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    I love learning new crochet tips and techniques. Over my years of learning to crochet, I have been fascinated with Tunisian crochet, obsessed with motifs, and searched for new construction techniques. I have gathered a few of my favorite how-to blogs
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  • Little Stitches, Big Reward
    Spring is an ideal time to whip up a few crochet projects for the babies in your life. I have a new niece and several friends with little ones on the way, so as I sat down to decide what new crochet patterns to add to this fabulous free eBook, I kept
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  • How to Read Filet Crochet Charts
    Recently a coworker emailed me with a crochet question that had been baffling her. What is filet crochet? She had searched the term in the Crochet Me Shop and found a bulky weight scarf, a sportweight tank, and a stunning wool shawl. And while she appreciated
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  • Crochet Through the Back Loop Only to Create the Best Guy Hat Ever
    Finding the perfect hat for the outdoorsy men in my family can be a bit of a challenge. They aren't looking for frills or embellishments; they want a utilitarian stocking cap that will keep them warm on a chilly spring afternoon in the mountains.
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  • The Opportunity to Learn and Give with The Chain Reaction Afghan
    We crochet for many reasons, to create, to relax; or maybe we crochet as a result of our general yarn obsession. Some of us were taught to crochet by a grandmother or mother and have a more personal connection to the craft. But in conversations with other
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  • A Closet Full of Crocheted Shawls
    My crochet queue is filled with crocheted shawls . Each shawl design and type has a unique beauty and an ideal use. Instead of the perfect shawl, I think that we all need the perfect closet full of shawls. When designing my shawl wardrobe, I would separate
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  • Sanity Saver: Working Over Your Ends
    Any time you have to change colors or join a new yarn to your work, you're creating ends-those pesky detriments to finishing your work quickly, and often the culprit of unfinished objects. If you're participating in the Meadow Shawl crochet-along
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  • Crocheting for Warm Weather Garments
    As temperatures increase and those around me sport T-shirts as they walk down the street, I am finally forced to admit that it is time to pack away my warm crochet sweaters. But I am far from altogether eliminating crochet garments from my spring and
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  • The Mighty Crochet Chain Stitch
    The simple chain stitch is the first crochet stitch most of us learned. We worked this easy stitch, yarning over and drawing through the loop on our hook, until we had created a string of chains that could stretch from one end of the house to the other
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  • Learn How to Felt Crochet with 4 Free Patterns
    Many of us have accidentally felted our crochet projects, but felting crochet is a great technique to create sturdy bags and warm garments and accessories. Felting is also a great technique for beginning crocheters, as the crochet felting process disguises
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  • Need a Gift Now: Try a Beanie
    I need to make a birthday present . . . stat. We've all been there—that birthday, baby shower, or holiday seems months away until it is next week. First I panic, then I reach for a hook and skein of yarn and start crocheting a circle. My favorite
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  • National Craft Month Sweepstakes: Pass on Your Passion for Crochet
    For me, crochet is not a hobby or simply a skill, creating works of art with fiber and a hook is a passion. My project queue would take at least a hundred years to complete, and it is still growing. I tend to point out crocheted lace on friend's store
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  • Crochet Flower Power
    Outside the sun is warmly lighting the landscape and the thermometers are slowly easing toward spring temperatures. Inside I am waiting in anticipation for the first buds of spring to appear. The best part of spring is the appearance of those first flowers
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  • National Crochet Month Crochet Me Crochet-Along
    Today is the first day of March, and you know what that means. We are beginning National Crochet Month! And what better way to celebrate than with a community crochet-along. I wanted to choose a project that everyone could make, so I narrowed it down
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  • Crocheting for Baby
    I am always excited when friends or relatives announce a new addition to their family. I love the exhilaration in their voices and the glow in their faces. I feel my own thrill of anticipation as I contemplate the perfect crocheted baby gift. There are
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  • Crocheting with Lace Weight Yarn
    Crochet is unmatched in its ability to create incredible lace. Working lace weight yarn or thread in a combination of chains, shells, double crochet, and other crochet stitches creates a gossamer web of fabric that would, in my humble opinion, make a
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  • Learning the Basic Crochet Stitches
