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Category: Escapades with Crochet

Crochet helps with inner calm, is meditative and has a particular joy as part of the making process.

From Anime to Shower Screen Scrubbies

Posted by Ryllandra on March 28, 2020April 11, 2020 in Escapades with Crochet, Experiments, Getting Through the Day, Moving Forward

Some things take quite a while to move from the acquisition stage, through the development and then re-development stages and into the final creation stage! A long time ago I purchased a variety of coloured polyester netting from Lincraft. I…

It’s the Small Things

Posted by Ryllandra on January 5, 2020January 5, 2020 in Escapades with Crochet, Experiments, Getting Through the Day, Moving Forward, Sadness - Depression

It’s a wonderful thing when the idea to adapt something to your own ends works out! For quite some time I have wanted to crochet a long, lacy jacket, I even had the pattern picked out. I just couldn’t bring…

When Good Yarn Goes Bad

Posted by Ryllandra on November 7, 2019December 23, 2019 in Escapades with Crochet, Experiments, Getting Through the Day, Sewing for Self and Home

Just so you know, not all of my project beginnings end with a useable end product! Sometimes that delightful looking, and feeling, yarn just does not want to be what I want it to be. I’m convinced yarn, and fabric,…

Gray Days, Gray Yarn, Gray Shawl

Posted by Ryllandra on September 12, 2019June 27, 2020 in Escapades with Crochet, Getting Through the Day, Sadness - Depression

One of the most impressive aspects of crochet is the way it can be used to focus the mind on a singular task, and thus, to push aside those all too constant unwanted thoughts. Sometimes what’s needed is a complicated,…

Crocheting the Blues Away

Posted by Ryllandra on August 27, 2019January 5, 2020 in Escapades with Crochet, Getting Through the Day, Moving Forward, Sadness - Depression

The effort it takes to do some of those things you know you should, but just don’t have the where-with-all to do at any given moment, deserves recognition and reward, at least in my world it does! Dentistry is probably…

Feeling Delighted – Argo Completed

Posted by Ryllandra on March 4, 2019August 19, 2020 in Escapades with Crochet, Experiments, Getting Through the Day

Feeling just a teensy bit, okay, a lot pleased with myself today as I’ve managed to complete a variety of tasks that, all together, means my lovely Argo shawl is now ready to wear! Thanks to the wonderful designer of…

Stories of Plarn

Posted by Ryllandra on February 2, 2019February 24, 2019 in Escapades with Crochet, Experiments, Getting Through the Day

An experiment with plarn began sometime back in December 2018 and it’s only just occurred to me to write about it here. With supermarkets having recently changed over to the heavier plastic bags for delivering groceries (I order online and…

Happy Happy Crocheting

Posted by Ryllandra on January 28, 2019August 19, 2020 in Escapades with Crochet, Getting Through the Day

I crochet. (I do a number of other crafting things too.) I crochet most days, or I’m thinking about what I’m going to crochet or how I’m going to use that awesome yarn I bought on sale that’s languishing in…

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