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Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential,…

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Progress feels good…

So I finished one whole yarn ball making these cute little squares. It’s actually called skein I found out. I’m learning so much crochet lingo now…gotta love YouTube tutorials. Really feeling a sense of accomplishment. I did run out of the color I was using…so did the craft store. So I thought I might be…

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Granny squares for the win!

The Neon Tea Party Granny Square Tutorial 😍 I wanted to make my goddaughter a little blanket but was stuck…I realized it has been years since I picked up a crochet hook. So what do I do? I called my husbands nanna for a lesson…’Oh that’s nice! You’re learning to crochet. My mum used to…

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“Today I choose to live with gratitude for the love that fills my heart, the peace that rests within my spirit, and the voice of hope that says all things are possible.” Anonymous

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An open window…

The lockdown has been hard on everyone. Seeing the open window has been difficult for me. With so much information about what is happening in the world right now, I can’t help but feel sad, and uncertain about what the future brings. Coupled with seeing friends and loved ones lives change, that has been both…

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Here we go…

So I set this up last week and have been going back and forth on themes and content. Did a bit of reflecting on the last blog I had many, many moons ago and realised…’Jade you’re doing it again’. You see I suffer from a strange affliction…it’s called fear. Some of you might be familiar…

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