    Are you learning how to crochet or looking for a few tips on crochet stitch basics ? Let's start with the basics. Every crochet project is built from a series of cleverly placed crochet stitches. And a solid understanding of the crochet basic stitches
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  • Learn to Do More with Your Yarn
    In the last few years, I have begun to explore the many techniques associated with yarn. You can spin your own yarn. With yarn you can crochet, weave, and knit. Just as many of my crochet projects are inspired by the yarn itself as are chosen because
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  • Getting More Crochet for Your Money
    Crochet a sweater with five skeins of yarn. Yes please! I am always looking for ways to stretch my yarn a little farther. And I found my excellent tips and exquisite patterns in Robyn Chachula's new book Simply Crochet. Robyn shares with us Float
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  • Introducing the Spike Stitch
    I agree with Josi Hannon Madera. I love the crocheted spike stitch. This eye-catching stitch allows you to quickly create beautiful colorwork, and learning how to crochet with spike stitches is easy. Spike stitches are created by inserting the hook in
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  • Circles Turned Square: Creating Crocheted Squares
    Pinata Bag, Interweave Crochet Fall 2010 When you were a child, did you have a shape-sorting toy that taught you to recognize shapes? Mine was a round sphere with shapes cut in the side, and you slid identically shaped pieces into the cutouts. The circle
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  • Scarves: The Perfect Accessory
    I love scarves! This single accessory can totally transform an outfit, add warmth on a cold morning, and highlight the versatility of stitches and patterns available to crocheters. And with the stunning variety of scarf designs and styles available, I
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  • 5 Free Shawl Patterns
    A shawl is the perfect accessory! With a crocheted shawl, you can add a touch of sophistication, ward off the cold, or let someone know that you care. In this exciting free eBook, we have compiled five beautiful shawl patterns, including an elegant and
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  • 5 Tips for Winter Crocheting
    Winter is my favorite time of year to crochet. The change in the weather brings with it an excitement and the desire to work with different yarn fibers and crochet stitches, and I seem to have more free time to craft. But this time of year also means
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  • Teach Someone to Crochet in 2012
    December is a wonderful month filled with celebrations and gift giving. This year I gave my mother a project bag, several luscious skeins of worsted weight alpaca, and the promise of teaching her how to read a pattern. She has knitted and crocheted from
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  • For the Love of Hats
    Fancywork Cloche, Interweave Crochet Accessories 2011 This holiday season has been magical. The beautiful holiday lights still twinkle in the crisp Colorado air. And the chill lets me indulge in one of my favorite things: crocheted hats. Crocheted hats
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  • Start Today and Finish by January 1st
    Seaweed Necklace, Crochet with Wire I did it! I finished all of my gift-giving crochet projects for this year. The last stitch is worked; the last present unwrapped to resounding approval. Seeing the appreciation of each handworked item made the hours
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  • Cable Before the New Year
    Sólás Caomh, Interweave Crochet Spring 2009 One of the things I love about this time of year is the feeling of new possibilities. Just before the beginning of each new year, I choose a new stitch or technique to learn. This time I am intrigued
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  • Quick Holiday Crochet Projects
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  • Too Bright or Just Right?
    While compiling the Simple Crochet Patterns from Crochet Me: 5 Free Easy Crochet Patterns eBook, I fell in love with the Organic Cotton Washcloth for Babies. It looked so simple and quick but at the same time luxurious and pampered; the perfect last minute
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  • Carry Your Crochet With you Everywhere with a Crocheted Bag
    We use them to carry delicacies from the market or to hold our latest crochet projects, as purses or carryalls—well, to tell the truth, we use them for just about everything. I'm talking about crocheted bags. These brilliant accessories are
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  • Trying New Techniques: Diving into Foundation Crochet Stitches
    In general, I tend to be someone who grudgingly accepts change, in life as well as crafting. It's sort of like trying a new food for the first time. I may be unsure, but when I try it and like it I always think "Why haven't I tried this sooner
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  • A New Free eBook: 5 Simple Patterns
    We all love simple, quick projects! Whether you are just learning to crochet or have been crocheting for fifty years, easy patterns are the perfect go-to projects for traveling, keeping your hands busy while chatting with friends, and gift giving. In
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  • Crochet Gifts
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  • Creating the Crocodile Stitch
