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Boss is asleep, cannot stop me from frogposting

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Long man Jenkins, pattern coming soon

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Crochet sunburst granny square

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Me froggy illustration

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Pixel gifts

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When my HUSBAND is at WORK and not available to take GLAMOUR shots of me in my new crocheted sweater

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BRO MY FUCKING JOANNS IS CLOSING

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knittin' kitten

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BLÅHAJ MY BELOVED💙

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My maternal grandmother could crochet.

Nothing complicated. Basic granny squares and double crochet, but she was the one in the family who made blankets for her kids and grandchildren. Dementia hit in her nineties but she still remembered how to make granny squares and made dozens. I asked her for one last blanket but by that point the dementia had taken how to join the squares. They were stacked in piles around the dining room table and when she went into care, into a plastic box for storage.

When she died, I asked for them. By that point I could crochet but didn’t know how to join, and figured, someday, I’d learn.

It’s at least a decade later. I’m the one who makes blankets for my nephews, for my cousin’s children, for pregnant coworkers. Last year I made seven blankets, three for Project Linus, the rest for family and a friend. I can follow crochet charts, filet crochet, do clusters, fans, basic lace, amigurumi.

The world, as is its wont, is on fire. Tonight, I have opened the plastic container for the first time in a decade. I’m sorting them into piles by color. I know now how to look at them and see where her memory slipped or areas I’ll need to repair. There’s no printed pattern but if I need more I have the skills to copy the pattern.

Each square is 5 inches. Blanket size for Project Linus is 40x60. I’ll see how many people I can give her last crochet legacy to.

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Baby Snoopy.!??

Pattern!!!

https://pin.it/5oqqOpiOn

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ayy just got rejected for a job, gonna keep trying tho.

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Clarice Lispector, from "Too Much of Life Complete Chronicles," publ. in 2022

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cat: you need sharps? i have sharps! let me help :3