In this two-part series, Annette Petavy inspires us to go it alone.
The Joy of Swatching
Yup, you read that right. And after reading this article, you may rethink that latent bitterness toward gauge swatching that always seems to nip you in the tuchus every time you start a project.