    Seafoam Shawl, Kimberly K. McAlindin Shawls are the ultimate universal-wear garment—one size fits all! They are the perfect accessory for everything from blue jeans to evening wear, and shawls present a great opportunity to learn a new stitch or
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  • Creating the Circle Rug Using the Magic Ring
    Looking around my bedroom this morning, I realized something was missing-crochet! Despite my passion for the craft, there isn't a single piece of crocheted home decor in my bedroom. Now I have found the perfect piece in Kim Werker's book Crochet
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  • The Pefect Fall Hat
    Blueberry Trellis Hat The hat, the perfect single-skein project, is the quintessential cold weather accessory. One of the most popular handmade gifts, a hat is a great way to learn a new technique. I love to crochet hats, and now there are five new hat
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  • Free Crocheted Sweater Patterns
    You can never have too many sweaters! Cotton short-sleeved sweaters are perfect for summer or pair them with a long-sleeved shirt for spring and fall. Nothing is better than a warm, cozy cardigan on a chilly winter evening. And a beautiful sweater is
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  • Crochet Fall Fashion Inspiration
    I confess to being a bit of a fashionista. I've always had my eye on runway shows and glossy magazines. However, I also strongly believe that fashion should be wearable and affordable. It's a very small part of the population that can rock some
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  • Crochet Classes for the Busy Crocheter
    I love learning new crochet stitches and techniques. Sometimes I simply grab a hook, yarn, and pattern, then spend hours of trial and error trying to teach myself. More often, I search for an expert. And while my busy schedule frequently means I can't
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  • Traditional Korsnäs Sweaters
    A couple of weeks ago, PieceWork Assistant Editor Karen Brock stopped by my office to show off the Korsnäs sweater that is featured in the newest Knitting Traditions . The middle sections of both the bodice and sleeves are worked in a knitted Lice
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  • Lightweight Crochet for Winter
    I know that many of you live in warm climates. You crochet with fine-weight yarns and can wear lace garments year-round. I will admit to a touch of jealousy. I love lightweight crochet-lace shawls, shells worked in intricate stitch patterns, and garments
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  • Top Ten Ways to Celebrate International Crochet Day
    International Crochet Day is Monday, September 12! That gives you a little time still to plan how you will celebrate. Here are ten ideas to get you thinking. 10. Teach someone to crochet. Reinforce your teaching by hooking the person up with our eBook
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  • Create Your Own Amigurumi Story
    Roy the Gardener Several months ago I made a new crocheted friend. (Yes, I did just write crocheted friend, not crochet friend.) And I would like to introduce him to you. Meet Roy the Gardener. He has beautiful green eyes, large white teeth, two green
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  • Starting Bead Crochet Ropes
    Several times I have tried my hand at bead crochet rope projects. I love the luxurious sparkle created by spirals of beads joined together with single crochet stitches worked in thread. These beautiful jewelry pieces are actually seen quite frequently
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  • Free Afghan eBook
    The Chain Reaction Afghan, a yearlong online and print venture, links the work of professional and emerging designers in a single twenty-square afghan. We asked designers to create squares that embodied their distinct styles. These ten patterns were published
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  • The Motivation to Crochet
    The exact origins of crochet remain a mystery. We have only theories and suppositions about the first projects created. Were the first examples of crochet blankets, hats, mittens, or lace, and who were the people who first discovered the beauty of crochet
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  • Learn How to Crochet Flowers with 5 Free Crochet Flower Patterns
    Crochet flowers inspire creativity. You can use them to personalize hats, bags, sweaters, and more. They are quick and easy to whip up and a resourceful use of those luscious yarn scraps you just can't bear to toss. I've been creating a bouquet's
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  • Learn How to Create Linked Crochet Stitches
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  • Teachable Moments: Open Thread
    My cousin Lisa is in town for a couple of weeks, and the other night she asked me what the difference between knitting and crochet is. (She's a scarf knitter.) The ensuing discussion led to the pulling-out of books, my gentle nudging about how cool
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  • Design Your Own Crocheted Hat
    Crocheted hats are my go-to project. I make at least 5 hats for every other project I manage to complete. They make incredible presents that recipients of all ages love; there are an infinite variety of patterns; and they are fast. Consequently, I am
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  • Owlivia & Little Livvie Crochet-Along of Cuteness!
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  • Fare forward, Jean Leinhauser
    A farewell to a legend in the crochet world.
