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Continue reading →: My Favorite Crochet Pumpkin StemA Simple Finishing Touch for Handmade Fall Pumpkins There is something especially satisfying about making pumpkins for fall. They bring that cozy, handmade feeling I love about the season—the colors, textures, gardens, changing light, and little reminders that it is time to gather in. But after making more than a…
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Continue reading →: The Peak Perfect Hat: A Little Mountain Majesty in Every StitchSome places become part of the fabric of who we are. For nine years, I lived in Colorado in the shadow of Pikes Peak—America’s Mountain. And no matter how many times I saw it, there was something awe-inspiring about looking toward that familiar summit at the beginning of the day.…
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Continue reading →: A Little Making. A Little Meaning. A Little LightThere is something special about a project you can hold in the palm of your hand. It doesn’t require a basket full of yarn or weeks of work. It simply invites you to sit for a little while, pick up your hook, and make something beautiful. That idea inspired a…
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Continue reading →: One More Row: The Beauty of RedesignWhat the Sipper Sleeve Taught Me About Making, Revising, and Growing “Growth happens quietly, one stitch at a time.” There is something hopeful about beginning a new crochet project. You choose the yarn, pick up your hook, make that first chain—and already imagine the finished piece. But sometimes the yarn…
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Continue reading →: Soap S.A.C.K.s: Small Stitches, Lasting Kindness
“She opens her hand to the poor and reaches out her hands to the needy.” — Proverbs 31:20 Sometimes the smallest projects become the greatest acts of love. A soap sack is just that—a simple crocheted or knitted cotton pouch designed to hold a bar of soap. It takes very…
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