The fibre art of connection
My personal journey of finding my place within the crafting community. Sometimes it can be nice to curl up at home with a crochet hook and a ball of yarn, or a hot glue gun and some cardboard, or a stack of images and a pair of scissors. But while arts and crafts are in essence an individual act — I mean, only one person can wield a crochet hook at a time — the community that’s created when crafters come together can be something special. In the last few years there’s been a resurgence of the fibre arts popping up online. In today’s world, crocheting and knitting are no longer an old woman's game. More and more millennials and gen z-er’s are picking up the hobby as a way to wind down, express themselves, and to connect with the...
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