Category: Crocheting

  • Day trips are Self-Care

    Day trips are Self-Care

    In my previous post I highlighted the important role of Local Yarn Shops (LYS) in being a place for people with a fiber/yarn orientation to connect. In today’s post let’s celebrate warmer weather and the official end of the public health emergency (May 11) which means we have lots of opportunities to get out and…

  • New normals: adventures in yarn

    New normals: adventures in yarn

    I originally wrote this back in the midst of the pandemic. The life lessons seem timeless, and worth sharing again. The pandemic brought a lot of “new” things into many of our lives. Some were scary and frightening, while others were pleasant and even welcome! As part of my own journey, I have decided to…

  • Meditation, of sorts

    Meditation, of sorts

    I learned to crochet at around age 10. My grandmother taught me how to crochet a chain stitch and that Summer I made countless bookmarks from yarn. Years later with young children of my own, I went to the local yarn shop in Emmaus, Pennsylvania and learned how to knit. I made a number of…