Healing With Yarn: Why Amigurumi Is The Best Therapy for Heartbreak
The quiet after a breakup is honestly the worst. It’s so loud. It’s not just that the person is gone, it’s like your …
November 27, 2025
The quiet after a breakup is honestly the worst. It’s so loud. It’s not just that the person is gone, it’s like your …
Patricia Poltera
November 27, 2025
It feels kinda quiet in the room when you finish a doll that isn’t smiling. I think most of us start crocheting becaus…
Patricia Poltera
November 27, 2025
Stop. Put the scissors down. Do not throw away that tangled ball of yarn leftover from your last sweater project. I kno…
Patricia Poltera
November 25, 2025
You have mastered the single crochet. You have made ten dishcloths, a very stiff scarf, and maybe a small amigurumi b…
Patricia Poltera
November 25, 2025
Okay, look, we’ve all been there. You walk into the craft store (or you're scrolling online at 2 a.m.), and you s…
Patricia Poltera
November 25, 2025
Honestly, I think every parent hits that point where you stare at the mountain of plastic junk in the living room and…
Patricia Poltera
November 24, 2025
It is easy to fall into the trap of thinking that if a pattern isn't headache-inducing, it isn't 'good.…
Patricia Poltera
November 21, 2025
Forget the old cliché that crochet is only for pastel baby blankets and vintage lace. If you have been around the cra…
Patricia Poltera
November 20, 2025
The Victorian Gothic aesthetic pulls you in with a quiet, almost intoxicating intensity. It isn’t just about the colo…
Patricia Poltera
November 19, 2025
Most crocheters start with pastel baby blankets or bright, cheery teddy bears. But there comes a moment in every craf…
Patricia Poltera
November 19, 2025
Most people assume that crafting a moody, gothic aesthetic requires expensive velvet yarns, imported lace weights, or…
Patricia Poltera
November 19, 2025
We spend way too much energy agonizing over the perfect equipment, debating the merits of different grips and hook ma…
Patricia Poltera
November 19, 2025
Few things hit the nostalgia button quite like a classic granny square. For a lot of us, seeing one instantly telepor…
Patricia Poltera
November 16, 2025
It is a specific kind of heartbreak that every fiber artist fears. You finally weave in that last tail, shake out the…
Patricia Poltera
November 16, 2025
We all feel that pull to create something from scratch. You scroll past those gorgeous handmade blankets online and thi…
Patricia Poltera
November 16, 2025
Every amigurumi maker knows this specific kind of pain. You have poured hours into a project, counting every single s…
Patricia Poltera
November 11, 2025
I’ve seen it a thousand times. You find the perfect, swoon-worthy cardigan pattern. You buy the exact (and often expen…
Patricia Poltera
November 11, 2025