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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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Continue reading →: Harbor Light Hat: A Covering for the JourneyThere is something timeless about a hat by the sea. Perhaps it’s the way it shades our eyes from the midday sun, or the way it reminds us to slow down and notice the beauty around us—the rhythm of the waves, the warmth of the sand beneath our feet, and…
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