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  • Learn How to Crochet With a Free eBook
    A solid understanding of the basics of crochet is the building block of learning how to crochet. Whether you have been crocheting for twenty years or twenty minutes, it is this foundation of basic crochet stitches and tips that allows you to learn new
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  • My New Friend, The Chain Stitch
    As I continue to try and challenge my crochet skills, one designer I find myself turning to for innovative technique and construction is Knitting Daily’s own crochet expert, Kristin Omdahl . I’ve said before that I need small projects that
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  • What will You Create with Mosaic Crochet
    I am currently fascinated with mosaic crochet. A few weeks ago, I didn't know where to begin with this innovative technique. The colorful and textural patterns look complicated, but after watching Lily Chin's new workshop DVD I am amazed at their
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  • How to Crochet Hairpin Lace
    Many of us crochet scarves, shawls, or wraps as gifts, donating them to organizations or presenting them to loved ones. Kristin Omdahl first began crocheting wraps for family members when she was living overseas. "When I was six thousand miles away
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  • Teach Someone You Love How to Crochet
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  • Learning Mosaic Crochet
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  • Antique Crochet Spotlight
    I geek out over antique crochet. I've been known to go into an antique shop and stare at a doily for what my husband describes as "longer than the person spent making it." So when I go visit my husband's aunt Betty at her ranch in Wyoming
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  • Crochet in the Back Loop Only Refresher
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  • My First Sweater
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  • Read all about it!
    Hey, fellow crocheters! Some of you are already receiveing our swell new enewsletter, CrochetMe More. Designed to make your crochet life even more fulfilling, the weekly note gives news you can use as well as tips and techniqes to help you learn even
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  • Blasted By The Past
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  • Seasons
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  • Get Hooked Is Shipping!
    In that way that the workings of the publishing industry remain a mystery to me, my August-release book is now shipping (and also from amazon.com )! I can only imagine that means it's on book shelves across the land. Woo hoo! Get Hooked is geared
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  • Uncommon Threads Air Dates
    A year after we went to Burbank, CA to tape, Uncommon Threads is finally premiering in early July on the DIY Network (click the link for details). Though the specific Crochet me episode air times aren't listed yet, they've put up summaries of
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  • The First Ever
    Have you checked out the discussion in the comments on my post about crocheters and knitters ? It's really good stuff. I was away last week and haven't chimed back in, but I will. So, where was I? Mostly at home, with my parents and brother visiting
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  • Crafty Weekend
    It was non-stop creating chez Crochet me this weekend. We spent all day Saturday tiling our kitchen back splash. I thought a four-colour argyle pattern would look cool, and would be a neat reversal of creativity for me -- usually I look at things like
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  • Tween/Teen Book - Call for Submissions!
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  • Crochet Class, 29 March
    I'll be teaching a beginning crochet class at Room6 in Deep Cove, BC on Wednesday 29 March from 6:30-9:30pm. I'm so psyched! I haven't been out there yet, but I am certain I'll fall in love with this store. I'm designing a cool-but
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  • Puppy Tongue, Redux
    A few weeks ago I shared a couple of photos of my husband learning how to crochet with his tongue stuck out. Our dog joined in and stuck her tongue out, and it was too funny not to share. As an update, no, my husband has not touched a crochet hook since
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  • Times Are A-Changin'
    Decades ago, home-ec classes existed to teach women how to, well, keep their homes. By the time I was in middle school in the late '80s, home-ec class was co-ed and we learned about sewing, cooking, embroidery. And, well. That's all I remember
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  • put that back in your mouth
    This week the unlikely happened: After over a year of watching my crochet thing evolve beyond the realm of all that is practical and reasonable, my husband learned how to crochet. It took a visit from Crochet me Contributing Editor and instructor extraordinaire
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  • shocker
    Hold on a minute! You mean she didn't know how to crochet before she went to prison? Huh. Now I can tell my friends to stop making so much fun of me.
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  • you <i>can</i> use it in real life!
    The academic journal Mathematical Intelligencer has published its first crochet pattern. What's it of? Chaos, of course! From PhysOrg.com: It is not often that a serious mathematics journal contains a crochet pattern, but the current issue of the
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  • why, do you think?
    I just read this article , and wonder what you think about the questions: Why are crocheting and knitting experiencing a huge comeback right now? Why are so many young(ish) people learning how to crochet and knit? The article mentions the following possible
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  • reduce. reuse. recycle.
    This sounds like a cool way to cut down on plastic in our landfills: "... there will be a demonstration on how to crochet plastic grocery sacks into handbags, swimsuits and beachwear."
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  • straw poll
    Ok, kids. I have been hearing from crocheters a LOT over the last few months (and more recently in response to yesterday's post ), and a startling number have shared eerily similar stories about when they first learned how to crochet. If you have
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  • university fad?
    Here are a few questions for you that I've been wondering about for a while * : If you learned how to crochet in the last year or so, do you think you'll give it up when it goes out of fashion or when life gets too busy, or do you think you're
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  • more projects from the clink
    From an article in yesterday's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: In an unusual tradition, Christopherson has spent three mornings a week for the past 10 years teaching criminals at the Racine prison how to crochet. Under her instruction, hundreds of inmates
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